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Allendale Gardens And Rainforest Walks
Allendale Gardens are beautifully landscaped gardens located next to temperate rainforest in Tasmania’s far north-west. The two and a half hectares (6 acres) of landscaped gardens and lawns sit beside 26 hectares (16 acres) of cool temperate rainforest at Edith Creek. Choose from a number of walking paths, including 10, 15 and 30-minute walks. The paths weave through lovely tree fern glades, eucalyptus and blackwood trees. The forest walk includes a rare and endangered fern species known as hypo...Edith Creek, North West
Bells Parade Reserve
Picturesque Bell's Parade is situated on the Latrobe inlet of the Mersey River. It is named after Robert Bell, who with his half brother Henry Bentinck constructed a wharf and a store on the site in 1855. From the 1880's it was the main port on the river, becoming northern Tasmania's second major trading port for a period. Old English trees abound along the Parade adding natural splendour to the tranquillity and with barbecue facilities available it makes an ideal location for a picnic. It ...Latrobe, North West
Blueberry Cottage Open Gardens
Blueberry cottage Open Gardens offer a natural country garden in Tasmania’s north east. The delightful garden is set on the slopes of Mount Elephant. From the shop you can buy wonderful homemade jams and jellies, exclusive soft toys, other assorted giftware and seeds and plants in season. You can also have an exclusive, personalised souvenir post card made to remind you of your visit. While you’re in the area why not visit the famous Mt Elephant Pancake Barn up the lane? You are centrally locate...St Marys, North - North East
Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village
Brickendon Historic Farm and Convict Village is located just outside Longford, in northern Tasmania. Built by William Archer in 1824, the village is still owned by his descendents. You have a rare chance to see the convict-built Gothic chapel, Dutch barns, chicken house, blacksmith shop and tool shed. There is a four hectare (10 acre) historic garden for you to explore. Close to the Georgian homestead there are garden beds featuring soft plantings of roses and perennials to complement the house'...Longford, North - North East
Bridestowe Lavender Farm
The Bridestowe Lavender Estate is located in Nabowla, in Tasmania’s North East. One of the most beautiful sights in Tasmania during December and January is Bridestowe Lavender Estate. After four years of intensive restoration, the famous landmark property is a stunning showcase for the agricultural and technical excellence that made Bridestowe a benchmark for fine lavender oil throughout the world. Bridestowe Lavender Estate is spectacular at any time of year, with vistas spanning over 260 acr...Nabowla, North - North East
Bruny Island Berry Farm
Bruny Island Berry Farm is located on breathtaking Bruny Island south of Hobart. Enjoy delicious berries, either freshly picked or pick your own. Escape, relax and enjoy the picturesque landscape and stunning beachfront location. Savour our yummy berry ice creams as you wander along the tranquil creek banks or browse in our shop for assorted berry jams, sweets and berry-themed gifts. Bring your lunch and enjoy a picnic or barbecue amidst the native bush and learn about the farm’s history and di...Bruny Island, South
Cascade Brewery
The Cascade Brewery is Australia’s oldest continuously operating brewery, in South Hobart, Tasmania. The brewery is located in the foothills of Mount Wellington, five minutes’ drive from Hobart’s central business district. Cascade Brewery produces a range of fine Tasmanian beers and soft drinks. You can take a two-hour brewery tour to see all aspects of the beer-making process – from malting and brewing to packaging. Bookings are essential, and the tour involves plenty of stair climbing, but you...Hobart, South
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
The Cascades Female Factory is Australia’s most significant site associated with female convicts. Located in the shadow of Mount Wellington, and only a short distance from the Hobart city. The Cascades Female Factory was a self-contained, purpose-built institution intended to reform female convicts, where the inmates did laundry and needlework services, offsetting some of the Colony's penal costs. It is perhaps best known as the setting for Bryce Courtenay’s novel The Potato Factory. The Cascade...Hobart, South
Cataract Gorge Reserve
