Tasman Peninsula And The South East Guides Attractions Events in Tasmania

1 on Park Art Gallery overlooks the surf at Park Beach in southern Tasmania. Enjoy views from the sandstone terrace with an organic coffee or tea amidst mosaic sculptures in the garden.
The gallery is a large Spanish style building, showcasing local artisans. There are monthly exhibitions specialising in painting, mosaics, photography, sculpture, fashions, ceramics and jewellery.
The directors are Patricia Turner Smith and her daughter Eve. Patricia is a graduate from The Tasmanian School of Art, who specialises in painting and mosaics. Eve, a professional artistic photographer, runs her business ‘Eve Creative Photografix’ based at the gallery. Patricia and Eve have a long history of running art galleries. Visitors are treated to the entire creative experience as demonstrations of art work in progress take place.
1 on Park Art Gallery is located at Dodges Ferry which is 12-minutes’ drive (17 kilometres/10.5 miles) from Sorell.

Bream Creak Vineyard is a picturesque, award-winning vineyard at the gateway to the Tasman Peninsula.
Situated on Tasmania's stunning east coast, with views to Maria Island, the five hectare vineyard produces pinot noir, riesling, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, traminer and schonburger wines.
Tours of the vineyard are available by appointment.
Cellar Door tastings and sales are at nearby Potters Croft, where there’s accommodation and a gallery showcasing the art of the region.

Coal Mines Historic Site is situated on the Tasman Peninsula near Saltwater River. It was Tasmania’s first operational mine. Developed both to limit the colony's dependence upon costly imported coal from New South Wales, as well as serving as a place of punishment for the "worst class" of convicts from Port Arthur, the mine was operational for over 40 years.
Today, the Coal Mines offers visitors the chance to discover among the uncrowded ruins and scenic vistas a different perspective on Tasmania’s convict history. It is a great place to explore on foot, with a number of tracks and paths around the extensive site. There are signs and displays to guide you around and inform about the history of the Site. A printed leaflet about the Coal Mines is available from the Visitor Centre at the Port Arthur Historic Site.
The Coal Mines site is approximately a 1¼ hour drive from Hobart and a 25 minute drive from Port Arthur. A visit is a fascinating adjunct to any visit to the Port Arthur Historic Site. Entry to the Coal Mines Historic Site is free.
There are basic picnic and toilet facilities at the Site, but it is not staffed.

The Copping Colonial Convict Exhibition is a collection of convict memorabilia at Copping, southeast Tasmania. Copping is an hour and fifteen minutes southeast of Hobart, and an hour’s drive north of Port Arthur.
The Exhibition features a diverse range of convict-era relics and antiques. The collection incudes childhood treasures and one of only three cars manufactured in Australia in the 19th century. You can browse through the array of authentic artefacts and gain an insight in the Tasman Peninsula’s convict history.
The Copping Colonial Convict Exhibition is on the Tasman Highway, en route to Port Arthur. You can visit the Port Arthur Historic Site and explore the convict-built ruins of one of Australia’s earliest and most notorious colonial prisons.

Fresh fish and seafood - live if possible - is the philosophy of Dunalley Fish Market. Crayfish are cooked daily and oysters are not opened until you ask for them to be. All the produce is caught or harvested locally. Denison Canal is a shortcut from the East Coast to Hobart that avoids navigating the Tasman Peninsula, and so has lots of fishing boats passing through.
The market itself is in a lovely setting by the water and offers free use of a barbecue, or purchases can be packed in insulated boxes suitable for your journey by car, boat or plane.

