Huon Dentrecasteaux Bruny Guides Attractions Events in Tasmania

The Arve Road Forest follows the valley of the Arve River, with wet eucalypt forest and rainforest. The Esperance Forest and Heritage Centre in Geeveston - introduces you to the forests and the areas heritage. There are rafting and canoeing tours down the Picton River at the Tahune Forest Reserve. The Picton River with its reflections is perfect for photography, painting and fishing, as well as rafting and kayaking.

Australia's Antarctic Headquarters at Kingston,near Hobart, houses historical and contemporary exhibits of Antarctic activities, photographs and models.
A sculpture at the entrance depicts life on an ice floe. Visitors can see the historical and contemporary exhibits of Antarctic activities, photographs and models in the museum and library. A 40-minute film can be shown to large groups that book in advance.
Open Monday - Friday (excluding Public Holidays) 0830 - 1630
Every expedition, piece of equipment or load of fresh fruit and vegetables that ends up on an Australian Antarctic research expedition is initiated from the Antarctic Division just outside Hobart.

The Bligh Museum is a privately-run history museum at Adventure Bay, Bruny Island. Bruny Island lies off the south coast of Tasmania and is accessed by a 15-minute car ferry from Kettering, 40 minutes south of Hobart (34 kilometres).
Built from thousands of convict-made bricks, the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration features a specialised collection relating to exploration in the South Pacific. A display of maps, documents, paintings and other artefacts offers an historical record of visits to Adventure Bay by explorers Captain William Bligh, Captain James Cook, Tobias Furneaux, Matthew Flinders and Admiral Joseph-Antoine Bruny D'Entrecasteaux. Notable works by Tobin, Webber and Hodges are also included in the collection. The Museum’s foundation stone was laid on 9th September 1955 – the 200th anniversary of Captain William Bligh's birth.
Tobias Furneaux—who accompanied Cook on a voyage of discovery in the HMS Adventure—landed in Adventure Bay in 1773. He replenished his food and water supplies before sailing to New Zealand. Captain James Cook landed at Adventure Bay in 1777. His sailing master, William Bligh, revisited the bay again in 1788, 1792 and 1809. Bligh and his botanist planted the first apple tree in Australia in 1788.


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Brookfield Vineyard is a lovingly restored three storey shed located at Margate in southern Tasmania. It was originally built for flower seed drying for Yeates Seeds. It is now a welcoming restaurant with plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. The rustic ambience makes it ideal for casual functions, weddings and lunches. Both local and international musicians love performing at Brookfield Vineyard and the gift shop is bulging with eclectic gifts.
The fruity Brookfield Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are available exclusively at the venue and add delight to any lunch or dinner. Our hearty breakfasts are most welcome to tourists looking for the early morning break. A delightful flat one kilometre stroll can be had around the vineyard by the river with the plentiful birdlife in the trees adding music to the magic.
We have a separate room that seats 30 people for smaller groups and the Fooze Ball Table is most popular for the families.
The Market plaza is a wonderful safe undercover outdoor area for those who like the fresh open air and we also host a market every Wednesday with local crafts and produce.

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 diverse wildlife. There’s something for everyone – we just know you’ll love it as much as we do!
We are open late October to April each year from 10 AM until 5 PM. During the peak harvest period, mid December until the end of January we are open seven days. At all other times we are open a minimum of Friday to Sunday and on other days subject to the availability of fruit.
We look forward to seeing you!

Bruny Island Neck is an isthmus of land connecting north and south Bruny Island, southern Tasmania. Located 40 kilometres/25 miles from Hobart, Bruny is Tasmania's fourth largest island, accessed by a passenger/vehicle ferry from Kettering.
The Neck is an important habitat for Bruny’s native wildlife, and here you’ll find the Neck Game Reserve. Boardwalks and viewing platforms enable you to observe short-tailed shearwaters and little penguins (also known as fairy penguins). You can see these remarkable birds returning to their burrows in the sand dunes at dusk—little penguins making their way up the beach in tight groups and the shearwaters gliding in from the sea. The Reserve has an interpretation board and during peak viewing times there is a Parks and Wildlife interpretation guide present at dusk. The best viewing period is during the warmer months—September to February.
Timber stairs lead from the dunes to the Neck lookout, offering stunning 360 degree views. You’ll find a memorial here to the indigenous Nuenonne people who lived on Lunnawannalonna (Bruny Island) before the European settlement of Bruny.
The Neck campground is just 20 metres from the beach and has several accessible, flat sites, car parking, picnic facilities and toilets.

On the heels of George Bass and Matthew Flinders, who in 1798 had established that there was a strait between Van Diemens Land and New South Wales, came the sealers. Soon ships en route from English and Indian ports were using the strait, but quickly experienced its dangers and decided it would be wiser to travel via the longer route and as a result Hobart became a popular calling place.
In 1835 three ships were wrecked in DEntrecasteaux Channel and consequently it was recommended to build a lighthouse at Cape Bruny.
The Cape Bruny lighthouse has kept vigil on the south-western edge of the cape on South Bruni Island since 1838 and was the third tower to be built, at a cost of 2,500 pounds, by convicts in Tasmania.
Take a guided tours of the lighthouse which are conducted, by prior arrangement, for a maximum of 5 adults or 6 people if children are included.

