The main attraction in the town is topiary, which is the art of shaping bushes and trees by careful pruning to resemble familiar objects such as animals. The idea to use topiary to bring visitors to the town birthed in the late 1990s. It began when local business owner Neil Hurley created Railton’s first character topiary at his shop “Looking Glass Cottage” - A horse and farmer working an old plough - a living monument to the pioneering farmers of the district.

The next topiaries followed shortly after - “Ned Kelly” in Dowbiggin Street and Bluey’s “crocodile” outside the service station “Railton Motor and Tyre”. Community support quickly gathered momentum and other businesses and private individuals took up the art. Today there are over 100 individual topiary in the town – many forming their own story or scene, like the topiary service men and women to be placed at the cenotaph in town. There is even a park full of topiary animals in the Cradle Mountain National Paddock on Crockers Street. Download map of topiary locations

Additional to the topiary are six murals in town painted on shops and buildings mainly depicting the history of the area as a part of Kentish outdoor art gallery.

Henry Somerset Orchid Reserve

Henry Somerset Orchid Reserve is renowned for the diversity of native terrestrial orchids, some of the orchids are listed as rare and endangered species. Moreover, some of the orchids are not only endemic to the state of Tasmania, but to the local area. A walk takes approximately 45 minutes and starts from the carpark off Sheffield Road.