The first Fern Tree Tavern was built in 1861 by John Hall . It was soon replaced by the Fern Tree Hotel , which was established by Alfred Totenhöfer , a Collinsvale farmer of East Prussian descent . Totenhöfer 's hotel burnt down in the 1967 bushfires but was subsequently rebuilt as the modern Fern Tree Tavern
the 1967 bushfires
1967 Tasmanian fires
Fern Tree, Tasmania