The Channel Heritage Museum aims to promote and preserve the history of the Channel area from Margate south to Gordon.
There are displays of memorabilia and information on fruit growing, the 1967 bush fires, local schools, sporting teams, the scallop and fishing industry, timber industry, shipping in the Channel and many items used in everyday life in the early days of Channel settlement. The museum has a unique collection from the Electrona Carbide Works. A colonial style kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and washhouse depict home life in years past. There is a library with books, photographs, maps and newspaper clippings relating to the Channel.
The Museum is seen as being of special educational value for children and there are special programs for school groups by arrangement.
Group visits from community and tour groups are arranged and catered for. There is easy access for the elderly and disabled.

Cockle Creek is a tiny seaside settlement on the edge of Tasmania’s Southwest national park. Cockle Creek is two hours’ drive south of Hobart (148 kilometres/92 miles) via Geeveston.
Sheltered among the tranquil coves of Recherche Bay, Cockle Creek has campsites and basic facilities, and there are a number of excellent walks. A short stroll around the foreshore takes you to a whale sculpture and interpretation sign explaining the bay’s whaling history. Continue to the Fishers Point Navigation Light and Pilot Station Ruins, or take the well-marked track to South East Cape for stunning cliff-top views of the Southern Ocean and Maatsuyker Island.
Cockle Creek was once a thriving settlement of over 2,000 people. The area’s rich human history is reflected in Aboriginal sites, abandoned tramways, gravestones and ruins. This is the entry point to the Southwest national park, in Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area. The South Coast Track – one of Tasmania’s great bushwalks, begins (or ends) here.
French explorer, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux sailed into Recherche Bay in 1792 on a botanical expedition. The remains of a garden planted by the French were found here in 2003, resulting in the creation of a reserve to protect the area.

The Cygnet Public Golf Course is a nine-hole country course in the Huon Valley. The course overlooks Port Cygnet Bay and the township of Cygnet, and is a 50-minute drive south of Hobart (66 kilometres/41 miles).
The Cygnet Public Golf Course offers nine diverse holes and a layout that makes the most of the course’s natural landscape. No two holes here are the same and the natural hazards, including dams and creeks, make for an interesting round of golf. Green fees give you access to the course for the day and club and buggy hire are available—bookings for hire equipment are recommended. Change rooms and refreshments are also available.
Holes: nine, Par: 33, Length: 1,760 metres

The Dover Golf Club Inc is a public golf course in Tasmania’s far south. Dover is an hour south of Hobart (81 kilometres/50 miles), via the Huon Valley.
The Dover Golf Club, Australia's most southerly golf course, is a scenic, nine-hole course featuring undulating fairways and watered greens. You can play your round here while enjoying spectacular views over Esperence Bay to Bruny Island. Two greens are bunkered, there is a dam on the sixth fairway and the coastal winds can present an added challenge. Visitors to the course are welcome—you can perhaps join in the fun on the regular chicken run—and casual course fees are paid using an honour system.
Holes: 9, Par: 68, Length: 4,634 metres Australian Course Rating: 64.

Elsewhere Vineyard overlooks the Huon River at Glazier’s Bay in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Glaziers Bay is 50 minutes’ drive south of Hobart (70 kilometres/43 miles).
Established in 1984, Elsewhere is a 13-hectare (32 acre) vineyard producing pinot noir, chardonnay, riesling, and gewürztraminer grapes. Elsewhere’s range of wines includes their signature pinot noir, riesling, gewürztraminer and chardonnay in addition to a fine sparkling. Wines are also produced under the alternative label, Somewhere Else. You can make an appointment to tour the Vineyard, taste wines from the range, and make a selection for your own cellar.
To ensure high-quality fruit, Elsewhere Vineyard's yields are carefully managed to around six tonnes per hectare. The vineyard is dry grown and the vines are pruned and picked by hand. Elsewhere Vineyard’s still wines are crafted by acclaimed Tasmanian winemaker Andrew Hood.
Tasmania’s cool climate makes the state a prime wine-growing region. Tasmania has over 200 vineyards, producing more than 6,500 tonnes of grapes per year. The state’s long, sunny autumns create the perfect climate for growing intensely-flavoured chardonnay, pinot noir, gewürztraminer and riesling grapes.

Enchanted Woods is a gallery and shop at Castle Forbes Bay in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Castle Forbes Bay is a 10-minute drive south of Huonville (16 kilometres) and an hour from Hobart (64 kilometres).
Enchanted Woods features work by Tasmanian wood-turner Sue MacBeachen. You can browse the range of individually-crafted pieces, made from Tasmanian specialty timbers including Huon pine, black heart sassafras, myrtle and blackwood. The shop also offers a range of crafts including stained glass, wood craft and collectables. Enchanted Woods is rimmed by gardens and an apple orchard and has views of the Huon River, Mount Wellington (1270) and surrounding mountains.
There are a number of artists and galleries in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel area. You can see examples of fine timber furniture at the Southern Design Centre in Geeveston; visit the studio of potter John Martin at the Woodfired Pottery in Glen Huon and see quality Tasmanian art and craft at The Regnan’s Gallery at Peppermint Bay, near Woodbridge.

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, and operates an essential oil distillery.
Fleurty’s café is contained within an elegantly designed modern building, with views of the farm and surrounding forest. You can choose from the menu of fresh local produce, or enjoy a picnic pack with freshly baked savoury pastries, local wine and delicious cakes. After lunch, take a stroll around the farm or through the surrounding bush, or visit the farm shop to browse the selection of local products. Choose from the range of Diemen Pepper products or Tasmanian Essential Oils, Tasmanian wines and beers, Hill Farm preserves, Fudge A’Fare, Bruny Island cheeses and Gillespie’s Ginger Beer.
Fleurtys is named after convict sawyer Charles Fleurty, who lived in the area in the 1820s.

