 The local area also supports a farming population and there are many second homes, sometimes known as "shacks" in Tasmania.About a mile south of the town centre is Port Cygnet (home of the Port Cygnet Yacht Club), a safe anchorage for pleasure craft with easy road and walking access to Cygnet.Cygnet and surrounding suburbs have access to the D'Entrecasteau Channel on one side and the Huon River on the other.