News — tasmanian honey

Australian traveller goes ‘On the trail’ for leatherwood honey in Tasmania

leatherwood honey tasmanian honey

Australian traveller goes ‘On the trail’ for leatherwood honey in Tasmania

There are only three species of leatherwood trees in the world, and two of them (Eucryphia species (lucida and milliganii), are found only in the wild and ancient forests of the western half of Tasmania.

Relatively few people travel to those forests, so I was delighted to find a story by David Levell published in Australian Traveller magazine last year.

He went ‘on the trail’ of leatherwood honey and the resultant story is both surprising and impressive.

Read more →