 Chudleigh lies 64 kilometres ( 40 mi ) west of Launceston and 7 kilometres ( 4 @.@ 3 mi ) east of Mole Creek in northern Tasmania , Australia . The town is in the fertile Chudleigh Valley that is bounded by the Gog and Magog ranges , to the north , and the Great Western Tiers , to the south @-@ west . The town itself is just south of the Lobster rivulet , a tributary of the Mersey river which also runs near the town to the north . The land around the town is mostly suited to grazing , intensive grazing in some areas , though some is marginal cropping land that requires careful crop rotation interspersed with seasons where the land is left fallow . The hills of the area have prominent basalt , limestone and dolerite depending on location . The fertile flats are of alluvial origin with Permian era sediments that have formed mudstone and sandstone . Some areas are notably frosty in winter and experience occasional snowfall . 
