Enchanting Tasmania @ Twamley Farm

I fall in love with Twamley Farm when I chanced upon a beautiful sandstone farmhouse on Agoda website. Twamley Farm is a 7,000 acre working farm on the Tea Tree Rivulet just outside Buckland on the East Coast of Tasmania. In the farm, there are 3 types of accommodations: (1) The villa (sandstone farmhouse with a loft bedroom upstair); (2) The garden pod and (3) The wooden shed on a slop behind The Villa.

The farm is really beautiful with rolling hills and lush greeneries. It is definitely the perfect place for a quiet retreat. I was lucky to be able to book The Villa. As we drove to the entrance of the farm, I caught sight of 4 turkeys! I was pretty excited because I've never seen a live turkey before!

The Villa, an original sandstone homestead was built in 1842 and sits at the top of the valley. I did some research and found out that it is a former home to famous 19th century Tasmania artist and writer Louisa Anne Meredith. The Turvey family has been at Twamley since 1874. Traditionally farmers, the family is now hosting events, a cooking school, small gatherings and offering boutique accommodation on the farm and in nearby villages of Buckland.

Having grown up and living my whole life in Singapore, staying in the farm is on my bucket list whenever I visited Australia. Furthermore, to find a beautiful sandstone farmhouse (looking so enchanting like straight out of a fairy-tale storybook) is not easy. The farmhouse sits beneath a century old English Oak. Downstairs, there is a open plan living room, complete with a full kitchen. A cosy wood fire sit by the living room.

Climbing upstairs to the bedroom, I was wowed by the cozy queen sized bed and a lovey English bathtub. There is also a lovey window over-looking the lush greenery. Other than the spacious bathtub upstairs, there is also an outdoor hot tub down a cobblestoned path. I definitely love every details of the farmhouse. It is the prettiest and definitely the most enchanting farmhouse I've ever been to. I hope to visit this farm again in the near future :)

We spent a lovely evening strolling around the farm, admiring the cotton candy clouds and watching the sheeps, before retreating back to the lovely farmhouse for a hot bath and dinner. The host was kind enough to light the fireplace for us and placed our breakfast in the fridge. As night fall, we snuggled cozily in the warm bed and have a pleasant sleep till dawn.

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