The Dunalley Waterfront Café is a collectables gallery and restaurant at Dunalley, south-east Tasmania. Dunalley is an hour’s drive from Hobart (61 kilometres) and forty minutes from Port Arthur (41 kilometres).
The Dunalley Waterfront Café overlooks Blackman Bay on Tasmania’s south-east coast. The Café is housed in a 1942 timber building which was originally a fish processing cannery, supplying overseas troops. The refurbished property retains its rustic charm and contains four showrooms of antiques and collectables including furniture, home wares, clothing, books, music and art. The Dunalley Waterfront Cafe is also a fully licensed restaurant, offering modern Australian cuisine from a menu featuring fresh Tasmanian produce, premium wines and coffee. You can dine beside a cosy wood heater in winter, or bask in the summer sun as you look out to sea on the outdoor deck.
From Dunalley, you can drive south to explore the Tasman Peninsula. Experience convict history at the Port Arthur Historic Site, or visit the Tasman National Park where you can take a number of short or extended walks to see stunning coastal scenery, forests and Tasmanian wildlife.

The isthmus of land only a few hundred metres wide at Eaglehawk Neck is the reason Port Arthur was chosen as the site for a prison -- the tiny strip of land was easily patrolled, and in those times few were able to swim and make a break for it that way.
A line of dogs, tethered at short intervals, roused the soldiers if anyone tried to get by.
The Officers Quarters has been restored as a museum interpreting the history and life at Eaglehawk Neck. The 1832 quarters is reputed to be the oldest wooden military building remaining in Australia.
Nearby is the Officers Mess, a modern restaurant and coffee shop, and also the information centre for the man-made features and natural phenomena in the surrounding area.

Federation Chocolate is a chocolate factory and museum at Taranna, on the Tasman Peninsula. Taranna is a 75 minutes' drive from Hobart (88 kilometres/55 miles) and 15 minutes before the Port Arthur Historic Site (10 kilometres/six miles).
Federation Chocolate is a family-owned Tasmanian business producing fine handmade chocolates. In the Federation Chocolate Factory, opened in 2004, you can watch the fine art of chocolate making through purpose-built viewing windows. Taste samples from the tempting range, including unusual varieties like liquorice and apple, and choose a few blocks of your favourite to take home.
You can also visit the Federation Heritage Museum, which celebrates the Tasman Peninsula’s convict history, saw milling and blacksmithing industries in a display of historic artefacts, photographs and memorabilia. The Museum itself has a number of historic features, including convict-cut sandstone, timber columns and beams salvaged from a colonial-era wharf and an elegant front door—restored with leadlight by a local artist—salvaged from a Federation house in Huonville.
Federation Chocolate is owned and operated by the Tatnell family, Generations of whom have lived and worked on the Tasman Peninsula as saw millers and blacksmiths since the early 19th century.

Forcett Lakes Golf Club is a scenic nine-hole course at Lewisham in southern Tasmania. Grass mounds and lakes add interest and challenge. Greens, tees and fairways are well watered. Limited hire clubs and buggies. Bookings advised.
Swans, ducks, native fauna on course.
Club house restaurant, bar and snacks, showers available. Restaurant bookings are essential.
Holes: 9 Par: 70 Length: 4306m

The Murraville Golf Club is a scenic nine-hole course at Dunalley, south east Tasmania. Dunalley is a 50-minute drive south east of Hobart (61 kilometres) at the northern tip of the Tasman Peninsula.
The Murraville Golf Club features a generally flat, tight layout with watered greens, tees and surrounds. Narrow fairways, strategically placed bunkers and abundant trees add challenge to your round. The ninth hole is a highlight, requiring a long shot over water to the green. The Club hosts regular competitions including the Saturday men’s competition, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday mixed competition and Friday morning ladies' competition.
Like many Tasmanian golf courses, the Murraville Golf Club treats golfers with fantastic views of the surrounding forest and ocean. Guides, clubs and buggy hire are all available, the club house is open for drinks each day and snacks and meals can also be arranged.
Holes: 9, Par: 66, Length: 4,032 metres, Australian Course Rating: 61.1

