Wee Jasper awaits
The small and vibrant village of Wee Jasper, NSW is ready and waiting to welcome you to our community. Wee Jasper is just one hour from Canberra or Tumut and 45 minutes from Yass. The main community is located in a beautiful valley following the course of the Goodradigbee River. Wee Jasper is located in the Yass Valley Shire.
This is a place where you can get back to nature, get your hands dirty and become self-sufficient, escape the rat race, gather your thoughts, build your dream home or achieve that rural ideal you've always wanted.
What ever that non-urban dream is that you have, Wee Jasper could be the place for you.
We are extremely keen for young families to move to our valley, to help bolster our primary school enrolments and because we know that our school has so much to offer. There's nothing quite like a small, country school education. The resources offered to the kids at Wee Jasper Public School are extraordinary - they "work hard, play hard" and excel in all they do, academically, socially and physically. There are also two excellent high schools just 45 minutes away in Yass and a bus is available for the majority of the trip.
Wee Jasper Public School always welcomes visitors - please contact the school if you'd like to drop in and see what it's all about.
They say it takes a village to raise a child and never has this been more true than in Wee Jasper, where the community spirit extends beyond the annual cricket match, bingo (we call it "Yee-Ha") night or tennis and golf challenges. The Memorial Hall, Community Tennis Courts, the Recreation Ground Bush Golf Course and Billy Grace Reserve are popular venues for community events.
Agriculture and Tourism are the main industries of the Wee Jasper valley. Wee Jasper is best known as being the home of fine wool, prime beef, Carey's Cave, fossils, bush camping reserves and also the Hume & Hovell Walking Track.
Local folks are busy running their own properties (beef, sheep, wool, mohair, wine) or operating the tavern and restaurant, the general store, various accommodation businesses and visitor attractions - which help to maintain the tourism trade and provide employment - others residents are employed locally in industries like mining and forestery. Some run businesses from home, work in Yass, Canberra or even Tumut and a lucky few telecommute - swapping the drive to town for a government subsidised satellite internet connection through the Australian Broadband Guarantee.
You might be surprised who you meet in Wee Jasper. The local attractions, physical beauty and feeling of "convenient remoteness" of the valley have always attracted creative and interesting people.
Drawcards
There's a lot about Wee Jasper that people are drawn to, but we asked some locals and these are the things that sprung to their minds:
- Peace and quiet
- Great primary school
- Open space
- Friendly and diverse community
- Satellite internet - telecommuniting is easy
- Being able to have time with the kids
- Growing our own beef, lamb and veges - as well as chooks and eggs
- Catching a trout after work
- The locals love where they live and work hard to keep it great
- A refuge from city life
- Beautiful river and stunning landscape
- Great place for outdoor activities like horse riding, mountain biking, fishing, bushwalking
- Meeting tourists and travellers from all over the world at the pub
- Healthy lifestyle
- Sensibly priced real estate
- The community and school events are great, everyone gets involved
- It's close enough to work to commute
Are you ready for a tree change?
Follow these links for more information on life in Wee Jasper
Wee Jasper Public School Website
Wee Jasper Public School's Kindergarten Class 2010 - on their first day
Annual gear check - Wee Jasper Volunteer Bushfire Brigade
Wee Jasper community life is vibrant with an active Community Association,
P & C Association and Volunteer Bushfire Brigade.
Relaxing in the Goodradigbee River
An early morning ring-around can see a convoy of cars heading into the hills for an impromptu picnic, blackberrying trip or snow adventure or down to the Goodradigbee River or Micalong Creek for a relaxing swim or a party in the park at Sarah's Playground.
Follow these links to opportunities in the Wee Jasper District
FOR SALE The Stables Tavern & Restaurant
FOR LEASE Wee Jasper General Store Phone Terry Ryan 9874 5560
Another property for sale - Doctor's Flat Road
Also Coodravale Road
Wee Jasper Bridge - our bridge over the Goodradigbee River
Enjoying the "Wee Jasper Inspires" Art Show
Do you have a property or job vacancy available in the Wee Jasper area?
Please contact us
