| North Eastern Tasmania & East Coast Directory |
 About the region: The north east corner of Tasmania, and the coastline which extends south from it is a region of magnificent coastal vistas, good surf beaches and fishing grounds. The numerous small seaside villages, nestled mainly around sheltered inlets, increase dramatically in size during the summer holidays and are fairly quiet at other times. The clear water of the rivers, bays and miles of beaches abound with sea life including lobster, abalone and many varieties of scale fish.
The East coast of Tasmania, which begins at the north-east corner of the state, Cape Portland, features wide sweeping beaches punctuated by headlands of granite, much of which is covered in orange lichen. The crystal clear waters, the ribbons of clear white sandy beaches and the brightly painted rocks that punctuate them, have led to these beaches being ranked internationally among the best in the world.
In stark contrast is the hinterland, a mountainous area where once miners extracted tin and gold from the ground, but today farmers plough patchwork quilts of rich dark soil, where bountiful crops grow alongside verdant pasture. But the untamed natural majesty of the region's rugged mountainous terrain is never far away, encircling the farmlands are deeply wooded rainforests where the "Whtie Knights", the world's largest eucalypts, grow in abundance, rivers flow over waterfalls and wildlife abounds.
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Wineglass Bay, Freycinet Pen. |
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Natural Wonders
Natural Attractions
Waterfalls
- Ringarooma: Ralph's Falls
- Mathinna: Mathinna Falls
- Fingal: Evercreech Falls; Meadstone Falls; Hardings Falls
- Pyengana: St Columbia Falls
- Tonganah: Cuckoo Falls
- Lilydale: Lilydale Falls
- Campbell Town: Lost Falls; Meetus Falls
Historic Places
- Bridport: Waterhouse Island lighthouse (de-commissioned); Swan Island lighthouse (1845); near-ghost village of Waterhouse (gold discovered 1869); Bowood (1838)
- Scottsdale: Annabel's of Scottsdale (1890s); Post Office (1880s); St. Barnabas Church (1892)
- Flinders Island: Wybalenna Historic Site (Settlement Point, one of the last settlements of full-blood Tasmanian Aborigines, operational 1833-47); Sydney Cove historic site (remains of the Sydney Cove shipwreck); Goose Island lighthouse (1846)
- St Helens: 'The Gardens'; 'Fair Lea' (1897)
- Fingal: historic buildings - 'Malahide' (1828); St Peter's Uniting Church (Presbyterian Church); Lord Carrington Lodge; Fingal Hotel and outbuildings (Talbot Arms, c.1850); former hotel, 18 Talbot Street (c.1850)
- St Marys: historic buildings - St. Marys Hotel (1916); Christ Church (1847); 'Cullenswood' (1845); 'Killymoon' (10 km west, 1843-48); 'Harefield' (4 km south, c.1856)
- Bicheno: old whaling station buildings at Peggys Point; Gaol House (1845); old Court House (1845); Wauba Debar's Grave Historic Site (1855)
- Swansea: Spiky Bridge (7.5 km south - convict built, 1845-48); Bark Mill & East Coast Museum
- Longford: misc. historic buildings
- Evandale: misc. historic buildings
- Campbell Town: Convict built three-arch red brick bridge (1836-38); misc. historic buildings
- Ross: Ross Bridge (1830-36); misc. historic buildings
- Carrick: misc. historic buildings
- Cranbrook: misc. historic buildings
- Perth: misc. historic buildings
- Westbury: misc. historic buildings
Wine Regions
Misc. Attractions
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