Things to Do in Southeast Tasmania

Things to see and do in Southeast Tasmania, Southeast Tasmania highlights, Southeast Tasmania activities and attractions, and points of interest in Southeast Tasmania - the ALL NEW Jasons Southeast Tasmania Things to Do Guide is your complete guide to sightseeing in Southeast Tasmania.

• Bruny Island
  A popular day tour destination, with villages and settlements providing holiday accommodation for those who want to stay on and explore its natural and historic features. There is good swimming at Barnes Bay on North Bruny and picnic and barbecue facilities at Dennes Point Beach. Bruny Island lighthouse is the second oldest lighthouse in Australia.
• Hastings Caves and Thermal Pool
  Located near Dover, this area has one of the world’s great dolomite caves with vast chambers which began to form over 40 million years ago. The thermal pool at the same site is a delightful place to picnic and swim, being a constant 28 degrees C all year round.
• Tahune Forest Airwalk
  Deep in the heart of the Tahune Forest Reserve, the Tahune Airwalk takes you through the forest canopy, 37m above ground.
• Apple and Heritage Museum
  Set in a packing shed in Grove, the museum features over 500 varieties of apples and restored machines and artefacts from a bygone era.
• Historic Hobart Walk
  Escorted or self-guided walking tour around the heritage sandstone buildings including the Commissariat Store, Parliament House, the Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal Courts.
• Battery Point
  Once a mariners’ village, with quaint cottages, Arthur Circus, Hotel Lenna, and the superb restaurants of Hampden Road.
• Tours of Tasmanian Icons
  Cascade Brewery, Cadbury Chocolate Factory (complete with free samples) and Hobart Female Factory including Fudge Factory.
• Salamanca Place
  Originally dockside stores built 1835-60, now a vibrant centre for all kinds of crafts and entertainment. Markets Saturday, 8.30am-3pm.
• Maritime Museum
  Housed in the Carnegie Building, the Maritime Museum documents Tasmania’s maritime history with relics, voyage documents and a fascinating photographic collection.
• Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens
  Established in 1818, the 13.5ha features Australia’s widest collection of temperate climate plants, and includes the Botanical Discovery Centre and the Macquarie Island Sub-Antarctic House.
• The Theatre Royal
  Australia’s oldest theatre, opened in 1837.
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
  This 1863 building is home to a fine collection of early prints and paintings of Tasmnia, Aboriginal artefacts and botanical displays.
• Risdon Cove Historic Site
  An important archeological and Aboriginal cultural site commemorating the first European settlement in Tasmania in September 1803.
• Runnymede House
  Built in 1844 and now managed by the National Trust, open daily 10am-4.30pm.
• Lark Distillery
  Granted Tasmania’s first distillation licence in 1839. Tours and sales.
• Wrest Point Hotel
  Australia’s first Casino surrounded by the eating precinct of the Boardwalk.
• Panoramic views from Mt Wellington
  The viewing station at the summit is accessed by road (sometimes closed by snowfalls). There are many walking trails through Wellington Park.
• River cruises from Brooke Street Pier
• Port Arthur Historic Site
  A picturesque and peaceful 40ha area with restored sandstone ruins of the convict prison buildings including the lunatic asylum, the penitentiary, the model prison and the church. The site also hosts nightly ghost tours and a sound and light show.
• The Convict Trail
  Taking in eight convict sites including Clarence, Richmond, Eaglehawk Neck, Coalmines Historic Site and Lime Bay as well as famous Port Arthur, the Convict Trail also encompasses the scenery of the Tasman Peninsula, boutique wineries and the stunning scenery of the Tasman National Park.
• The Tasman Coastal Track
  Starting at Pirates Bay, the track takes walkers south on a spectacular clifftop oddysey – skirting the edge of 300m sea crags. The full track is a long day’s walk to Fortescue Bay, but there are excellent short and easy walks from the road end at Eaglehawk Neck to Tasman Arch, Waterfall Bay and Paterson’s Arch.

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