The Forest and Heritage Centre is a forestry interpretation centre at Geeveston in southern Tasmania. Geeveston is 50 minutes south of Hobart (71 kilometres/44 miles) in the Huon Valley.
The Centre is comprised of four sections. The Forest Room presents displays of Tasmanian forest types, wildlife and past and present forest practices. Here, you can see how pioneer timber-getters lived and worked in the bush, learn about current forest management in Tasmania, and see demonstrations of woodturning in the mini-theatre. The Hartz Gallery features an exhibition of original paintings by John Lendis, which illustrate the story ‘Postcards From the Town That Disappeared’ by Cilia Lendis. The gallery also has a collection of antique wood working machinery, crafts and fine furniture by Tasmanian artists. You can browse in the Craft Shop for Tasmanian-made, native timber products, and there is also a Visitor Information Centre. You can also enjoy a number of accessible themed walks through the working forests surrounding the Centre.
The Tahune AirWalk and World Heritage-listed Hartz Mountains National Park are a short drive west of the Centre. The Forest and Heritage Centre was the winner of the 2004 Tasmanian Tourism Awards, General Tourism Services and 2005 General Tourism Award.

Geeveston Golf Club is a nine-hole country golf club at Geeveston in the Huon Valley.

Grandvewe Sheep Farm Cheesery sits in the lush Huon Valley south of Peppermint Bay.
Discover Tasmania’s only Sheep Milk Cheesery, where you can meet the sheep, taste up to 15 different cheeses and enjoy a wine while viewing the whole process of cheese making and maturing. From September to March you can see sheep milking demonstrations daily from 4.30 pm. Children are welcome to feed and pat the lambs throughout summer. While visiting, why not check out the café restaurant, where you can enjoy various seasonal dishes and platters - incorporating our famous cheeses and farm grown smallgoods - on the deck overlooking the spectacular D’Entrecasteaux Channel.
The Cheesery also offers wonderful homemade gourmet delights to take home and enjoy with your cheese.

The vineyard was recently purchased by Ryan Hartshorn, his sister Nicole Gilliver and their parents and was previously known as 2BudSpur. It has been renamed Grandview Vineyard to connect it with the family's other organic vineyard in Birchs Bay in the same southern wine region.
The home vineyard is certified organic and the new vineyard will be converted over the next few years as well. The family is well known in Tasmania for sheep milking and the production of gourmet sheep cheese. With their two vineyards they intend to establish their own organic winery within the next few years.
Grape varieties and wines produced: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Gewürztraminer, Gamay
Production: 10 tonne.

Travel 13 kilometres west of Geeveston through extensive eucalypt production forests then take the narrow gravel road into the Hartz Mountains National Park. A range of walking tracks leads through subalpine woodlands to ice-carved crags, lakes and alpine moorlands. On clear days, there are superb views east to the sea and west further into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. At any time of year the weather can change suddenly, so be prepared for cold conditions, even in summer.

True to name, this hillside vineyard looks across the Huon River to the Hartz mountains. In the chapel-like tasting room you can sample not only owners Robert and Anthea Pattersons wines but those from 10 other Tasmanian vineyards.
Bearing the Hartzview label are wines made from riesling, chardonnay (wooded and unwooded), sauvignon blanc, semillon, pinot gris, pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon grapes, including a sparkling pinot noir made methode champenoise. There also are fruit ports, liqueurs and mead. Tastings, door sales and cheese platters are available.
The 3 hectare vineyard was established in 1988 on the site of an old gooseberry farm. If you cant get enough of the panoramic view, accommodation is available in a colonial-style homestead.

Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs natural springs pool are 90 minutes’ drive south of Hobart.
Formed some 40 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’ll 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 passages.
Tours operate hourly beginning at 10am (from September through April) and from 11am from the end of April to September (please phone for confirmation). Please purchase your tickets 20 minutes prior to the cave tour time as there is a five kilometre drive plus a five minute walk to get to the cave entrance.
Just five kilometres from the Cave entrance is the Hastings Cave Visitor Centre and Thermal Springs Pool. You can swim in the thermal pools, fed by a natural spring at around 28 degrees Celsius, surrounded by forest and ferns with a large picnic area and equipped with change rooms, showers and toilets.

The Hastings Forest Drive is a two-hour self-guided tour through Tasmania’s Southern Forests. The drive begins at Hastings Caves, 90 minutes south of Hobart (125 kilometres/78 miles).
The Hastings Forest Drive follows forestry roads from Hastings Caves to a picnic area near Dover, on the Esperance River. You can stop along the way to explore and view the forests and discover the area’s logging history. Informative signs are placed along the route and audio cassettes for your self-guided drive are available at the Geeveston Forest and Heritage Centre.
There are a number of short walks that you can do along the way. A highlight is the walk to Duckhole Lake, (one of Tasmania's Great Short Walks), a flooded sinkhole where you may hear the elusive lyrebirds that inhabit this area.
Relax at the end of your drive at the Hastings Forest Drive Picnic Area on the banks of the Esperance River, where you’ll find barbecues, picnic tables and toilet facilities.
Some areas of the Southern Forests have boom gates across the roads for public safety or security purposes. Keys to gain access or information on closed areas may be sought from Forestry Tasmania's Geeveston Office.

