Coal Mines Road, C341, Saltwater River, Tasmania 7186, Australia
Coal Mines Historic Site is situated on the Tasman Peninsula near Saltwater River. It was Tasmania's first operational mine. Developed both to limit the colony's dependence upon costly imported coal from New South Wales, as well as serving as a place of punishment for the "worst class" of convicts from Port Arthur, the mine was operational for over 40 years.
Today, the Coal Mines offers visitors ...
Eaglehawk Neck, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania 7179, Australia
The isthmus of land only a few hundred metres wide at Eaglehawk Neck is the reason Port Arthur was chosen as the site for a prison -- the tiny strip of land was easily patrolled, and in those times few were able to swim and make a break for it that way.
A line of dogs, tethered at short intervals, roused the soldiers if anyone tried to get by.
The Officers Quarters has been restored as a museum ...
Federation Chocolate is a chocolate factory and museum at Taranna, on the Tasman Peninsula. Taranna is a 75 minutes' drive from Hobart (88 kilometres/55 miles) and 15 minutes before the Port Arthur Historic Site (10 kilometres/six miles).
Federation Chocolate is a family-owned Tasmanian business producing fine handmade chocolates. In the Federation Chocolate Factory, opened in 200 ...
Port Arthur Historic Site, Port Arthur, Tasmania 7182, Australia
Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula is Australia's most intact and evocative convict site. Port Arthur is one of Australia's great tourism destinations. The Historic Site has over 30 buildings, ruins and restored period homes set in 40 hectares of landscaped grounds. Allow plenty of time to fully experience all that Port Arthur has to offer.
Site entry is valid for two consecutive d ...
Point Puer Road, Port Arthur, Tasmania 7182, Australia
Tasman Golf Club is located at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula, south east Tasmania. The course is five minutes (four kilometres/three miles) south of the Port Arthur Historic Site and 90 minutes south east of Hobart (102 kilometres/63 miles).
Tasman Golf Club's undulating nine-hole course has a tight layout rimmed by coastal tea-tree scrub. Skirting the sea cliffs at Point Pu ...
The Tasman National Park hugs the coast of the Tasman Peninsula in south eastern Tasmania. You can reach the Park from the Arthur Highway at Eaglehawk Neck, an hour south east of Hobart (80 kilometres/50 miles); and also from Fortescue Bay and Port Arthur, 90 minutes south east of Hobart (102 kilometres/63 miles).
The stars of the 8,312-hectare (20,780-acre) Tasman Nationa ...
5992 Arthur Highway, Taranna, Tasmania 7180, Australia
The Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park is a wildlife park at Taranna, southeast Tasmania. Taranna is 75 minutes south east of Hobart (88 kilometres/55 miles) on the Tasman Peninsula.
You can see Tasmanian devils close at hand here, alongside other native animals including quolls, rare golden possums and wallabies. Free-ranging kangaroos can be hand-fed, and you can see wedge-tailed eagles, ...
