ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE-TASMANIA’S TARKINE WILDERNESS

The island of Tasmania is known as the Natural State and the Island of Inspiration owing to its large and relatively unspoiled natural environment. Almost 37% of Tasmania is in Reserves, National Parks and World Heritage wilderness sites. Our Leatherwood Honey comes from an ancient and pristine environment.

Blue Hills harvest their honey from one of the most untouched and natural regions of the world, the Tarkine forest. The Tarkine, located in Tasmania's far North West, is the largest temperate rainforest area in Australia and one of the largest in the world covering approximately 3,800 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).The region is wild and untamed. To walk in the vibrant understorey of its primeval rainforests is to glimpse the depth and magic of the natural world.

Blue Hills Honey is dedicated to preserving the natural attributes of this special part of the world.

"Once you have been to the heart of the Tarkine you will never forget the view of the Leatherwood trees with their rose like white flowers cascading over the untamed wild rivers. The smells of the nectar permeate the dense forest. The magnificent red and gold hues of the majestic myrtle forests are a sight to behold. No one could deny a need to preserve and treat with respect such a special place". (Robbie Charles Beekeeper)

The very foundation of Blue Hills Honey, the company and its products, is its relationship to this unique Tasmanian environment. We are the only apiary in the heart of this pristine environment. Only 600 to 1200 tonnes of this extraordinary nectar is produced annually. Whilst Blue Hills produces a range of honeys including Tasmanian Manuka, Meadow, Blackberry, and Prickly Box, its flagship product is Leatherwood Honey, the king of all honey’s.

Tasmania is the only place in the world where Leatherwood Honey is produced. Its origins, in the world’s cleanest air and water, means that Blue Hills Leatherwood Honey can truly make a claim to be one of the world’s premium honeys.

Leatherwood Honey has become an iconic product for Tasmania promoting the clean and green image that is so much a part of Tasmania. Leatherwood Honey is considered by many connoisseurs to be the worlds finest because of its wild rather than farmed production base.

Blue Hills Honey full of nature’s goodness .......taste the wilderness!