Cataract Gorge Reserve is a unique natural formation within two-minutes’ drive of central Launceston, Tasmania. The Gorge, as the locals call it, is a rare urban reserve. Within 15-minutes you can walk from the city centre along the banks of the Tamar River into The Gorge. You will follow a pathway along the cliff face, originally built in the 1890s, looking down onto the South Esk River. The Kings Bridge over The Gorge was floated into place in 1867. On the southern side is the First Basin, f...Launceston, North - North East
Clarendon
Clarendon is a National Trust property located near Evandale in northern Tasmania. Set in seven hectares on the banks of the South Esk River, Clarendon was the centre of a large pastoral enterprise developed by James Cox. Complete with servants wing and many farm buildings the House is surrounded by extensive gardens and parklands which can be explored. The grand colonial house, built in 1838, is beautifully designed with grand hallways and grand Roman columns at the entrance. Wander the propert...Evandale, North - North East
Culzean Gardens
Culzean Gardens offers visitors the enjoyment of a delightful garden in Westbury, northern Tasmania. The tranquil garden’s centrepiece is a 1.2 hectare (3 acre) lake surrounded by thousands of water irises and water fowl in season. During summer there are also beautiful water lilies. The Anglo-Indian style house on the property was built in 1841. Mature exotic trees and hundreds of different conifers are the background to a changing display. If you come in the Spring time you will see hectares...Westbury, North - North East
Curringa Farm - Hamilton Sheep Centre
Open daily for farm tours, meals and accommodation, Curringa Farm is located at Hamilton in Central Tasmania. Personalized day tour attractions offer groups and Self Drivers a unique view of an authentic Tasmanian farm. See working farm dogs, sheep shearing and environmentally friendly farming practices. Curringa Farm is only one hour from Hobart on the main highway to the west coast and close to Mt Field National Park and Russell Falls. Curringa Farm is eco Certified and covers 750 acres / 300 ...Hamilton, South
Design Tasmania - Centre
The Design Centre of Tasmania, Launceston, features Australia’s only museum collection of contemporary wood design. The Centre is located on the edge of City Park, a short walk from Launceston’s central business district. The Centre houses the Tasmanian Wood Design Collection. This is a collection of innovative work by Tasmanian designer/makers, including Kevin Perkins, Mark Bishop, Toby Muir Wilson, Brendan Sharpe, Stuart Houghton, John Smith, Brad Latham, the Indeco group and Axiom Design. Pie...Launceston, North - North East
East Coast Natureworld
East coast Natureworld is a premier wildlife and ecology park near Bicheno, in Tasmania’s east coast. The park is located on 65 hectares (150 acres) of natural parkland and lagoons, north of bicheno. Here, you can see free-ranging native Australian wildlife up close, including wombats, kangaroos, bettongs, koalas, pademelons, lorikeets, pelicans and swans. Natureworld also operates as a rescue, breeding and rehabilitation sanctuary for orphaned or injured wildlife. Other features include devilwo...Bicheno, North - North East
Edward `Teddy` Sheean Memorial and Sheean Walk
The Edward 'Teddy' Sheean Memorial and Sheean Walk is a military memorial at Latrobe, north west Tasmania. Latrobe is 10 minutes’ drive south east of Devonport (nine kilometres/six miles). The Walkway begins in Latrobe’s main street, where you can see the Edward 'Teddy' Sheean Memorial, commemorating the courage and sacrifice of this young seaman. Born near Latrobe in 1923, Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean served aboard the HMAS Armidale during the Second World War. While en route to Timor in 1942 the Armi...Latrobe, North West
Emu Valley Rhododendron Gardens
The Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden is a stunning garden near Burnie, North-West Tasmania. The Gardens are a ten-minute drive south of Burnie. The 11-hectare/28-acre garden features over 22,000 select rhododendrons and companion plants, creating a spectacular display between August and February each year. Here, in addition to the hybrid rhododendrons familiar to gardeners, you can see many wild species rhododendrons planted to reflect their geographical origins - from Asia Minor, across the Hima...Burnie, North West
Entally Estate
Entally house is a lovely old house located in Tasmania’s north at Hadspen. Entally Estate is named after a suburb of Calcutta, India, and built in 1819 for Thomas Reibey. While he lived there he was reputed to have the most extensive library in the colony. The house contains a magnificent collection of Regency furniture and fine silver. It is surrounded by superb gardens and grounds, in which there are a greenhouse, a chapel, a coach house and stables. It seems that Reibey preferred long-lastin...Hadspen, North - North East
