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We love this time of year!! Its busy and exciting and full of colour and sparkles. We’ve had lots of Christmas celebrations here at Cygnet Old Bank and its been our pleasure to create beautiful festive tables for our guests to enjoy celebrating with friends and family. Beautiful food, stunning flowers and lots of laughter!

We had a lovely group of gardeners visit us all the way from Canada, they wrote a great review after enjoying lunch in the Conservatory Cafe. Sharon at the Old bank in Cygnet was wonderful today, so patient with our lateness – she had our table decorated with Native Australian plants plus roses, food was…

Yukon Tours and Fat Pig Farm are happy to invite you on board for these special events! Fat Pig Farm Afloat combines the delicious artisan produce of southern Tasmania with the dramatic beauty of the Huon Valley. Aboard Yukon, your cruise on the majestic Huon River is accompanied by a seasonal picnic lunch with matching…

Come and stay with us and enjoy our Spring Special We are offering 2 nights accommodation in one of our beautifully appointed rooms plus breakfast and a bottle of wine on arrival. Cygnet is the centre of the fruit growing Huon Valley where apple, cherry and berry orchards line the hills and are full of…

To celebrate the start of Spring Cygnet Conservatory Cafe has a new menu! Choose from our All Day Breakfast which features our house cured Atlantic Salmon with poached eggs on sourdough, or our Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes with maple mascarpone and warm local berry compote. Main meals feature our pan fried gnocchi with 12 hour slow…

Paddock to Garment has now opened a spinning and weaving studio and gallery/shop at Cygnet Old Bank. The Paddock to Garment Story Run by Karen Grady & Gordon Drake, ‘Paddock to Garment’ started with two alpacas, as grass cutters, and one spinning wheel. Quickly addicted to both, these were followed by more alpacas, a loom…

We had a lovely surprise visit from Cherie and Kevin Egan in July who were married at Cygnet Old Bank back in April 2012. They were visiting the area and were surprised to find that the bank had reopened. Unfortunately they were staying somewhere else and were disappointed, not knowing they could have enjoyed their…

The Cygnet Market is a vibrant community market that captures the food, music and people of Cygnet Located in the iconic Town Hall, the market is held on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month and has grown to around 50 stalls. Aside from the wonderful community atmosphere, patrons can enjoy a wide range…

  We are pleased to announce that Cygnet Old Bank has been issued our liquor licence. You can now enjoy one of your favourite local beers/cider or wine to go with your favourite meal.

Discover the joy of using doTERRA’s tested pure essential oils to flavour and therapeutically boost your food and drinks. This essential oil cooking workshop includes a few short talks, cooking demonstrations showing the ease of using essential oils in the kitchen, various recipe handouts, lucky door prizes and a delicious essential oil enhanced, health focused,…