There’s all sorts of historic clutter on display here: an early telephone exchange, old organs, military paraphernalia and the world’s first automatic petrol pump, invented by a local Sheffield boy. It has a genealogy research service, which costs $22 per hour.
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Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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The name Marakoopa derives from an Aboriginal word meaning ‘handsome’ and this cave well and truly lives up to its moniker, featuring a subterranean world…
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Mole Creek Karst National Park
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This park's major draws are Marakoopa Cave and King Solomons Cave, which can be visited on tours operated by the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service…
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15.04 MILES
Housed in the former harbour master’s residence (c 1920), this small but impressive museum is home to displays about the maritime history of Bass Strait…
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Hidden behind Main St's shops (access is via an asphalt path), this park has plenty of trees and lawn, a children's playground, public toilets, picnic…
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25.02 MILES
A refuge for around 55 Tasmanian devils, this excellent wildlife sanctuary also plays host to eastern and spotted-tail quolls. Although it's open all day…
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19.64 MILES
Views to Mt Ossa and Cradle Mountain are available from a dramatic lookout platform overlooking the sheer cliff face at Devils Gullet on the northern rim…
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This privately owned wildlife park with a focus on conservation and education has Tasmanian devils, wombats, quolls and a raptor rehabilitation centre,…
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Salmon are reared in raised tanks and a wetland is used as a natural bio-filter at 41° South Tasmania – a no-waste, no-chemical method of fish farming…
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Hidden behind Main St's shops (access is via an asphalt path), this park has plenty of trees and lawn, a children's playground, public toilets, picnic…
2. Sheffield Working Art Space
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Tasmanian Regional Arts Kentish (TRAK) helps artists in the local community to develop their art practices and promote their work. This volunteer-manned…
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Here brewer and beer connoisseur Willie Simpson has turned a passion for home brewing into one of Tasmania's best boutique breweries. Located in the small…
7.12 MILES
Sugar up on pancakes in the cafe and then let the kids run themselves dizzy in this wacky complex's eight mazes (four hedge mazes and four footpath mazes)…
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On the western side of Lake Barrington, just north of the village of Wilmot, is this boutique distillery producing apple brandy, grappa, basilico, gin and…
9.61 MILES
Around 6km west of Latrobe along the B19 and C146, this company produces some of Tasmania's best-loved apple and pear ciders. Visit its modern tasting…
11.09 MILES
Manned by volunteers, this small National Trust museum in a court house building dating from 1882 is home to a hodge-podge of local memorabilia and…
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This historic cottage (c 1850) near the river was built by a remarkable pioneer couple, ex-convict Thomas Johnson and his wife, Dolly Dalrymple Briggs,…