Fleurtys Cafe, Essential Oil Distillery and Walks
Fleurtys is a farm and café at Birchs Bay, on southern Tasmania’s D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Birchs Bay is a 50-minute (50 kilometre) drive south of Hobart, a short drive from Woodbridge. Fleurtys farm produces a significant proportion of Australia’s native pepper crop, which is grown, dried and packaged at the farm and sold under the Diemen Pepper label. Products include packaged berries and leaf, zesty oils and vinegars and spicy chutneys. The farm also grows Dutch iris for the mainland market, ...Birchs Bay, South
Franklin House
Franklin House is convict built and located in northern Tasmania at Franklin Village, Launceston. Built by former convict and successful businessman Britton Jones, Franklin House is notable for its rich use of imported Australian Red Cedar. Extended to accommodate one of the colonies leading private schools which operated there from 1842 until 1866 the house finally became the birthplace of the National Trust in Tasmania in 1960. Franklin House survives with house, stables and garden. Nearby and...Launceston, North - North East
Glen Clyde House
Glen Clyde House is a gallery, gardens and café at Hamilton, in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley. Hamilton is an hour’s drive northwest of Hobart (70 kilometres). The award-winning Glen Clyde House is a restored, convict-built 1840s coach inn. The craft gallery, which stocks only Tasmanian-made items, displays the work of over 100 local artisans. You can choose from a range of art and craft including pottery, leatherwork, woodcraft made from Tasmanian specialty timbers, and ironwork. Original artworks ...Hamilton, South
Glengarry Bush Maze and Tearooms - The
Glengarry Bush Maze and Tearooms are located at Glengarry in Tasmania’s north. Enjoy the challenge of the formal hedge maze or take a relaxing walk in a natural Tasmanian bush setting to the fern gully. On your return, you can relax with a light lunch and drinks in the tearoom. Situated in the picturesque West Tamar region, the Glengarry Bush Maze is only a 25-minute drive (34 kilometres/21 miles) from Launceston. You'll find the maze and tearooms just off the Frankford Highway at Glengarry.Glengarry, North - North East
Grannie Rhodes` Cottage - Turn The Key Of Time
Grannie Rhodes’ Cottage presents “Turn the key of Time”, a live performance at Richmond, southeast Tasmania. This 50 minute fascinating professional performance retells Grannie’s true stories. Be transported back to Old England in 1824. Hear of the tribulations of her parents, her two marriages – first to a convict, and then a free man - and discover not only how Grannie lived in this tiny cottage, raising her eleven grandchildren, but also the strange stories involved in the restoration projec...Richmond, South
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs natural springs pool are 90 minutes’ drive south of Hobart. Formed million years ago, these great dolomite caves were discovered in 1917 by timber workers. You can join a Parks and Wildlife guide on a 45-minute daily tour through the large cavern. You will discover spectacular subterranean formations including flowstone, stalactites, columns, shawls, straws, stalagmites and the unusual helictites. The Cave is spacious and well-lit and there are no narrow passag...Hastings, South
Hillwood Berry Farm
Hillwood Berry Farm is an iconic, family run farm in the heart of the scenic Tamar Valley. At Hillwood, visitors can experience the sweeter side of farming with freshly picked or Pick Your Own Strawberries, Raspberries and Currants. We also offer tastings and sales of our fruit wines, liqueur, jams, sauces, and berry vinegars. Our blooming gardens offer the perfect setting to enjoy a wide variety of sweet treats, including our famous berries and cream sundaes. We offer a children's play area a...Hillwood, North - North East
Inverawe Native Gardens
Tasmania’s largest landscaped native garden is situated 15 minutes drive from Hobart, Tasmania’s capital. Be inspired by this garden with its enormous collection of Australian native plants that sweep down to the shoreline of North West Bay. Be overwhelmed by the colour, texture and subtle scents. Take tea on the terrace or just sit on one of the many seats, soak up the atmosphere of peace and serenity, watch some of Inverawe’s 94 bird species bustle about. All twelve endemic bird species have b...Margate, South
