Derwent Bridge Chalets & Studios

I stay here whenever I go trout fishing, and am so impressed each time with how well equipped and furnished it is. On my most recent stay in early December 2025, Louise went over and above ! I had a puncture on a remote unsealed road, and after getting back to the main road I had to leave the car and thumb a lift back to Derwent Bridge. I was really shaken by it all and Louise was cool and collected & advised me what to do & checked in various times - eventually a tow truck took me & my vehicle back to Launceston Airport where I received a replacement vehicle - at 11 pm ! Louise, thank you so much ! I don't know what I would have done without your calm, practical, help (including lending me your phone as Optus was down & I had no means of connection / communication).

We've stayed previously at these accommodation and I can sympathise with some of the reviewers comments regarding the female owner. I can perhaps describe her as direct and probably a no-nonsense type person and understandable having to handle the sometimes very rude and disrespectful customers. She's very direct in what she wants and doesn't want but she's thoughtful - she said the heaters were already on in our cabin and on this very cold December afternoon, and this was most welcomed ||We have always found her accommodation clean and comfortable. We stayed in Byron on this occasion. The cabin was very clean, modern, fantastically well equipped with quality crockery and cutlery. Its a shame on this occasion we were not staying more than the one night. Lovely hand towel even in the kitchenette. Warm doonas on the comfortable bed. Big plus was the stainless steel kettle as I hate having to boil my water in a plastic kettle||Its not cheap but basic on the outside but fantastic on the inside.

I’d read a few poor reviews of the Derwent Bridge Chalets & Accommodation, and they turned out to be totally unfounded. We stayed in a Narcissus Studio and it was very comfortable. I didn’t expect the room to have a microwave and toaster (they weren’t specified) so we were able to make breakfast. Great location for Lake St Clair. Only downside - there was no WiFi. But 4G signal was fine.

Positive firstly was the cabin was clean and whilst not cheap served its purpose and the heater was on which was considerate. |I arrived at 2.40 and was very curtly told no checking in until 3. Raining and bitterly cold, ok I’ll wait. 99% of places have been 2pm. |Come check in couldn’t believe how rude (guessing is owner as you’d never employ someone who treated your customers so bad). Paper work snatched from my hand. It shook me up somewhat and I wished I could just leave, paid in full by this. Never will I return.

We found the place very comfortable for a stopover on our way between Hobart and Strahan. Derwent Bridge is small with only a few places to stay and this seemed to us to be the best option, as it was a nice midpoint between other accommodation that seemed to be either cheap & nasty or obscenely expensive.

Beautiful clean rooms, heater on so room nice and toasty warm on arrival. Host was pleasant and very friendly and welcoming. Highly recommended.

A great place to stay. The room was really comfortable. The fire was roaring before we got there making the place nice and warm. I would stay there again.

I organised 17 bushwalkers in 7 chalets and Studios for mostly 3 night stays and couple of 2 nights Stays at Louise’s Chalets. The outside appearance is a bit tired looking , the inside of the buildings are homely and well equipped, with very comfortable beds.||Louise was true to form on check in for most of the guests she was Mrs. Hyde sour , miserable , disorganised, yelling at one friend for not parking her car correctly. A couple of older friends tried to check in earlier but were very rudely told no check in’s until 3 pm.||This is stated on the website but as all the bookings were made directly with Louise this was not known. ||When the guests were checking into the building I was staying in they were told that were not using wood at the moment . She was very miserable towards them. ||Fortunately no one encountered Louise for the whole stay except she became Mrs Jekyll and brought matches to our Chalet so we could like the wood heater as the temperature was plummet ing to 3 degrees over night .||The theme is a lot of reviews on here are the same , Derwent Bridge / Lake St Clair is a wonderful area to explore and fantastic bushwalks but unfortunately as the Hotel up the road no longer offers accommodation Louise has a monopoly.||Hopefully future travellers with encounter Louise as Mrs Jekyll and not Mrs Hyde||||BE Warned