Panogana Pottery is Tasmania’s largest production pottery workshop at Dodges Ferry, southeast Tasmania. Dodges Ferry is a coastal township, forty minutes’ drive from Hobart (46 kilometres).
Panogana Pottery produces distinctive, handmade stoneware. Established by potter Bill Thomas in 1978, the pottery specialises in oven-to-table stoneware, including custom designed dinner settings. Decorative and functional pottery is produced, including vases, oil lamps and candle holders, platters and cookware. The pieces reflect the style of English country pots with rich colours and glazes influenced by the local coastal environment.
Panogana is derived from a Tasmanian Aboriginal word meaning ‘clay’ or ‘whitish mud’. The Panogana Pottery workshop is close to Park Beach and open to visitors each weekday and weekends by appointment.

The Parson’s Bay Retreat golf course is nine-hole public course near Nubeena, south-east Tasmania. Nubeena is 90 minutes south-east of Hobart on the Tasman Peninsula.
This country golf course is located adjacent to Parson’s Bay Lodge—a nine-hectare (23-acre) accommodation and holiday resort at Nubeena, 10 minutes drive from the Port Arthur Historic Site. The nine-hole chip and putt course features strategically placed dams, water courses and other hazards designed to test your skills. Bookings are recommended, hire facilities are available and players are welcome at the licensed café located in the Parson’s Bay Retreat.
Holes: 9, Par: 58, Length: 2,462 metres

Pittwater Golf Club is a private, nine-hole course at Midway Point, near Hobart. Midway Point is a 20 minute drive north east of Hobart's city centre (20 kilometres/12 miles).
Pittwater Golf Club is only available to members of affiliated clubs. The undulating, lightly-wooded course features grass greens, bunkers and lakes with easy walking around the nine holes. The Club borders a bird sanctuary at Orielton Lagoon and several species of birds are year-round visitors to the course. There is a practice fairway and nets, club house and bar, showers and barbecue facilities. Affiliated club members are welcome to join the regular competitions including weekly, full-member competitions, open, women’s and twilight competitions.
Holes: nine, Par: 70, Length 5,360 metres, Australian Course Rating 67.

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 Study Centre and Interpretation Gallery and the site of the Dockyard.
For a small additional fee you can also cruise to the Isle of the Dead and join a guided tour of Port Arthur’s island burial ground. An insight into the lives of those who were part of the penal settlement including convicts, soldiers, civilians and their families.
Or take a trip to Point Puer Boys Prison. The first reformatory in the British Empire built exclusively for juvenile male convicts; Point Puer was renowned for its regime of stern discipline and harsh punishment. See the remains of structures built by the boys in a bush landscape little changed since the 19th century.
Accolades:
2008 Tasmanian Tourism Award Winner: Major Tourist Attractions
2008 Tasmanian Tourism Award Winner: Heritage and Cultural Tourism
2008 The Australian Travel and Tourism Award for Best Heritage Tourism.

Potters Croft offers stylish accommodation and a Tasmanian craft gallery at Dunalley, south-east Tasmania. Dunalley is an hour south-east of Hobart (61 kilometres/38 miles) on the Tasman Peninsula.
Potters Croft’s craft gallery features a range of work by local artisans, including paintings, weaving, wood design, silk and hand-crafted jewellery. Tasmanian artists represented here include ceramicist Sally Curry, whose sculptural pieces have received national acclaim; master wood carver Paul Noordanus; potter Ben Richardson, whose wood-fired work has been included in a number of international exhibitions; and Eve Howard, whose evocative ceramic sculptures reflect daily life on the Tasmanian coast. Potter’s Croft designer, builder and co-owner Tim Homes also has his own wood-fired kiln and workshop beside the gallery.
Potters Croft sits on a small coastal headland, fringed with tall eucalypts and surrounded by farmland. The property is also the cellar door outlet for Bream Creek Vineyard and tasting of these fine wines is available on request. Stylish accommodation is available in Potters Croft’s loft rooms, studio and cottage.