Launceston Basin Chairlift
Launceston Basin Chairlift lets you view magnificent Cataract Gorge from above, located in northern Tasmania. Take in the spectacular features of Cataract Gorge from this single-span chairlift. View the South Esk River in a serene or turbulent mood after a flood as well as tree rhododendrons and fern glades. It takes about eight minutes to take the ride across Cataract Gorge and First Basin. Top speed is a sedate one metre per second, but usually the chairlift runs slower than that to afford p...Launceston, North - North East
Lavender House The Perfumery
Lavender House The Perfumery is a lavender farm and perfumery at Rowella in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley. Lavender House grows over seventy species and varieties of lavender flowering intermittently from September to May. If you visit in January you may see lavender harvesting and the distillation of the valuable perfumery-grade lavender oil in the custom designed still. The perfumery building allows you the opportunity to observe the manufacturing and processing areas, learn more about the benefits ...Rowella, North - North East
Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees
Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees are trees sculpted into World War One soldiers in Dorset, Tasmania. The 25 statues depict the fallen men they were planted for in 1918. During a ceremony at the railway reserve at Ringarooma Road (renamed Legerwood in December, 1918) trees were planted in honour of fallen soldiers. As the names were called out, a relative of the soldier came forward to hold the tree before planting. In 2001, a report indicated that the trees were no longer safe and the community w...Legerwood, North - North East
Old Colony Inn (Attraction)
The Old Colony Inn can be found at New Norfolk, just 30 minutes from Hobart. Discover this historic home and tea rooms, furnished with antiques from across Europe. The Old Colony Inn began life in 1815 as a hop shed and was later extended to become a private home. It served as a school gymnasium and barracks over the years and in 1940 was bought by antique dealer and artist William Rees. Today it is home to one of Australia's largest antique doll's houses. You can stroll through the old English...New Norfolk, South
Pedal Buggies Tasmania
Pedal Buggies Tasmania is located in Ulverstone on Tasmania's beautiful North West Coast. Operating from The Beach Hut – (a relaxed beachside kiosk incorporating a small art gallery featuring Tasmanian scenery), pedal buggies offer a fun outdoor activity suitable for all ages six months to 99 years. You will enjoy some of Ulverstone’s lovely parks as you pedal along the pedestrian/cycle path. You can even choose to hire a Surrey Bike for the trip to nearby Turners Beach using the shared pedestri...Ulverstone, North West
Peppermint Bay
Peppermint Bay is a waterfront restaurant, bar, providore and venue at Woodbridge, southern Tasmania. The multi-award winning Peppermint Bay complex includes The Dining Room a la carte restaurant. Here, sweeping cathedral ceilings and a wall of windows frame views of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. The seasonal menu of Huon Valley produce includes heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetables, organic beef, seafood and farm cheeses. Meats and fish from the smoke house, fresh herbs from the trellised ...Woodbridge, South
Platypus House
Platypus House offers the opportunity to view live platypuses and echidnas at Beauty Point, Tasmania. Marvel at these unique animals in daylight conditions in an indoor setting. Tasmanian platypuses and echidnas are unique and cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. You are guaranteed to see both these spectacular egg-laying mammals actively feeding and playing during the guided tour. The tour begins with viewing platypuses in platypus ponds before walking through the echidna garden to see ec...Beauty Point, North - North East
Port Arthur Historic Site
Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula is Australia’s most intact and evocative convict site. Port Arthur is one of Australia’s great tourism destinations. The Historic Site has over 30 buildings, ruins and restored period homes set in 40 hectares of landscaped grounds. Allow plenty of time to fully experience all that Port Arthur has to offer. Site entry is valid for two consecutive days and includes an Introductory Guided Walking Tour, Harbour Cruise, access to Museum, Convict Stud...Port Arthur, South
Prospect Villa and Garden
