Southern Tasmania is a happening place with many regional tourist destinations including those listed below and every activity possible from skiing, mountain climbing snorkeling or surfing, fishing some of the best walking in the world or just snoozing on a beach. All within an hour or so of Waterside Accommodation properties.
For those who like dining, nightclubbing or gambling, Hobart’s inner suburbs of North Hobart and Salamanca are just a 15 minute drive away and Australia’s first licensed casino, Wrest Point is just a 20 minute drive away from our Austins Ferry properties. Wedgeside on the other hand is just 10-15 minutes away from historic Port Arthur
Salamanca Place Market is a must on a Saturday morning and only 15 minutes from our Austins Ferry properties. Book a tour of the Cadbury chocolate factory and indulge in chocolates or have lunch at Moorilla and listen to jazz both of which are 5 minutes away. Wedgside on the other hand is located in the beautiful Tasman peninsula area and attractions include Port Arthur, geographical features like the Devil's kitchen and tessellated pavement and numerous tourist attractions including the Tasmanian Devil Park.
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Contact Details | Description | Estimated Distance, Travel Time and Cost |
 Cadbury Claremont Chocolate Factory (1/4 day) |
Cadburys Telephone +61 3 (0)3 62490333 or 1800 627367 (Aust.only) |
You will see chocolates being made, enjoy free samples and discover the history of Cadbury Claremont which has 18 heritage-listed buildings. The Factory Tour includes entry to the Visitor’s Centre where you can buy chocolates. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 3 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Moorilla Estate, Glenorchy (1/4 day) |
Moorilla is situated twelve kilometres north of Hobart or about three kilometres south of our Austins Ferry properties. , on a private peninsula. Moorilla Pty Ltd +61 (0)3 62779900 |
Founded as a winery in the 1950s, Moorilla has since evolved into a cultural haven that draws visitors from around the world to sample award-winning wine, food, accommodation and it's antiquities and art. Moorilla produces an acclaimed and awarded range of wines including premium Sparkling Wine, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Gewurztraminer. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 3 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Stefano Lubiana Wines (1/4 day) |
60 Rowbottoms Road |
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Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 4 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Claremont Golf Club (1/4 -1/2 day) |
Bourneville Crescent |
The nearby Claremont Golf Club has eighteen holes and water views. All are welcome but bookings essential. There is a practice fairway and putting green. Buggies and carts are available for hire. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 5 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Claremont Bowls Club (1/4 -1/2 day) |
Bourneville Crescent +61 (03) 62492559 |
The Claremont Bowls Club welcomes visitors. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 5 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Alpenrail (1/4 day) |
Alpenrail +61 3 (0)3 62493748 |
One of the largest model railway layouts of the most incredible craftsmanship. Rated as one of the top 5 model rail systems worldwide! | Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 5 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Bonorong Wildlife Park (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Bonorong Wildlife Park +61 (0)3 62681184 |
Bonorong Wildlife park was originally established as a sancturary for injured wildlife in 1981 and is now a major tourist attraction with unique Tasmanian wildlife. | Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 5 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Female Factory (1/4 day) |
The Female Factory 16 Degraves Street |
Visit the female factory historic site located near Cascade Gardens and th Cascade Brewery in South Hobart. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 18 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Tasmanian Transport Museum (1/4 day) |
Tasmania Transport Museum |
The Tasmanian Transport Museum was established to preserve, display and operate a collection of historic transport inclusnd railway locmoives, electric trams, trolley buses, fire engines and other road vehuicles. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 6 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1/4 day) |
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery +61 (0)3 62114177 |
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is of world standard and has local exhibitions of scientific or historical interest, significant art collections as well as visiting exhibitions from time to time.
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No cost 12 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 100 km from Wedgeside |
Maritime Museum of Tasmania (1/4 day) |
The Maritime Museum of Tasmania +61 (0)3 62341427 |
The Maritime Museum of Tasmania is dedicated to preserving Tasmania's rich maritime heritage for your enjoyment and information.
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No cost 12 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 100 km from Wedgeside |
Royal Botanical Gardens Hobart (1/4 -1/2 day) |
The Royal Botanical Gardens Hobart are on the north side of the domain and a 15 - 20 minute walk from the Hobart city centre. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens +61 (0)3 62363050 |
The sheltered, landscaped grounds of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens hold historic plant collections and a large number of significant trees, many dating from the nineteenth century.
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No cost 12 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
100 km from Wedgeside |
Salamanca Market Hobart (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Salamanca market is held at Salamanca Place right on the waterfront in Hobart. The market is a 5 minute walk from the city centre and parking is available in Montpelior Retreat and in city car parks. Salamanca market is run by Hobart City Council +61 (0)3 62382843 |
Salamanca market in Hobart on the waterfront is one of the best Saturday markets in the world and should not to be missed. Enjoy the sights, sounds, action and colour of Australia's best outdoor market every Saturday from 8:30 am to 3pm.