Redbanks Fish & 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 & 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 Atlantic salmon, or try your hand at clay target shooting, archery, aqua golf or small bore rifle shooting. You’ll experience personal attention and just the right amount of challenge and Redbanks has a particular emphasis on safety in all activities.
The Redbanks property is located on over 160 hectares (400 acres) of bushland, tall eucalypt forest, pasture and dams. All equipment is available for hire and tuition is provided for all activities. Barbecue and picnic facilities are available and catering can be arranged if required. You can complete your outdoor experience by camping at Redbanks or, for a little more luxury, stay at a bed and breakfast or cottage at nearby Sorell or Richmond.

The Sorell Antiques Centre, in south-east Tasmania, offers a diverse range of antiques and collectables. The town of Sorell is a half-hour drive from central Hobart (27 kilometres) and fifteen minutes from Hobart airport (13 kilometres).
The Sorell Antiques Centre is operated by 12 independent Tasmanian antiques dealers. You can browse the Centre’s 300 square metres of antique and cottage furniture, china, glassware, collectables, militaria, ephemera, advertising and books. The Sorell Antiques Centre is located in central Sorell, in the town’s original School of the Arts Building (1862).
Tasmania’s rich colonial and convict history draws antique hunters and collectors from across the world. Sorell has a number of second hand stores and a regular market where you can unearth some surprising treasures. From here, it is a short drive (14 kilometres) to the township of Richmond where you will find an abundance of antique, art and craft shops, Georgian architecture and convict history.

Tasmanias cool climate gives extra flavour to its berry fruits, which are the specialty of Sorell Fruit Farm. The range of berries is astounding - strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, boysenberries, loganberries, silvanberries, blackcurrants. From November to May at least a couple of berries are in season, ready to for visitors to pick their own.
But berries are not the whole picture; at different times during the warmer months you can pick cherries, apricots, nectarines, peaches, apples, pears, nashi, broad beans and sweet corn. All the fruits and vegetables can be picked at ground level.
Enjoy a free self-guided tour of the diverse farm and then stop at the cafe for a Devonshire tea, berry ice cream. To take home, there is a range of already picked fruit, jams, vinaigrettes and pickles - including pickled cherries.

The Sorell Market is a large country market at Sorell, in south east Tasmania. Sorell is 20-minutes’ south east of Hobart (27 kilometres).
The Sorell Market was first held in 1991 with a second hand stall, gift stall and plant stall. Now it attracts over 60 stallholders selling a huge range of goods and attracts hundreds of visitors each week. You can buy freshly picked organic and farm-grown fruits and vegetables, antiques and collectables, second hand goods, arts and crafts, furniture, wood turning, native plants, garden products and tools. Children’s activities are often a feature, and there are food stalls where you can buy a well earned snack and drink after your morning’s shopping.
The market is held every Sunday morning from 9am during summer and every second Sunday during winter. The market is located on level ground, beside the Sorell Memorial Hall, near the town’s centre. There is ample car parking and access for people with a disability.

Tasman Golf Club is located at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula, south east Tasmania. The course is five minutes (four kilometres/three miles) south of the Port Arthur Historic Site and 90 minutes south east of Hobart (102 kilometres/63 miles).
Tasman Golf Club’s undulating nine-hole course has a tight layout rimmed by coastal tea-tree scrub. Skirting the sea cliffs at Point Puer, the course has breathtaking views of the Great Southern Ocean and dramatic Tasman Peninsula coastline. Features include watered greens and tees, bunkers and a central dam in play on three holes. Tasman’s dramatic signature hole is the par three 8th—which requires you to tee off on a cliff top and drive the ball over a 200-metre (656 feet) drop to the ocean to land on the opposite cliff top green, 100 metres (328 feet) away.
Tasman Golf Club has regular men’s, women’s and mixed competitions, and a twilight competition during the summer months (October – March). Relax after your round in the clubhouse and bar, open during event times. Tasman also has a practice putting green and club and buggy hire is available.
Holes: nine, Par: 70, Length: 5,238 metres, Australian Course Rating: 67.