Prospect Villa and Garden is at Hamilton along the Rivers Run touring route, about 60 minutes north of Hobart. You can walk in the romantic colour-blended gardens, abundantly planted in classic designs and admire the elegant early-colonial architecture of the villa with its mellow stone walls. Prospect Villa gardens demonstrate what can be created in a garden in a dry part of Australia. There are panoramic views of the surrounding valleys, rolling hills and sometimes snow-capped mountains. Th...Hamilton, South
Putters Adventure Golf
Putters Adventure Golf is a miniature golf complex at Moonah, north of Hobart. Moonah is five minutes’ drive from Hobart’s central business district (five kilometres/three miles). You can play a round of mini-golf on Putters Adventure Golf's all-weather putting courses – including the 18-hole Mountain and the Mill – an indoor course spread over three levels and featuring a Tasmanian rainforest display. Test your skill on greens with challenging banks and turns, sand traps, rough turf and rock ha...Hobart, South
Redbanks Fish and Field
Redbanks Fish and Field offers a range of outdoor experiences at Nugent, south east Tasmania. This is combined with the luxury of a fully licensed lodge offering full catering if required. Visitors can enjoy locally grown produce, meat and fish fresh from the property. Redbanks Fish and Field specialises in structured outdoor activities for individuals or groups. Under the guidance of expert instructors, you can fly fish or cast a lure in one of the well-stocked dams to catch plump trout or At...Nugent, South
Richmond Maze and Tea Rooms
The Richmond Maze and Tearooms is a timber maze at Richmond, south east Tasmania. Richmond is a 30-minute drive (27 kilometres/17 miles) north east of Hobart and 20 minutes from the Hobart airport. At the Richmond Maze you can experience the fun of getting lost in a tangle of pathways and dead ends. Try you luck in the two mazes and look for the surprise centre before relaxing with a hot pot of tea, tasty snack or light meal in the tearooms or gardens. This is family fun, suitable for all ages. ...Richmond, South
Rosedown Gardens
The grounds, of approximately 4.5 acres, which were once orchards and hopfields, have been transformed into a series of gardens, featuring many hundreds of roses. Many of the roses are of the old-fashioned variety, as well as gardens of David Austin roses and a collection of roses by the Australian rose breeder Alister Clark. The gardens also feature masses of perennials including many species of iris, daylillies, pinks, phlox and ground covers. Thousands of daffodils bloom in the spring alongsi...New Norfolk, South
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are located in Hobart, Tasmania’s harbour side capital city. Established in 1818 on the western banks of the Derwent River, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens covers 13.5 hectares and showcases 6,500 species and varieties of plants, including over 400 Tasmanian species. You can take a guided tour to see features including the largest public conifer collection in the southern hemisphere, a peaceful Japanese garden and stunning conservatory. Breathe in the...Hobart, South
Runnymede
Runnymede is an elegant colonial house situated in New Town just north of Hobart city. It is located in a lovely garden that overlooks New Town Bay on the River Derwent. It was built around 1836 for Robert Pitcairn, the first lawyer to qualify in the colony and a leading campaigner against the transportation of convicts from Britain. He named the house Cairn Lodge. When Captain Charles Bayley bought the house in 1864 he named it Runnymede after his favourite ship. The Bayley family lived in the...Hobart, South
Salmon Ponds and the Museum of Trout Fishing
Anglers with an interest in the history of their sport will appreciate the collection showing the changes to fishing equipment over time and the history of angling in Tasmania. The museum is housed in the cottage built for the first superintendent of the Salmon Ponds in 1865. Not a line could be cast for trout until the first brown and rainbow trout in the southern hemisphere were raised here in 1864. They were the base stock of streams and lakes in Australia and New Zealand. Visitors can view ...Plenty, South
Tarkine Forest Adventures - Dismal Swamp
Tarkine Forest Adventures is an eco-tourism and forestry interpretation centre near Togari, northwest Tasmania. Dismal Swamp is a natural blackwood forest sinkhole, believed to be the only one in the world. Formed over thousands of years by dissolving dolomite, the 40 metre deep sinkhole is a unique forest habitat supporting a range of plant and animal species. Visit the Visitor Centre, and view the forest from a cantilevered walkway, suspended over the treetops. Enjoy a tasty meal and glass o...Smithton, North West
