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Devonport really is in the heart of all the action!!!
For the gastronome:
- House of Anvers, Belgian style chocolate factory, (Latrobe) - 10 minutes drive
www.anvers-chocolate.com.au
- Anvers cheese factory (Elizabeth Town) - 15 minutes drive
- Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm, raspberry delights available year round, (Elizabeth Town) - 15 minutes drive
- Chudleigh Honey Farm (near mole creek), produces more than 50 honey varieties, including the renowned wilderness leatherwood - 40 minutes drive
- Lactose Cheese Tasting Centre (Burnie) - 30 minutes drive
- Tamar Valley Wine Region, producing some of Tasmania's premier cool climate wines (Launceston) - 1.25hrs away
For the history buff:
- Tigagarra - aboriginal cultural centre - Devonport
- Don River Railway (Don, near Devonport), a vintage train offering 30 minute round trips between Don and Coles Beach - 15 minutes drive
- Devonport Maritime Museum (Devonport)
- Imaginarium Science Centre - interactive museum - great for kids! (Devonport)
- Home Hill, 1916 residence once home to Joseph Lyons, Tasmania's only Prime Minister, National Trust property (Devonport)
For the nature lover:
- Cradle Mountain - 1.5 hours away
- Stanley & "The Nut", fishing village in the shadow of an extinct volcano - 1.5 hours away
- Dismal Swamp, Forestry maze, slide, visitor centre (near Smithton) - 1.5 hours away
- Mole Creek Caves - 40 minutes drive
- Wings Wildlife Park - Tassies largest wildlife/animal park - 40 minutes drive
- Leven Canyon (near Ulverstone) a 250m ravine - 15 minutes away
- Gunns Plains Caves, incredible limestone formations and glow worms (near Ulverstone) - 15 minutes away
- Tasmanian Arboretum, 58 hectares of native and exotic tree species (Eugenana) - 10 minutes drive
- Cataract Gorge (Launceston) - 1.25 hours drive away
Markets / Shopping / Retail Therapy
- Penguin Market, Tasmania's largest undercover market (over 300 stalls) every Sunday - 20 minutes drive
- Devonport Farmers Market (Devonport Showgrounds) - second and 4th Sunday of each month
- Burnie Farmers Market, first and third Saturday of each month (Wivenhoe)
- Australian Weaving Mills Factory Outlet (Devonport)
- Latrobe - great for antique shopping! - 10 minutes away
- Boutique Shopping - opportunities abound fo find that "something special" in our local shopping district - (Devonport)
For the artist
- Sheffield, town of murals - 30 minutes away
- Creative Paper Tasmania, eco-papermaking tours (Burnie) - 30 minutes drive
- Devonport Art Gallery (Devonport)
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