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Sheffield and our local surrounds are over-running with interesting and unusual curiosities.
All within a 60 minute drive of Sheffield. So go out and have a good look around! |
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Cradle Mountain |
Thermal Springs |
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Chocolate Factory |
Devil's Gate Dam |
Stylized Gardens |
Miniature Village |
Cheese Factory |
Mole Creek Caves |
Topiary Gardens |
Shell Museum |
Raspberry Farm |
National Parks |
Lavender Farm |
Breweries |
Honey Factory |
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Located on the door step of the iconic Cradle Mountain National Park and World Heritage wilderness area. The sanctuary is home to a large breeding program of Tasmanian devil. Open to the public daily, visitors can see these amazing little animals up close and maybe even get to pat one. |
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Bridal Veil Falls
Starting out from Lemonthyme Lodge, visitors can enjoy a fantastic walk that can be done in conjunction with Champagne Falls. Experience the delightful views across the valley of Lake Cethana to Lorinna. MORE
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Barrington General Store has an extensive amount of historical information with a display of shop and post office memorabilia dating back to 1880 when the General Store was first opened. Enjoy the historic experience as well as the murals just next door. |
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Tasmazia includes 8 mazes, featuring The Great Maze, reputedly the world's largest, as well as The Village of Lower Crackpot, a whimsical model village built to 1/5th scale, Tasmazia is eccentric, incredible, unbelievable, ridiculous, frustrating, superb, and of course, 'a-maze-ing'. Wow! It's the perfect place to get lost...
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Cradle Mountain
Candy Co
& Honey Boutique
44 Main Street, Sheffield
Phone: 6491 1235
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We specialise in the finest quality confectionery from America, Britain and all around the world, with a special corner dedicated to nostalgia for the £10 Pom.
In our Honey Boutique we also carry an extensive range of delicious liquor honey. Our shop is located right in the heart of Sheffield, so come in and browse around.
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Australia's only gallery featuring hand made contemporary glass marbles. Watch the glass marbles being made at our on-site studio. View our private collection of marbles from around the world. Spend time playing with our marble runs. We also have machine made marbles to suit all ages and budgets.
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The Emporium
Jenny Sergeant
38a Main Street,
Sheffield
Phone: 6491 2404 |
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The Emporium is a store with quality antiques, collectibles, knick knacks, incense, gorgeous preserves and other home made goods. Delightful beanies and hats are handmade by Jenny using imported silks and other precious yarns. The stock is ever changing and it's a great place to browse and romance a memory. |
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Step into a place where you will meet an entirely different 'you'. A place where you will feel both energised and incredibly relaxed all at once. A special zone where anxieties wash away and a sublime meditative state envelopes you in warmth and serenity. |
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Sheffield 'Town Of Murals'. Delightful murals are painted on the side walls of most of the buildings throughout the town. Experience history told through art, as you wander through the outdoor art gallery. The first mural commissioned was of Gustav Weindorfer, a passionate mountaineer, naturalist and conservationist. Since then many more murals embellish the building in the town and now each year a mural art competition, attracting thousand of visitors, is held in Mural Park. |
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The Wilderness Gallery Mural Fest is a unique international mural art competitive event held in April each year. Nine artist engage in a paint-off inspired by a single poem. They have six and a half days to complete a 2.1m x 4.8m artwork on boards set up in Mural Park. The paintings remain on display for a further twelve months until the next competition. The event is popular with both artists and visiting tourists.
The Sheffield murals attract an estimated 120,000 people to the town annually. This year, Marc Spijkerbosch and Julian Bale
both tied for first place of the Judges' Choice Award and Marc Spijkerbosch also won the Visitos' Choice Award.
More at www.muralfest.com.au |
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Mural House is Sheffield's live-in art gallery. Painted by the artist on the interior walls of Greta and Mark's home. Native art from a range of cultures are the inspiration behind the murals. Each year visitors from all over the world come to Mural House and admire this amazing collection.
More at www.muralhouse.com.au |
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Redwater Creek Steam and Heritage Society currently has over 1km of track. Our steam train is hauled by a 1906 Krauss 610mm gauge loco and consists of Tasmanian heritage coaches – a hundred years old and still going strong!We operate steam train rides on the first full weekend of every month from the original Sheffield railway station.
More at www.redwater.org.au |
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Sheffield Museum also known a the Kentish museum preserves and displays artifacts from Sheffield’s history. Exhibits include agricultural machinery, minerals, shop fittings, old books, historical newspapers, pioneer household effects and clothing. Open from 10am until 3pm each day.