Tasmania Zoo
Tasmania Zoo is the state's only fully-accredited Zoo, near Launceston in Tasmania’s north. Set amongst extensive natural bushland, the zoo has Tasmania’s biggest collection of animals including the world’s largest private devil breeding program. You will come face to face with the world-famous Tasmanian Devils who assist research into the devil facial tumour disease. Witness these fascinating creatures live, at the devil feedings and interpretation times. Watch wild animals feeding in their nat...Launceston, North - North East
Tasmanian Arboretum Inc. - The
The Arboretum is a 66 hectare nature reserve near Devonport in Tasmania’s North-West. Only a few kilometres from Devonport but a million miles from care, the 66 hectares of landscape Arboretum, which was founded in 1984, offers you the opportunity to walk among collections of woody plants from around the temperate world, especially including many of Tasmania’s plants. Set in a peaceful and beautiful valley, you may see some of Tasmania’s wildlife, such as swift parrots and platypus. Cultural an...Devonport, North West
Tasmanian Bushland Garden
The Tasmanian Bushland Garden is a free-entry botanical garden and nature reserve north-east of Hobart, Tasmania. It is located in a peaceful rural setting beside the Tasmanian Highway. Footpaths meander through Display Gardens and a Memorial Garden featuring the native plants of seat east Tasmania, with interpretive signage. There are also walking tracks through the 20 hectares of bushland with scenic views and abundant birdlife. Facilities include public toilets, picnic shelter, picnic tables,...Buckland, South
Tasmanian Gourmet Sauce Company
Tasmanian Gourmet Sauce Company is a production and tasting centre near Evandale, south of Launceston. You’ll be guided through the delicious range of products, such as a variety of berry fruit sauces, chocolate sauces as well as apricot chutney, Cumberland sauce and Thai chilli. There’s a dedicated tasting room adjacent to the production kitchen, and a deck looking out onto a garden and topiary nursery – the largest in Tasmania. You can purchase all products including a range of gift packs fro...Evandale, North - North East
Tasmazia and The Village of Lower Crackpot
Tasmazia, a maze complex, model village,pancake parlour and gift shop in Promised Land, northwest Tasmania. Promised Land is a small village fifteen minutes drive south west of Sheffield (15 kilometres/nine miles) and 40 minutes south west of Devonport (40 kilometres/25 miles). Tasmazia has a total of eight mazes. You can lose yourself in the Great Maze - reputedly the world's largest botanical maze - the Hampton Court maze, a balance maze, the yellow brick road maze, hexagonal maze, the Cage, t...Promised Land, North West
Teez Cafe
Teez Cafe and Lookout is located at Tarraleah in Tasmania's central highlands and offers superb views. It is a great place to break the journey whilst on the Hobart – Strahan touring route, voted “One of Australia’s Top Ten drives”. Guests may admire the views back to Mount Wellington and beyond whilst enjoying home-made food and real coffee. There is a range of interesting things to see and do whilst visiting the location. Activities include helping to feed our gentle Highland cattle or take a...Tarraleah, South
Town Of Topiary Tea Room
The Town of Topiary Tearoom, located in Railton, caters for anyone who likes coffee, tea or good old fashioned home baked food, scones, soup or a Sunday roast like granny made. Sit down inside the cosy tea room or with the topiary elephants outside or maybe take away and wander the topiary trail. The tea rooms are wheelchair friendly. Gluten free can be arranged with prior notice. Small bookings up to 15 catered for with bookings. Home made jam, including laurel, strawberry, tomato sauce, relis...Railton, North West
Two Oaks Nursery, Gallery and Cafe
The Two Oaks Nursery, Gallery and Café is located at Somerset on Tasmania’s northwest coast. Somerset is a ten-minute drive west of Burnie (6 kilometres). The Two Oaks Gallery features a range of work by local artisans. Fine woodcraft, made from Tasmanian specialty timbers such as Huon pine, myrtle and sassafras, are on display. Paintings by local artists, textile crafts and hand made pottery are also included. The craft shop sells Tasmanian produce, including lavender products, honey, preserves...Burnie, North West
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