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    What to do in Tasmania’s Huon Valley

    One of the Apple Isle’s main produce bowls, this pretty region has plenty of appeal for foodies and nature lovers. Most of us could name a handful of apples; pink lady, granny smith and red delicious are household names. Spend any time talking to the apple farmers, or even amateur backyard growers, of the Huon Valley and you’ll soon learn there are hundreds more, with names as exotic as frequin rouge and kingston black. This region south of Hobart is one of Tasmania’s great food bowls, and orchards are everywhere, laid out neatly like tapestries or dotting the roadside, wild and gnarled. Just as iconic to the area is the…