Herons Rise is a family-owned vineyard and holiday cottages at Kettering, in southern Tasmania. The Vineyard is located on hills overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, 30 minutes south of Hobart (34 kilometres/21 miles).
Established in 1984, Heron’s Rise Vineyard produces fine, cool climate Tasmanian wines including pinot noir, Rhine Riesling and Muller Thurgau—a German variety developed for colder climates. This variety produces an aromatic wine that develops tropical fruit characters with a little bottle age. The 2005 Heron’s Rise Muller Thurgau was awarded a bronze medal in the Tasmanian Wine Show.
You can taste the range of Herons Rise wines at the vineyard by prior arrangement and take home a bottle of the current vintage. Heron’s Rise also offers three self-contained cottages at the vineyard – the Studio Cottage, Clock Tower Cottage and Loft Cottage.

Home Hill is a winery, cellar door and restaurant at Ranelagh, in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Ranelagh is a 30-minute drive south of Hobart (40 kilometres) and five minutes from Huonville (eight kilometres).
Established in 1993, Home Hill’s five-hectare (12 acre) vineyard is planted with pinot noir, chardonnay and sylvaner grapes. You can taste wines from the Home Hill collection at the cellar door, including the award-winning pinot noir and pinot noir reserve, sylvaner, unwooded chardonnay, reserve chardonnay, sparkling cuvee and a late harvest sticky.
Home Hill’s elegant rammed earth and glass building also houses the restaurant, which has a seasonal, a la carte menu based on the freshest Huon Valley produce. Glass walls enable stunning views of the vineyard, surrounding farmland and mountains. Home Hill also hosts regular live performances, including a resident pianist and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Virtuosi.
The Home Hill Winery Restaurant is part of southern Tasmania’s wine touring route.

Huon Heights Public Golf Course is a nine-hole golf course at Huonville in Tasmania’s south.
Ppar 70, length 4600 metres.

The Huon Valley Apple Museum is located at Grove, southern Tasmania. Grove is five minutes' drive from Huonville and a 30-minute drive south of Hobart (40 kilometres).
At the Museum, housed in a converted apple packing shed, you can see exhibits depicting the history and life of early settlers in the Huon Valley. Browse the displays of 19th century antiques and memorabilia, restored agricultural machinery and carpenters’ and blacksmiths’ shops, and sample delicious apples from the selection of more than 500 varieties. You can choose a souvenir from the Apple Blossoms Gift Shop, or visit the Starving Artists’ Gallery. Here, work by Tasmanian painters, photographers, sculptors, wood designers, textile and glass artists is showcased in a continuing program of exhibitions.
The Huon Valley is known for its fresh produce, including fruit, mushrooms, wine and seafood. Every March, you can experience the ‘Taste of the Huon’ – a weekend celebration of fine food, wine, entertainment and the arts from the Huon Valley, D’entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island.

The Huon Valley Golf Club is a private, 12-hole country course at Huonville, southern Tasmania. Huonville is 40 minutes’ drive from Hobart in the Huon Valley (48 kilometres/30 miles).
The Huon Valley Golf Club offers fully watered fairways and excellent greens. The generally flat layout is not without challenge and six extra tees provide a total of 18 holes. Competitions are held at the course each Saturday and visitors and groups are welcome. The course has a well-appointed club house and the licensed bar is open each Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Bookings can be made for meals and the Clubhouse also has an adjacent barbecue area.
Holes: 12 (18 tees), Par: 72 Length: 5,724 metres, Australian Course Rating: 69

Visit Huon Valley Mushrooms at Glen Huon in Tasmania’s south, mushroom-growing never seemed so fascinating!
The farm, by the Huon River, starts the process with a bag of compost and ends with delectable treats. It produces more than five tonnes a week of white, honey brown, oyster and shiitake mushrooms - all available at the farm shop, on weekdays.
Tours, which must be pre-arranged, include the dark, humid growing rooms with bags stacked five high and pickers on ladders. Taste the end result in the visitor centre.

The Hythe Gallery at Kingston, south of Hobart, features work by Tasmanian and Australian artists. Kingston is 15 minutes south of central Hobart (11 kilometres/seven miles).
The Hythe Gallery exhibits Tasmanian and Australian art and craft. You can browse the collection of paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, leather, textiles, toys and woodcraft or walk through one hectare (two-and-a-half acres) of delightful gardens.
From Kingston, it is a 30-minute drive (39 kilometres) to Huonville in southern Tasmania’s Huon Valley. There are a number of skilled craftspeople and artists in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel area. At the Regnan’s Gallery at Peppermint Bay, near Woodbridge, you can see displays of quality Tasmanian art and craft. Visit Enchanted Woods at Castle Forbes Bay to watch a local wood turner at work, or see the craftsmanship of local potter John Martin at the Woodfired Pottery in Glen Huon.

The Ida Bay Railway at Lune River, Tasmania is Australia’s southernmost narrow gauge tramway. Lune River is 90 minutes south of Hobart, near Southport.
The Ida Bay Railway was originally built to transport limestone from Ida Bay quarries to waiting ships in the Lune River Estuary and Deep Hole Bay. You can take a two-hour, 14-kilometre (nine-mile) return trip on a restored section of this historic line, riding in passenger carriages built on 1890s bogie flat wagons powered by 1940s Malcolm Moore locomotives.
Departing from Lune River station, you’ll travel through wildflower-dotted bushland and coastal heath. See the site of the once-thriving Ida Bay township and enjoy fantastic water views as you travel along the Lune River’s southern shore. Deep Hole Bay marks the line’s end where you’ll find a long, white sand swimming beach, accessible only by rail. This idyllic lunch spot has a picnic shelter, barbecue facilities and toilets. (Barbecue packs are available from the Ida Bay Railway Café.)
From Deep Hole Bay you can follow walking tracks to Southport Lagoon and Southport Bluff where you will find the King George III monument. 134 people lost their lives when this convict ship sank here in 1835.

