Bushy Park is a quaint town of old houses, deciduous trees, moral fervour, and hop fields which seem to envelop every building and road. The tall wooden and metal frames holding up the hop vines are broken by lines of Lombardy Poplars, with neat and unusually shaped oast houses scattered in the fields away from the road.
Where is it?: 58 km from Hobart on the Lyell Highway between Hobart and Queenstown.
Markets
BUSHY PARK COMMUNITY MARKET
In the local hall, Bushy Park
Trading: Every Saturday
Type: General. Phone: (03) 6286 1160
Things to see and do:
Hawthorn Lodge (1869), the original home of Robert Shoobridge (son of Ebenezer) and his family. It has been turned into a guest house.
Water Race (3km) built by William Shoobridge, son of Ebenezer, which takes water from a dam on the Styx River and runs it to the Oast House.
The Text Kiln was constructed by Ebeneezer Shoobridge in 1867. On the walls of the Text Kiln are quotations from the Bible, such as ‘And these words that I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thy shall write them on the posts of thine house and on thine gate’.
Events: The Derwent Valley Community Market operates on the 3rd Sunday of each month in the old hospital grounds – lots of bric-a-brac, fresh produce and crafts.
Surrounding area: 
Mt Field National Park (16km west): featuring Russell Falls, Marriotts Falls; Lady Barron Falls; Horseshoe Falls; Lake Dobson, Tarn Shelf walk, Wylds Craig walk; Florentine Valley walk; Tall Trees walk. Website >>
Magra (22km south east): In the grave yard of the Methodist Church is the grave of Betty King, the first white woman to set foot on Australian soil.
Plenty (11km south east): The Salmon Ponds is the oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere – in operation since 1864. Includes Museau of Trout Fishing and Hall of Fame.
Nearby Towns
New Norfolk (19 km south east)
Bothwell (52 km north)
Hamilton (26 km north)
Maydena (31 km west)
Place Categories: Areas, Derwent Valley and Hobart Surrounds.