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No cost 13 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
100 km from Wedgeside |
The Taste of Tasmania (1/4 - 1 day) |
The Taste occupies Shed 1 Princes Wharf right next to Salamanca Place Hobart's cultural and artistic hub. It coincides with the arrival of yachts in the Sydney Hobart race (usually boxing day and goes on until the 3rd of January the next year. |
If you haven't been to The Taste of Tasmania before, you are in for a real treat. There are a huge number of food stalls run by Tasmania's finest purveyors of food and beverages. | No cost 13 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
100 km from Wedgeside |
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Hobart Gun Batteries and Forts (1/4 -1/2 day) |
Kangaroo Point Battery
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In years gone by Hobart was an important port in the British Empire and to protect it a number of gun batteries were constructed at various times. The best site for more information is on Wikipedia which can be accessed by clicking on the Hobart Gun Batteries link to the left.
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Check web site An average of 15 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 110 km from Wedgeside |
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Simsation Telephone +61 (0)3 6224 44412 |
Simsation have a great range of flight adventures to suit everyone in their Boeing 737 flight simulator. | Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 15 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 111 km from Wedgeside |
Cascade Brewery Tour (1/4 day) |
Cascade Visitor Centre and Brewery Tour Telephone +61 (0)3 6224 1117 |
One-and-a-half hour tours are conducted by guides several times per day, 7 days a week. Tours include the chance to see some of Australia's best loved premium beers brewed in the historic brewery and a walk through the famous Woodstock gardens. Allow half an hour at the end of the tour for tastings, which are included in the tour price. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 15 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 111 km from Wedgeside |
Louisa'sWalk (1/4 day) |
Live History Telephone +61 (0)3 62298959 |
Become part of a convict woman’s story. Join Louisa as she’s convicted and transported to Hobart’s infamous Female Factory. Experience this significant site’s chilling past as Louisa’s story unfolds. Shows leave daily from just outside the Cascade Brewery at: 10.30 am and 2.00 pm daily. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 15 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
111 km from Wedgeside |
Battery Point Hobart (1/4 day) |
Battery point can be reached by car or a short walk from the city of Hobart. From Salamanca place climb up historic Kelly's Steps. |
Battery Point is named after a Battery of guns (long since removed) that were established on the point in 1818. The Georgian cottages and village atmosphere including the famous Arthur's Circle group of buildings retains much of the character of 100 years ago. |
No cost 16 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 100 km from Wedgeside |
Wrest Point Casino (1/4 day) |
Wrest Point Casino Telephone +61 (0)3 62250112 |
Perfectly positioned to soak up the beauty of the River Derwent, Wrest Point is the place to be for relaxation, fun and entertainment. | No cost, but lots of ways to loose your money! 18 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 105 km from Wedgeside |
Barilla Bay (1/4 day) |
Barilla Bay Tasmania Telephone +61 (0)3 62485458 |
Barilla Bay Oyster farm and Restaurant is located less than 2 minutes from Hobart airport. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 30 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
85 km from Wedgeside |
Rotorlift (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Rotor-Lift Postal address: Telephone: +61 (0)3 6248 4117 |
Rotorlift offer scenic tours and other helicopter services. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 30 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 85 km from Wedgeside |
Hobart Airport |
Hobart Airport Arrival and departure information is available here |
Hobart Airport is the terminal for tiger, Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Qantas. The web site now has flight information. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 30 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
85 km from Wedgeside |
Richmond (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Richmond |
Richmond, Tasmania is a town about 25 km north-east of Hobart, in the Coal River region, between the Midland Highway and Tasman Highway. Richmond's most famous landmark is the Richmond Bridge, built in 1823, around the time of the town's first settlement. It is Australia's oldest bridge still in use. Present-day Richmond is mostly preserved as it was last century with many old sandstone buildings still standing including Richmond Goal. |
No cost, but lots of ways to spend your money! 20 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 95 km from Wedgeside |
ZooDoo (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Zoo Doo Telephone/Fax 03 62602444 |
Tasmania's friendly 'hands on' Safari Wildlife Park located only 6 km from the historic town of Richmond with its goal, famous bridge on the way to Port Arthur.. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 30 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 85 km from Wedgeside |
Old Hobart Town (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Old Hobart Town |
Old Hobart Town is a model of Hobart in 1820, accurately built from original plans. If you visit Old Hobart Town you will experience Australia's only model of one of our early convict built towns, as well as learn the history of Hobart. |
No cost, but lots of ways to spend your money! 20 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 95 km from Wedgeside |
Salmon Ponds trout hatchery, musuem and hall of fame (1/2 day) |
Salmon Ponds Telephone +61 (0)3 62615663 |