Tasmania’s largest landscaped native garden is situated a 15 minute drive from Hobart, Tasmania’s capital.
Be inspired by this unique garden with its enormous collection of Australian native plants, spread over almost ten hectares that sweep down to the shoreline of North West Bay. Be overwhelmed by the colour, texture and subtle scents of this great garden.
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 88 bird species bustle about. All twelve endemic bird species have been seen here. Bring a note book and list plant species you want for your own garden. Plants are identified by name, with cultivation details. Borrow some of our landscaping ideas.
French explorers and early botanists anchored in the bay and fetched water from our river. Interpretive signs tell that story. Over 7000 native plants have gone into this eight year old garden, supplementing natural regeneration. Plants are chosen for minimum water requirements, minimum maintenance and minimum use of chemicals. Paths, rock walls, sculpture and poetry enhance your experience.
Take a self guided tour or book a guided tour at 1000 or 1400 with one of our gardeners.Tours are AUD45.00.

The Kingston Beach Golf Club is one of Tasmania’s leading 18-hole golf courses. Kingston Beach is a 15 minute drive south of Hobart (14 kilometres).
The Kingston Beach Golf Club winds through river flats where Browns River enters the sea, and is edged with eucalypts and light bushland. This flat, easy walking course is framed with views of the Mount Wellington Range, river and ocean and presents a combination of testing par threes, strategic par fives and delightful par fours. There are numerous bunkers, water comes into play on six holes and the elevated green on the 16th is framed by bunkers and a large pine tree, which may test the ability of many golfers. An inclinator carries players up to the 18th tee.
The Club has hire and practice facilities, a resident golf professional and a stunning clubhouse, built in 1830 and known as the Red House. Founded in 1922, the Club has hosted many major state and national events and the course is a proclaimed wildlife sanctuary. Men’s competitions are held every Wednesday and Saturday and a ladies’ competition each Tuesday and Thursday. Bookings advised.
Holes: 18, Par: 72, Length: 6,082 metres, Australian Course Rating: 71.8

The Margate Train offers shopping with a difference at Margate, southern Tasmania. Margate is 20 minutes south of Hobart (19 kilometres /12 miles) and a short drive south of Kingston.
The Margate Train—formerly known as the Tasman Limited—made its final rail journey on 28 July 1978. The Tasman Limited was built in England in 1950 and served as a passenger service between Hobart and Launceston until 1978.The train’s carriages now house a variety of retail businesses including arts and crafts, bric-a-brac, a specialist book exchange, and a buffet car offering espresso coffee and delicious Tasmanian produce. There is also a huge antiques warehouse and second hand shop here, located in an old IXL apple packing shed, as well as a children’s play area, toilets and plenty of car parking.
Each week, you can also visit the Margate Train Sunday Market to browse stalls of antiques and collectables, crafts, second hand clothing, plants, and fresh produce.

The Margate Train Sunday Market takes place each week at Margate, southern Tasmania. Margate is 20 minutes south of Hobart (19 kilometres /12 miles) and a short drive south of Kingston.
Each week at the Margate Train Sunday Market you can browse stalls of antiques and collectables, crafts, second hand clothing, plants, and fresh produce. The Market takes place at the site of the Margate Train - formerly the Tasman Limited, Tasmania’s last passenger train. The restored railway carriages of the Margate Train now house a range of businesses including arts and crafts, bric-a-brac, a specialist book exchange, a pancake restaurant, and the original buffet car is now a café serving delicious espresso coffee and snacks. There is also a huge antiques warehouse and second hand shop here, located in an old IXL apple packing shed.
The Tasman Limited was built in England in 1950 and served as a passenger service between Hobart and Launceston until 1978.

Nandroya Vineyard is a boutique, cool-climate vineyard at Margate, in southern Tasmania. Margate is a 20-minute drive south of Hobart (19 kilometres), in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel district.
The name ‘Nandroya’ is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ‘a family living in harmony’ – reflecting the approach that vignerons John and Joy Rees take to all aspects of the winemaking process. Established in 1995, the 1.5-hectare (four acre) vineyard specialises in pinot noir and sauvignon blanc grapes. Small quantities of high quality fruit are grown at the vineyard to produce fine wines made by a local winemaker.
Visitors to Nandroya can sample the latest vintage while enjoying views of Mount Wellington, North West Bay and Bruny Island. Tastings are by appointment, with a new cellar door scheduled to open at the vineyard in late 2007.

The North West Bay Golf Club is southern Tasmania’s only 18-hole country course. Located in Margate, the course is 15 minutes south of Hobart (19 kilometres).
The North West Bay Golf Club offers expansive views of Bruny Island and the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. This tree-lined, undulating course features many challenging holes that will test your uphill, downhill and side-hill shot skills. Visiting golfers who are members and associates of registered interstate clubs are welcome and the course is open for green-fee players on Sundays. The Club also has a bar, kiosk and practice facilities. Golf cars are available for hire and barbecue facilities are available by arrangement. Check the club website for green fees and competition schedule.
Holes: 18, Par: 72, Length: 6,108 metres, Australian Course Rating: 71

Panorama Wines is a vineyard and wine centre in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. The vineyard is located at Cradoc on the eastern shore of the Huon River, a 40-minute drive south of Hobart (65 kilometres).
Panorama’s 12 hectares (30 acres) of vines include riesling, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, gewürztraminer and pinot noir. You can sample Panorama’s range of award winning, cool climate wines in the wine tasting room. Try the elegant pinot noir, medal-winning riesling, oaked and non-oaked chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and a refreshing, family-recipe pear liqueur. You can relax with a picnic in the gazebo and gardens or enjoy Panorama’s seasonal program of concerts and live music.
Cellar door sales are available at the vineyard. You can also purchase Panorama Wines at the Apple Valley Teahouse at Grove, north of Huonville.