The Tasman National Park hugs the coast of the Tasman Peninsula in south eastern Tasmania. You can reach the Park from the Arthur Highway at Eaglehawk Neck, an hour south east of Hobart (80 kilometres/50 miles); and also from Fortescue Bay and Port Arthur, 90 minutes south east of Hobart (102 kilometres/63 miles).
The stars of the 8,312-hectare (20,780-acre) Tasman National Park are its monumental rock formations. Here you can see rock stacks, arches, sea caves and 300-metre (986-foot) high cliffs created by 6,000 years of wave action on the peninsula's sandstone, dolerite and granite.
You can visit Tasman Arch, the Blowhole, Devils Kitchen, Tessellated Pavement, Remarkable Cave and Waterfall Bay by car, but the best views are from the Park's many bushwalks. Short walks include Waterfall Bay (60-90 minutes), Bivouac Bay (three hours), Cape Hauy (four hours) and Cape Raoul (five hours).
You can go rock climbing, scuba diving and surfing here, and the Park is rich in wildlife. Whales, dolphins, penguins and seals can often be seen from the shore or a wildlife cruise. Watch for foraging possums and wallabies in the bush at dawn and dusk – you may even encounter an elusive Tasmanian devil.

The Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park is a wildlife park at Taranna, southeast Tasmania. Taranna is 75 minutes south east of Hobart (88 kilometres/55 miles) on the Tasman Peninsula.
You can see Tasmanian devils close at hand here, alongside other native animals including quolls, rare golden possums and wallabies. Free-ranging kangaroos can be hand-fed, and you can see wedge-tailed eagles, falcons and hawks in Kings of the Wind, Tasmania's only free-flight raptor show. Devils in the Dark is a guided, evening tour offering the opportunity to see Tasmanian devils in their natural habitat. The Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park also features a Wildlife Gallery, which showcases original works by artists, photographers and sculptors. The exhibition is dedicated entirely to showcasing native Australian wildlife. The Vineyard Café, which overlooks 30-year-old pinot noir vines, offers fine Tasmanian food, great coffee and wine and cheese tasting.
Established in 1978, the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park is committed to the conservation of the Tasmanian devil, which are threatened by facial tumour disease. The Park is involved in a number of research projects aimed at saving the animals from extinction and a longstanding breeding program has produced a healthy population of Tasmanian devils.

Von Schroeder Fine Arts is a gallery and artists' agency in Dunalley, southeast Tasmania. Dunalley is an hour’s drive from Hobart (60 kilometres/37 miles) on the Tasman Peninsula.
Von Schroeder Fine Arts’ purpose-built gallery showcases work by renowned and emerging Tasmanian and Australian artists. The gallery features contemporary Australian and European paintings, sculptures, and limited-edition prints. Work by Australian artists including John Olsen, David Paulson and Jerry Mich have been shown at the gallery.
Gallery Director Christopher von Schroeder is also the agent for some of Tasmania’s finest artists, including painter Gaye Spencer. Agency-represented artists have exhibited at galleries throughout Australia including the Chapman Gallery in Canberra, Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts in Brisbane, and the Wagner Gallery in Sydney. Some represented artists have also exhibited in European galleries.
Kimberley Aboriginal Women Artists (KAWA) is an independent division of von Schroeder Fine Arts, representing women artists from the Kimberley and Western Desert communities. Von Schroeder Fine Arts also operates a school of fine art, with studio and open-air classes and private tuition available. Studio spaces are also provided for artists in residence.

Yaxley Estate Vineyard is a vineyard run on organic principles, at Copping, on the Tasman Peninsula.
The vineyard is just a 50 minute drive from Hobart, and you can sample pinot noir, pinot gris, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc varieties made by acclaimed winemaker Andrew Hood. The vineyard was established in 1992.
The cellar door is open by appointment.