The Salmon Ponds, circa 1861, is the oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere. It's where trout fishing in Australia all began and the origin of Tasmania's legendary trout fishery. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 20 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
Shot Tower Taroona (1/4 day) |
Shot Tower Telephone +61 (0)3 62278885 |
Built in 1870 by Joseph Moir for the production of shot, the Shot Tower rises 48 metres above the banks of the Derwent, affording spectacular views. The tower is 10 metres in diameter at the base and 3.9 metres at the top - the walls a metre thick at the bottom thin out to .45 centimetres at the top. Molten lead was dropped from top to bottom of the hollow tower and its rapid descent and cooling roughly shaped it into pellets. There is a museum and tearooms at the base of the tower |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 25 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
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Redbanks Fish and Field Telephone +61 (0)3 62575162 |
Redbanks offers a range of outdoor activities that are not available on the one site anywhere else in Tasmania, and which give people an opportunity to try these sports in a safe and natural environment | Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 60 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
80 km from Wedgeside |
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Oatlands - Callington Mill (1/4 -1/2 day) |
The historic town of Oatlands on the shore of lake Dulverton has more Georgian houses than anywhere else in Australia and was founded by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1821. Visit Callingon Mill, the Court House, the Old Goal and Casaveen Knitwear. | 70 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 120 km from Wedgeside via Buckland and Woodsdale. |
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Mt Field National Park (1/2 - 1 day) |
Mt Field National Park Mt Field National Park Telephone 1300 135 513 - Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) |
Mt Field National Park is one of Tasmania's most loved national parks. The park has a wide variety of scenic features and wildlife and offers a great range of facilities for day visitors. Few other national parks in Australia offer such a diversity in vegetation, ranging from tall swamp gum forests and massive tree ferns at the base of the mountain, through rainforest along the Lake Dobson Road, to alpine vegetation at the higher elevations. | For Park Fees contact National Parks and Wildlife Tasmania 80 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
160 km from Wedgeside |
Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park Telephone: +61 (0)3 62503230 |
Visit Tasmania Devil Conservation Park to learn how the Tasmanian devil is being saved from extinction by a mystery cancer.You're guaranteed to meet see Tasmania's famous little devils, Kings of the Wind free-flight raptor show, rescued eagles, falcons and hawks, friendly kangaroos and many other interesting Tasmanian creatures |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 100 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 25 km from Wedgeside |
Tasman Arch Eaglehawk neck, the Devils Kitchen, Tessellated pavement and other geographical features. (1 day) |
Tasman's Arch Eaglehawk neck, the Devils Kitchen, Tessellated pavement and other geographical features Tourism Officer Telephone: +61 (0)3 62512400 |
Tasman's Arch is a natural arch produced by wave action. Devil's Kitchen was formed in a similar way but fell in many thousands of years ago. The tessellated pavement. gives the rocks near the old Lufra Hotel the effect of being rather neatly tiled by a giant. It was caused by weathering along crack lines. | No cost 90 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
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The Port Arthur Historic Site (1 day) |
The Port Arthur Historic Site |
Port Arthur is about one and a half hours drive from Hobart and Australia's great tourism destinations. Every building, every feature at Port Arthur was built with convict labour. The impressive architecture, delightful gardens and chilling prison facilities all have a story to tell. Telephone +61 3 6251 2300 |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 100 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
12 km from Wedgeside |
Mount Wellington (1/4 - 1/2 day) |
Take a drive to the summit of Mt Wellington for a free panoramic view over the city and the river. Go on one of the many bushwalks on the mountain departing Ferntree or the Springs. |
No cost 25 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
110 km from Wedgeside |
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Tahune Reserve and Airwalk (1/2 day) |
Tahune Forest Airwalk Telephone +61 (0)3 62970068 |
The beautiful Tahune reserve on the banks of the mighty Huon River is now the home of the popular Tahune Forest AirWalk and Visitor Centre. Well worth a day vist to the air walk and Hastings Caves |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 100 km from our Austins Ferry properties. 170 km from Wedgeside |
Ida Bay Railway (1/2 day) |
Ida Bay Railway Telephone +61 (0)3 62983110 |
The Ida Bay railway is the end of the line on Australia's most southern railway. Relax and take in the beautiful scenery and white beaches. From Lune Lune River station travel through bush land abundant with bird life and wild flowers. Cross button grass plains and travel along the banks of Ida Bay and Lune River Estuary. The scenic water views are superb. There are marked bush walking tracks to Southport Lagoon and Southport Bluff. Near Southport Bluff is the King George III monument which commemorates the 134 lives lost in the sinking of the convict ship, King George III in 1835. . |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 100 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
170 km from Wedgeside |
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs (1/2 - 1 day) |
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs Telephone +61 (0)3 62983209 |
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs are south of Dover and well worth a visit. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 120 km from our Austins Ferry properties.
190 km from Wedgeside |