Experience clean, fine Channel produce cooked in a way that is simple and satisfying; fresh Tinderbox rabbit braised with bacon and Huon Valley Honey Brown mushrooms. Sample regional wines such as Nandroya's smooth, full-bodied Pinot Noir. Walk around our half hectare French potager garden that supplies our restaurant with luscious fruit, herbs and vegetables.
Allow your children to play in the specially provided playground. Experience the chance to see the platypus in our shallow river. Relax in our warm restaurant café where the staff are friendly and the view is tranquil.
Experience Tasmania in this neck of the woods...., visit Pear Ridge in Margate, 18 minutes drive south of Hobart central.
Accolades:
National Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence 2006 - Best Family Establishment

Pelican Point Paca Products, located at Glen Huon west of Huonville, is an Alpaca farm industry.
The four acre property overlooks the Huon River and runs nine alpacas, with an on-farm wholesale outlet open to the public. You can experience the quiet alpacas up close by talking, touching, leading or feeding them. Get up close for some family photos with the alpacas, miniature horses and Netherland dwarf rabbits. Wander the property and feel free to ask your friendly hosts about farming practices of alpacas. Visit the wholesale outlet where you can touch the soft and luxurious products that come from the alpacas.
While you’re in the area, why not visit the Glen Huon Deer Farm, the Karma Studio just one kilometre back in Glen Huon or travel on to Judbury where you’ll find another alpaca farm just five kilometres away.
Pelican Point Paca Products was established firstly in the West Tamar Valley before moving to Glen Huon, 10 minutes’ drive west of Huonville in 2008. From Hobart, allow around 45 minutes’ driving time to get to Glen Huon in southern Tasmania.

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 garden and plump fish from the fish race are also featured. Enjoy a drink in the Local Bar or Terrace, or visit the Providore to choose from house made and locally-produced preserves, meats and cheeses.
You can arrive at Peppermint Bay in style – aboard the luxury, high-speed catamaran, Peppermint Bay II. The fully guided cruise takes you from the Hobart waterfront along 40 kilometres of coastline to your water-side destination.
Accolades: Winner of the 2005 Tasmanian Tourism Award, Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services; Winner of the 2004 Tasmanian Tourism Awards, New developments
Woodbridge overlooks the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, 40 minutes' drive south of Hobart (43 kilometres/27 miles).






Accolades: Winner of the 2005 Tasmanian Tourism Award, Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services; Winner of the 2004 Tasmanian Tourism Awards, New developments

Take the Arve Road Forest Drive (C 631) beyond Geeveston for 30 km to reach the Tahune picnic and barbecue area on the banks of the Huon River. From here you can walk the banks of the Huon River past Huon pine trees at various stages of growth - some are more than 500 years old. The Tahune Airwalk, with its walkway through the forest canopy of King Billy pine, sassafras, myrtle and Celery top is across the road. From here you can also join a guided rafting tour which takes you on the Picton River and then through easy rapids and quiet reaches to the Huon River.

The Scented Rose features a display of David Austin Roses in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Located on a hilltop overlooking the Huon River at Glaziers Bay, the Scented Rose is 50 minutes’ drive south of Hobart (70 kilometres/43 miles).
When you walk through the Scented Rose’s 1.2 hectare (three-acre) garden, you’ll breathe in the fragrance of a 30-metre (98 foot) border of David Austin Roses – a collection representing each Austin Rose currently available in Australia. The roses are intermingled with perennials and there are tapestry hedges of rugosa roses and a 70-metre (230 foot) rugosa rose hedge along the entrance driveway. Take the Rose Walk beneath five arches covered with old roses and clematis, with a massive display of Alberic Barbier forming a backdrop to the border. Other features include National Trust-classified topiary hedges, a 13-metre (43 foot), wisteria-draped pergola, and an informal park with thousands of daffodils, making a wonderful spring display.
You can take a guided walk or audio tour of the garden. Garden notes and maps are available and workshops in garden design, photography, pruning and cultivation can be arranged.
Opening times are: 10am to 5pm each Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during November. Other times by appointment.

Wild seascapes and sweeping surf beaches, wonderful coastal walks, birdlife and wildflowers, tall forests and an historic lighthouse are all features of South Bruny National Park. Access to Bruny Island is a 20-minute crossing by vehicular ferry from Kettering, 35 minutes' drive south of Hobart. Head south, crossing at the narrow Neck (the isthmus connecting North and South Bruny Island) to reach the park boundary near Adventure Bay or south of Lunawanna. Walks include the coastal track to Penguin Island and Fluted Cape, from Adventure Bay; beach walks on Cloudy Bay; or the full-day circuit of the Labillardiere Peninsula. A narrow gravel road links Lunawanna and Adventure Bay, giving wide, stunning south-westerly views. As you walk look out for Bennetts wallabies, pademelons, echidna and wombats. From November to April each year the short-tailed shearwaters arrive to mate and breed along the shore before heading out on their heroic journey to the northern hemisphere. The lighthouse at Cape Bruny was built between 1836 and 1838 with convict labour. The Bruny Island Ferry Service runs seven days a week and you can check the timetable at (03) 6273 6725.

