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Ida Bay Railway - Lune River  

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 ...

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Arve Forest Drive - Geeveston  

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 dow ...

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Australia's Antarctic Headquarters - Kingston  

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 cont ...

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Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration - Bruny Island  

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 thou ...

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Brookfield Vineyard - Margate  

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 rus ...

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Bruny Island Berry Farm - Bruny Island  

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 ber ...

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Bruny Island Neck - Bruny Island  

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 ...

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Cape Bruny Lighthouse - Bruny Island  

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 ...

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Channel Heritage Museum - Snug  

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 ...

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Cockle Creek/South West National Park - Cockle Creek  

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 Cre ...

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Cygnet Public Golf Course - Cygnet  

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 n ...

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Dover Golf Club Inc - Dover  

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 feat ...

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Elsewhere Vineyard - Glaziers Bay  

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 pino ...

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Enchanted Woods - Castle Forbes Bay  

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 wo ...

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Fleurtys Cafe, Essential Oil Distillery and Walks - Birchs Bay  

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 Australi ...

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Forest and Heritage Centre - Geeveston  

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 prese ...

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Geeveston Golf Club - Geeveston  

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

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Grandvewe Farm Cheesery - Birchs Bay  

Grandvewe Sheep Farm Cheesery sits in the lush Huon Valley south of Peppermint Bay. The Cheesery makes seven different types of sheep cheeses and nine types of cow's milk cheeses along with sheep yoghurts, in season. The cheeses can only be purchas ...

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Grandview Vineyard - Birchs Bay  

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 t ...

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Hartz Mountains National Park - Geeveston  

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 a ...

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Hartzview Vineyard - Gardners Bay  

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 Har ...

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Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs - Hastings  

Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs are natural springs 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 ...

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Hastings Forest Drive Picnic Area - Hastings  

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 C ...

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Herons Rise - Kettering  

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, Hero ...

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Home Hill Vineyard & Winery Restaurant - Ranelagh  

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-hec ...

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Huon Heights Public Golf Course - Huonville  

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

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Huon Valley Golf Club - Huonville  

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 exce ...

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Huon Valley Mushrooms - Glen Huon  

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 w ...

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Huon Valley Woodhouse - Huonville  

The Huon Valley Woodhouse, in central Huonville, specialises in Tasmanian-made furniture and home wares. Huonville is a 50-minute drive south of Hobart (48 kilometres) in Tasmania’s Huon Valley. At the Huon Valley Woodhouse, you can choose from a r ...

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Hythe Gallery - Kingston  

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 ...

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Inverawe Native Gardens - Margate  

Inverawe Native Gardens is situated a 15 minute drive from Hobart, Tasmania’s capital. Experience this unique garden with its enormous collection of Australian native plants, spread over almost ten hectares that sweep down to the shoreline. You wil ...

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Kingston Beach Golf Club - Kingston  

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 ed ...

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Laguz Healing - Kingston  

Dee (Deirdre) Arnold, a naturopath, colour therapist, cosmetologist and healing intuitive has created Laguz healing with a focus on colour, intuitive healing and nurturing treatments using hand made Laguz skin care. Because Dee personally atte ...

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Margate Train - Margate  

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 i ...

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Margate Train Sunday Market - Margate  

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 sta ...

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Nandroya - Margate  

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 wo ...

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North West Bay Golf Club - Margate  

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’Entrecast ...

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Panorama Vineyard - Cradoc  

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 includ ...

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Pear Ridge - Gardens and Restaurant - Margate  

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 aroun ...

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Peppermint Bay - Woodbridge  

Peppermint Bay is a waterfront restaurant, bar, providore and gallery at Woodbridge, southern Tasmania. Woodbridge overlooks the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, 40 minutes' drive south of Hobart (43 kilometres/27 miles). The multi-award winning Pepper ...

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Picton River/Tahune - Geeveston  

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 - som ...

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Scented Rose - Glaziers Bay  

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 t ...

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South Arm RSL Golf Course - South Arm  

The South Arm RSL Golf Course is a public golf course in south east Tasmania. South Arm is 40 minutes south east of Hobart (37 kilometres/23 miles) overlooking the mouth of the Derwent Estuary and northern entrance to the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. A ...

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South Bruny National Park - Bruny Island  

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 fro ...

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Southern Design Centre - Geeveston  

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 Sout ...

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Studio Karma - Glen Huon  

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 Tasmani ...

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Tahune Forest AirWalk and Visitor Centre - Geeveston  

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 ...

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Tas-Saff - Glaziers Bay  

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 bu ...

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Tasmanian Appleheads and Model Village - Glen Huon  

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 ca ...

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Tassie Blue Blueberries - Lymington  

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 blueberrie ...

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