Activities in Stanley & North West


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Annsleigh Gardens and Cafe  (Ridgley)
The award-winning Annsleigh Gardens and Café is located at Burnie, on Tasmania’s northwest coast. The Gardens are a 10-minute (10 kilometre) drive south of Burnie’s city centre. Described as the ‘garden of ideas’, ... [More Info]


Arthur River  (Arthur River)
The tiny west coast settlement of Arthur River is the northern entry to the Western Explorer to Corinna. From Arthur River you can also head into the forest for four-wheel drive explorations or take a cruise on ... [More Info]


Burnie Farmers' Market  (Burnie)
The Burnie Farmers Market in Tasmania's north west includes around 50 stalls selling both produce and crafts. Buy the freshest and best local produce at the Burnie Farmers Market. Fancy a rabbit pie? Feel the ... [More Info]


Burnie Golf Club  (Burnie)
Burnie Golf Club is a nine hole golf course with undulating tree lined fairways with some hills. Excellent grass greens year round. Greenside bunkers 1st, 2nd and 3rd holes. It has practice nets, fairway, putting ... [More Info]


Burnie Pioneer Village Museum  (Burnie)
Burnie Pioneer Village Museum reflects Burnie's historic streetscape in the 1890's. Visit Burnie's famous indoor street and experience the sights and sounds of 100 years ago. The Pioneer Village was the first indoor ... [More Info]


Burnie Regional Art Gallery  (Burnie)
Burnie Regional Art Gallery features three modern galleries with regularly changing exhibitions. The three modern galleries in the complex accommodate more than 20 different exhibitions a year - from the gallerys ... [More Info]


Creative Paper Tasmania  (Burnie)
Creative Paper Tasmania is situated in the heart of the traditional papermaking town of Burnie. Our papermakers produce some of the world’s most extraordinary papers here entirely by hand, using natural fibres ... [More Info]


Dismal Swamp  (Smithton)
Dismal Swamp is an eco-tourism and forestry interpretation centre near Togari, north west Tasmania. Dismal Swamp is 30 minutes south west of Smithton (40 kilometres/25 miles). Dismal Swamp is a natural blackwood ... [More Info]


Emu Valley Rhododendron Gardens  (Burnie)
The Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden is a stunning garden near Burnie, north west Tasmania. The Gardens are a five-minute drive south of Burnie (eight kilometres/four miles). This 13-hectare/32-acre garden features ... [More Info]


Hellyers Road Distillery  (Burnie)
Hellyers Road Distillery, in Burnie, north west Tasmania, is Australia’s largest single malt whisky distillery. Burnie is Tasmania’s fourth-largest city, a two-hour drive west of Launceston (148 kilometres/91 ... [More Info]


Highfield Historic Site  (Stanley)
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 ... [More Info]


Joe Lyons Cottage  (Stanley)
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 ... [More Info]


Killynaught Spa Cottages Restaurant  (Boat Harbour)
Killynaught Spa Cottages Restaurant is located at Boat Harbour on Tasmania’s north west coast. Boat Harbour is 30 minutes west of Burnie (31 kilometres/19 miles) and two-and-a-half hours north west of Launceston ... [More Info]


Lactos Cheese Factory (Tasting)  (Burnie)
Lactos is one of Australia’s leading speciality cheesemakers located at Burnie on the north-west coast. At the Lactos Cheese Tasting and Sales Centre you can sample Lactos’s fine cheeses, including major brands ... [More Info]


Leven Antiques Centre  (Ulverstone)
The Leven Antiques Centre in Ulverstone, north-west Tasmania, specialises in antiques and collectables. Ulverstone is located on Tasmania’s north-west coast, an hour and fifteen minutes’ drive from Launceston (122 ... [More Info]


Nut - The  (Stanley)
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, ... [More Info]


Nut Chairlift - The  (Stanley)
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 ... [More Info]


Penguin Market  (Penguin)
The Penguin Market is open every Sunday from 9:00am to 3:30pm all year round. Over 200 stalls, all under cover offering a huge variety of quality stalls with an extensive range of products, including fresh produce, ... [More Info]


Penguin Golf Course  (Penguin)
Penguin Golf Course in Tasmania's north-west is a nine-hole bunker free course, but beware the creeks. The club is semi-private/semi-public. A feature of the course is the par 3 120 metre 7th/16th hole which is ... [More Info]


Smithton Country Club  (Smithton)
The Smithton Country Club is a nine-hole golf course on Tasmania’s far north west coast. Smithton is an hour’s drive west of Burnie (86 kilometres/53 miles) and 90 minutes west of Devonport (135 kilometres/84 miles). A ... [More Info]


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