The Southern Design Centre is a furniture and craft centre at Geeveston in southern Tasmania. Geeveston is located in the Huon Valley, an hour’s drive southwest of Hobart (71 kilometres), and fifteen minutes from Huonville (14 kilometres).
The Southern Design Centre specialises in designing and making fine timber furniture. Native Tasmanian timbers, including Huon pine, blackheart sassafras, myrtle, blackwood, celery top pine and Tasmanian oak, are used to create hand crafted furniture. You can see examples of Tasmanian timber furniture in the Centre's showroom, and pieces can also be made to order.
The work of local artists and crafts people is also displayed at the Southern Design Centre in an annual program of exhibitions. A range of decorative and functional pieces is on display, in addition to locally grown and made Tasmanian produce.
You can also observe artisans at work in the Centre's studios. The ‘Allsorts’ are a group of local artists, resident at the Centre. You can see the work of a wood turner, potter, textile artist, silversmith, glass artist and batik artist, and even participate in one of the Centre’s regular art and craft workshops.

Studio Karma is an artist’s studio and gallery in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Located at Glen Huon, the Studio is a five-minute drive west of Huonville, and 40 minutes southwest of Hobart (58 kilometres/36 miles).
Studio Karma is the home of Tasmanian watercolourist Terry Choi-Lundberg. You can view the artist’s original work, including landscapes and portraiture, at the Studio Karma gallery by appointment. A series of cards and prints featuring paintings by Terry Choi-Lundberg and her late father, Tak Chuen Choi are also available, with a percentage of the sale price donated to charities of the artist’s choosing.
Here you will also find Spa Karma—a luxury spa retreat in the grounds of Studio Karma offering elegant accommodation, indulgence and personally-designed wellness retreats.
There are a number of other artists and galleries in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel area. Visit the Woodfired Pottery at Glen Huon so see work by potter John Martin. The Regnan’s Gallery at Peppermint Bay, near Woodbridge, displays quality Tasmanian art and craft, and at Enchanted Woods at Castle Forbes Bay, you can watch a local wood turner creating fine woodcraft from Tasmanian specialty timbers.

Want a bird's eye view of the world above the forest floor?
The Tahune Airwalk is about 90 minutes’ drive or 70 kilometres from Hobart in the Huon Valley.
You can experience walking among the treetops past rare species, some found only in Tasmania, such as King Billy and Celery Top pine, myrtle, beech, blackwood and sassafras. The walkway rises up to 48 metres above the ground and extends for around half a kilometre over the Tahune State Forest and Picton River.
The Visitors Centre has excellent interpretation on the forest and how it is worked; the adjoining restaurant features tasty lunches usingTasmanian local produce.
The area is well known for four wheel driving, rafting, bushwalking and fishing. Its central location also provides a hub from which visitors can experience a range of cultural, heritage and recreational activities in the Huon Valley.
The Air Walk was made in Tasmania and designed to meet the highest safety standards. The steel framework is supported by 12 concrete towers embedded in the forest floor and stabilised by three elastic steel guy cables designed for each tower. The walkway is built to withstand winds up to 180 km.

Tas-Saff, at Glaziers Bay, southern Tasmania, is Australia’s first commercial saffron grower. Glaziers Bay is located in the Huon Valley, 50 minutes drive south of Hobart (70 kilometres).
Tas Saff is a family-owned, multi-award winning Tasmanian business. Established in 1991 on three acres of land overlooking the sea at Glaziers Bay, Tas Saff is now a thriving commercial saffron producer and has developed a network of 40 growers throughout Australia. You can visit Tas Saff by appointment to discover the process of growing fine quality Tasmanian saffron.
Saffron is the name given to the dried, red stigmas of the flower of the Crocus Sativus plant. It is treasured for adding flavour, colour, and aroma to food, and also has medicinal qualities. Growing and harvesting saffron is a labour-intensive undertaking. Each crocus plant produces just one flower, and each flower grows three stigmas. The plant flowers over a 35-day period in autumn and the delicate process of picking, stripping, weighing and packing the filaments is all done by hand. Around 220,000 flowers are needed to produce each kilogram of Australian saffron.

Tasmanian Appleheads and Model Village is an attraction at Glen Huon, southern Tasmania. Glen Huon is 40 minutes’ drive southwest of Hobart (58 kilometres/36 miles), a short drive from Huonville.
At the Tasmanian Appleheads and Model Village you can explore two model villages. The main village features miniature reproductions of buildings from around the world. Highlights include a large Shoe House, and a model of Australia’s oldest Catholic church - St Johns Church, built in the south-east Tasmanian town of Richmond in 1836 – which features bells, a church organ and even a church choir. A second model village is a quaint, imaginary country town, complete with houses, a pottery, smithy, hotel, turreted castle and four churches, each with their own ringing bells.
A quirky specialty is the souvenir Appleheads – caricature heads of men and women carved from real apples and dehydrated to age them.

Blueberries are an ideal pick-your-own fruit because they have no prickles and there is no need to get on either your knees or a ladder. During the January and February harvest time, Tassie Blue welcomes visitors who want to pick their own blueberries, or buy a punnet or a kilogram of pre-picked berries. The farm is also the home of Poverty Point fruit wines.
There are picnic and barbecue facilities at the farm, or you might want to take your pickings to the nearby Drip Beach for swimming or to Kays Beach, where just about every stone contains a fossil.

