Castle Forbes Bay is a small locality in the

Huon Valley The Huon Valley, or simply the Huon, is a valley and geographic area located in southern Tasmania, Australia. The largest town is Huonville, with other smaller towns spread across the area. It includes Australia's most southern permanent settle ...

, Tasmania. It is part of the

Huon Valley Council Huon Valley Council is a local government body in Tasmania, covering most of the south of the state. Huon Valley is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 17,219, towns and localities of the region include Cygnet, ...

. Located on the shore of the

Huon River The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia. At in length, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and empt ...

, it is a primary agricultural region and was historically a center of apple growing. Apples would be shipped from the waterfront at Castle Forbes Bay to Hobart, for export. Castle Forbes Bay's landscape is still shaped by apple orchards, though many of them are now disused or empty of trees. A large number of pickers huts, garages and apple packings dot the scenery, considered the possibly best preserved orcharding landscape in Australia. The township was named for the ship the

Castle Forbes Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Vale of Alford estate has been home to the Forbes for over 600 years. The original house was named Putachie ...

, which in 1836 mistakenly entered the Huon River instead of the Derwent River, and was forced to unload passengers at the bay after being unable to continue onwards. A small cemetery, now unused and maintained by Castle Forbes Bay Landcare, is located in the locality. A town hall was built in 1914 but is no longer standing.

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