Southern Tasmania is a happening place with every activity possible from jetboating to skiing, from mountain climbing to some of the best walking in the world. Snorkeling or surfing, fishing or just snoozing on a beach are 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 Derwent Retreat. Wedgeside on the other hand is just 10-15 minutes away from historic Port Arthur
Moorilla winery where you can spend the afternoon listening to jazz and tasting their wines is a must on a Saturday and only 5 minutes from our Austins Ferry properties. Book a tour of the Cadbury chocolate factory and indulge in chocolates - all are within easy reach. Wedgside 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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Southern Tasmanian Attractions
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 Cadbury Claremont Chocolate Factory |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Moorilla Estate, Glenorchy |
Moorilla is situated twelve kilometres north of Hobart or about three kilometres south of Derwent Retreat, 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 Derwent Retreat |
Stefano Lubiana Wines |
60 Rowbottoms Road |
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Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 4 km from Derwent Retreat |
Claremont Golf Club |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Claremont Bowls Club |
Bourneville Crescent +61 (03) 62492559 |
The Claremont Bowls Club welcomes visitors. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 5 km from Derwent Retreat |
Alpenrail |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Bonorong Wildlife Park |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Female Factory |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Tasmanian Transport Museum |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Royal Botanical Gardens Hobart |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Salamanca Market Hobart |
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 Derwent Retreat |
The Taste of Tasmania |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Hobart Harbour Jet |
Watermans Dock +61 (0) 404 078687 |
A Hobart Harbour Jetboat water taxi, tour or thrill ride is your ticket to an experience that will leave you breathless. And where better to experience the adrenaline rush of a jet boat ride than on the beautiful Derwent River, Hobart Tasmania. Based at Watermans Dock, Murray St Pier Hobart. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 13 km from Derwent Retreat |
Wild Thing |
Wild Thing Adventures +61 (0)3 6224 2021 |
Wild Thing operate a series of Tours from Waterman's Dock at the bottom of Castray Esplanade in Hobart from 45 minutes to several hours. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 13 km from Derwent Retreat |
Captain Fell's Tasmanian Tours |
Captain Fell's Tasmanian Tours Telephone +61 1300 137919 |
Double Decker Bus and Historic Ferry Tours as well as other Tours. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 13 km from Derwent Retreat |
Peppermint Bay Cruises |
Pepermint Bay Cruises Telephone +61 1300 137919 |
Departing from Hobart's most central port, the half day adventure explores 75km of the magnificent, sheltered waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and offers experiences exclusive to the Peppermint Bay Cruise. The cruise vessel, Peppermint Bay II, is a luxurious, warm and fast 22m catamaran. The fully guided cruise provides a real connection to the Tasmanian lifestyle, history and wildlife with the standard of interpretive guiding unsurpassed. |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 13 km from Derwent Retreat |
Louisa'sWalk |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Barilla Bay |
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 Derwent Retreat |
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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 Derwent Retreat |
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Hobart Airport |
Hobart Airport is the terminal for tiger, Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Qantas |
Check web site or contact proprietors for cost 30 km from Derwent Retreat |
Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Battery Point Hobart |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Wrest Point Casino |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Salmon Ponds trout hatchery, musuem and hall of fame |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Shot Tower Taroona |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Richmond in the Coal River Valley wine growing region |
Richmond is in the Coal River Valley wine region and promoted by the Clarence City Council. Telephone: +61 (0)3 62458600 or 1800 627367 (Aust.only) Clarence council ( See visitor guide) |
Historic Richmond lies 25 km northeast of Hobart. Its impressive Georgian architecture remains much as it was in the town's heyday in the 1830s. The convict-built bridge over the river is the oldest in Australia, dating back to 1823. Richmond is a beautiful place to spend the day visiting shops, historic buildings (more than 45 are registered with the National Estate) or just relaxing in the parks. | No cost 20 km from Derwent Retreat |
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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 Derwent Retreat |
Mt Field National Park |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Tasman's Arch Eaglehawk neck, the Devils Kitchen, Tessellated pavement and other geographical features |
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 Derwent Retreat |
The Port Arthur Historic Site |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Mount Wellington |
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 Derwent Retreat |
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Tahune Reserve and Airwalk |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs |
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 Derwent Retreat |
Hobart Airport 