The Tinderbox Vineyard, in southern Tasmania, offers fine, cool climate Tasmanian wines. Located on the coast at Tinderbox, the boutique vineyard is a 25-minute drive south of Hobart (24 kilometres).
The one-hectare vineyard, overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island, specialises in Tasmanian pinot noir crafted by acclaimed Tasmanian winemaker Andrew Hood. Open by appointment only, the vineyard offers an opportunity to taste award-winning Tasmanian wine in a stunning rural and coastal setting.
Tasmania’s cool climate sets it apart from the rest of Australia as a prime wine-growing region. Since the first wines were produced here in the mid-19th century, the Tasmanian wine industry has grown to over 200 vineyards, producing more than 6,500 tonnes of grapes per year. Tasmania’s cool climate with its long, sunny autumns is perfect for growing intensely-flavoured Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Gewürtztraminer and Riesling grapes.

Tru-Blue Berries is a berry farm located at Lymington, south of Hobart in the Huon Valley.The berry farm consisting of 5,000 bushes and 13 varieties. Fresh and frozen berries are available.
While in the area you can also visit wineries, fresh food producers, antique and craft shops, potters, and artists. There are also two nine hole golf courses nearby.
Lymington is forty minutes’ drive (55 kilometres/34 miles) south of Hobart.

The Tudor Court Model Village is an open air museum at Grove, in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Grove is five minutes' drive from Huonville, and a 30-minute drive south of Hobart (40 kilometres).
The Tudor Court Model Village is located at Grove's Apple Valley Centre. The Village is a detailed replica of a Tudor village, with thatched cottages, a windmill and ruins. The Apple Valley Centre also includes the German Model Train World and Apple Valley Arts and Crafts, where you can buy locally produced artefacts, gifts and cool-climate wines. You can also sample freshly made snacks at the Apple Valley Teahouse.
There are a number of museums and galleries in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel district. You can visit the Huon Valley Apple and Heritage Museum at Huonville, the Forest and Heritage Centre at Geeveston or the Regnans Gallery at Peppermint Bay, Woodbridge. See local artisans at work at the Woodfired Pottery at Huonville, or the Woodbridge Hill Handweaving Studio and Gardens at Woodbridge.

The Woodbridge Hill Handweaving Studio is a textile studio in southern Tasmania. Woodbridge a coastal town, 40 minutes south of Hobart (43 kilometres) overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel.
At the Woodbridge Hill Handweaving Studio you can watch Tasmanian textile artists at work. The Studio specialises in handspun and handwoven garments and tapestries using a range of natural fibres including wool, mohair, alpaca, fine silk, cotton and linen. Here you can browse the range of colourful garments, shawls, scarves, rugs and fabrics, or walk in the extensive gardens, which feature unusual plant species and an extensive collection of fruit trees. During apple season, you can taste the many heritage varieties of apples grown on the property.
A number of other artists and craftspeople live and work in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel area. You can visit the Regnan’s Gallery at Peppermint Bay, near Woodbridge, to see a range of work by talented Tasmanian artisans. At Enchanted Woods, in Castle Forbes Bay, you can see a local wood turner crafting Tasmanian specialty timbers, or perhaps visit the Woodfired Pottery studio and workshop at Glen Huon and select a piece of handmade Tasmanian stoneware.

The Wooden Boat Centre is a boat building school at Franklin, in Tasmania’s south. Franklin is an historic Huon Valley town, 40 minutes’ drive south of Hobart (45 kilometres).
Sitting on the banks of the Huon River, the Wooden Boat Centre comprises the Wooden Boat Discovery Centre and Wooden Boat School. In the Discovery Centre you can see displays interpreting the history of wooden boat building and water transport along with maritime tools and artefacts. A number of small vessels are on display and you can also see some of Tasmania’s unique boat building timbers including Huon pine, King Billy pine, celery top and Tasmanian blue gum. There is also a gift shop where you can choose from a range of nautical gifts and Wooden Boat Centre merchandise.
The Wooden Boat School offers boat-building courses ranging in length from one day to full-time certificate courses. The year-long Certificate in Wooden Boat Construction teaches traditional wooden boat-building methods and focuses on the construction of large timber vessels through all stages from lofting to launch. You can watch the students working on current projects from the viewing platforms in the Centre, which is open daily, except Christmas Day.

The Woodfired Pottery is a potter’s studio in Glen Huon, in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. Glen Huon is a five-minute drive west of Huonville, and 40 minutes south of Hobart (58 kilometres).
The Woodfired Pottery studio and workshop is located in a converted early-20th century barn, surrounded by gardens and farmland. The potter, John Martin, designs and hand-makes a range of pottery pieces and demonstrates traditional pottery making and firing techniques for visitors. Each piece is finished with natural glazes reflecting the colours of the surrounding environment, and the flame and ash generated in the wood firing process creates a distinctive finish. The Woodfired Pottery produces decorative and functional pieces made from stoneware and porcelain clays.
There are a number of artists and galleries in the Huon Valley and D’Entrecasteaux Channel area. You can visit Studio Karma in Glen Huon - the studio of watercolour artist Terry Choi-Lundberg. The Regnan’s Gallery at Peppermint Bay, near Woodbridge, displays quality Tasmanian art and craft, and at Enchanted Woods at Castle Forbes Bay, you can watch a local wood turner creating fine woodcraft from Tasmanian specialty timbers.