Highfield Historic Site offers a historically accurate vision of a gentleman's home and farm of the 1830s. It sits on a hillside overlooking the lands the manager would have once controlled, with views across to Stanley, the Nut and Bass Strait beyond. The house is being restored over time and its elegant Regency design, convict barracks, barns, stables, and a chapel were once surrounded by a larg ...
14 Alexander Street, Stanley, Tasmania 7331, Australia
Joseph Aloysius Lyons was born in this tiny cottage in Stanley in 1879. He was a teacher before joining the Workers' Political League and this led him into politics. By 1914 he was deputy leader of the Labor Party. In 1923 he was elected State Premier.
The Party lost power in 1928 but Lyons headed to Canberra, where he held a number of offices before resigning from the ministry in 1931. Two mont ...
15 Church Street, Stanley, Tasmania 7331, Australia
Mark Bishop, an internationally-renowned designer and furniture-maker works in the centre of Stanley. Working with rare Tasmanian timbers, Mark can be seen at the former Stanley Artworks Gallery.
With many previous exhibitions held in Europe and America and as a former artist in residence at the Wood Turning Centre in Philadelphia, USA, Mark is well-known internationally and his commissioned furn ...
The historic village of Stanley, in far north-west Tasmania, is nestled at the base of The Nut, a sheer-sided bluff - all that remains of an ancient volcanic plug. A walking track climbs to the summit of The Nut, or you can take the chairlift, with its spectacular views across Bass Strait beaches and over the town. There is accommodation and an excellent campground in Stanley, and the town is a go ...
The Nut, rising 152 metres from the sea, dominates the headland that the fishing village of Stanley shelters behind. No exertion is necessary when the chairlift takes you to the top for a seagulls view of the historic town and the east and west along the coast.
The chairlift has 20 double seats and the trip takes about five minutes each way. You can get off at the summit and explore or take a non ...
The Discovery Centre contains a wealth of information relating to the history of the Stanley district and many items of interest collected in the area.
Some of the items on display include: Antique bric-a-brac, Photographic display, numerous household and farming utensils of settlement days, 1850 wedding gown, marine curios, relics from ships that once sailed in the area. bowsprit of ship Kerma ...
32 Marine Esplanade, Stanley, Tasmania 7331, Australia
The Stanley Golf Club is a nine-hole coastal course at Stanley, north west Tasmania. Stanley is a classified historic town, 20 minutes' north east of Smithton (22 kilometres/14 miles) and 90 minutes' west of Devonport (127 kilometres/79 miles).
A typical links-style course, the Stanley Golf Club has a relatively flat layout with watered greens and tees. The course is set among san ...
Fishermans Dock, Stanley, Tasmania 7331, Australia
Stanley Seaquarium provides a fascinating sea-life experience at the foot of Stanley's Nut, north west Tasmania.
At this colourful and vibrant aquarium, the emphasis is on fun and facts as you come up-close with resident sea creatures. Learn how Tasmanian Giant Crabs can grow to an enormous 16 kilograms and get face to face with the six-foot-long Conger Eel, displaying a personality to match! Wat ...
31 Church Street, Stanley, Tasmania 7331, Australia
The Touchwood Craft Gallery is located at Stanley, north-west Tasmania. Stanley is an hour's drive north-west of Burnie (78 kilometres/49 miles) and 90 minutes from Devonport (127 kilometres/79 miles).
The Touchwood Craft Gallery specialises in fine Tasmanian artworks. You can browse the Gallery's collection of hand-made pottery, blown glass, pewter, jewellery and fine woodcraft m ...