Email: kentishmuseum@westnet.com.au |
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| Blue Gum Gallery - Main Street, Sheffield |
| Galendor Art & Essence - Main Street, Sheffield |
| Seashells at Sheffield - Main Street, Sheffield |
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| Take a drive and look around! |
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Cradle Mountain
Just an hour’s drive from Sheffield, this iconic mountain and the beautiful Dove Lake are easily accessed at the northern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. There are numerous short, half-day and full-day walks that can be enjoyed in the alpine high country beneath Cradle Mountain. Be sure to check the weather forecast before a walk, as conditions can change rapidly. |
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Devil's Gate Dam
The overhanging crest allows flood water to freefall to the river bed, with up to 2000 tonnes of water falling every second during an extreme flood.
This is one of the thinnest concrete arch dams in the world. It was completed by the Hydro-Electric Commission in 1969 and is 84m high. The narrowness of the gorge and the computer-aided design of its double-curvature shape enabled engineers to minimise the volume of concrete and hence the cost of the dam. Flood waters falling freely from the crest strike concrete slabs carefully positioned on the abutments to prevent undermining of the dam by erosion.
More at Hydro Tasmania |
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Gowrie Park is located 16 km south of Sheffield. It is an excellent starting point for people wanting to spend their day climbing Mount Roland. A fabulous mural, the full length of an old building describes the dam project from the first surveyors to the current waterskiers. Although the town is now, virtually non existent, it has had a fascinating history. More about Gowrie Park |
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Kimberley Warm Springs represents a rare land form and habitat, including rare flora and fauna, among which is an endemic snail. The Kimberley Warm Springs have long been regarded as a special place by members of the local community who are determined to ensure the on-going integrity of the site. Water from the springs remains at a constant temperature of 24-25°C. The water's chemical composition suggests it gains its heat from sub-surface materials. Facilties include a sheltered BBQ area, parking and public toilets.
More at: www.environment.gov.au |
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Lake Barrington The lake is now one of the finest rowing venues in the world and a previous site of world championships. The area is also excellent for water skiing, canoeing, trout fishing, camping. An adventure playground and a two-hour family nature walk through the rainforest. Facilities for visitors include picnic sites, boat ramps and toilet facilities. |
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Lake Cethana
The walk starts at the junction just before turning into the Lemonthyme Lodge. The walk takes about 2 hours. This is another good walk to observe all the varieties of vegetation of the area. After crossing 2 areas of cleared land the track crosses a fern gully, beyond which there is more forest until the track finally terminates in the back water of the lake. This walk is graded as hard because the return trip is a long haul back uphill. Duration 2 hours |
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Marakoopa Cave - Karst National Park - Mole Creek
Marakoopa Cave is a limestone cave in Mole Creek Karst national park, north west Tasmania. The Mole Creek Karst National Park includes some of Tasmania’s most visited cave systems, including Marakoopa and King Solomons Cave, two of over 300 known caves and sinkholes in the area. Marakoopa Cave features two underground streams, a large display of glow-worms, large caverns, rim pools, reflections and shawl and flowstone features. Phone: 6363 5182 |
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Mount Roland looms over Sheffield. It rises to 1234 metres and a number of well marked bushwalks are all suitable for a day of pleasant exercise. There are walking tracks from both Claude Road and Gowrie Park to the The summit. The reserve consists of 7600 hectares surrounding the range. The walk takes in the plains and plateau leading to the summit of the peak.
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Railton is part of Tasmania's "Outdoor Art Gallery" - you will find more than 100 living sculptures of character topiary waiting to be discovered. The wonderful thing about Railton's topiary is that it is a free activity - and interesting to all ages! It costs you nothing but your time to stroll around the topiary exhibits. It is a fantastic project and you will see topiary in all stages of growth along the topiary trail. The topiary park is located in Crockers Street, Railton just behind the Looking Glass Cottage.
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| Anvers Chocolate - Bass Highway, Latrobe |
| Ashgrove Cheese Factory - Bass Highway, Elizabeth Town |
| Australian Axeman's Hall of Fame - Bell's Parade, Latrobe |
| Coles 'Original Store' - Wilmot |
| Looking Glass Cottage - Fibre Optic Magic- Foster Street, Railton |
| Reliquaire - Gilbert Street, Latrobe |
| Sherwood Hall (Historic House) - Bell Parade, Latrobe |
| Trowunna Wildlife Park - Mole Creek Road, Mole Creek |
| Villarett Gardens - Railton Road, Moltema |
| Wilmot Country Store - Wilmot |
| Wychwood Garden and Nursery - Den Road, Mole Creek |
| Lorinna General Store is currently closed |
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