Redcliffe House Colonial Accommodation

The cooler months are a great time to visit Tasmania - the weather is perfect for hiking and touring, accommodation rates are more competitive, it is easier to get about, restaurants and attractions are rarely fully booked - and tourism operators have more time to ensure their guests really enjoy their visit.
Redcliffe House is central to many attractions:

? Swansea is on Great Oyster Bay overlooking the Freycinet National Park. Sheltered beaches safe for swimming in both the Swan River and Bay, surfing at Waterloo Point, windsurfing, sailing, water skiing, bream fishing in the Swan River, bay fishing, outstanding beach and rock fishing, beach combing. Attractions include: Swansea Bark Mill & Wool Centre (gourmet foods, classic country clothing, historic attraction), Kate's Berry Farm (jams,chocolates, sauces, ice-cream, ), Glamorgan Community Centre, historic walk, 9 hole golf course, tennis courts, lawn bowls, badminton, cycling,fishing, beach combing, charter boat hire,
? Short trips include Duncombes Lookout, Dolphin Sands, Cranbrook, Little Swanport, Spiky Bridge (convict built) and Mayfield Beach Bridge (convict triple arch bridge) and beaches.
? Vineyards - Coombend (and olive groves), Spring Vale, Milton, Craigie Knowe, Bishops Rock, Freycinet Vineyard.
? Freycinet Marine Farm (oysters, mussels).
? Moulting Lagoon (seen from Friendly Beaches road) a natural breeding ground and sanctuary for black swan and other waterfowl.
? Freycinet National Park - offering some of the most spectacular scenery on Tasmania's East Coast, including Hazard Range comprised of pink granite and Wineglass Bay, Sleepy Bay, Bluestone Bay and Cape Tourville Lighthouse. The park has a series of well-defined walks, most of them within the capability of the average visitor, sea kayaking, abseiling, sea cliff and rock climbing, mountain biking, scenic flights, forests, wildflowers (including orchids) and native wildlife.
? Bicheno, said to be one of the most exciting locations for undersea diving in Australia - fairy penguin tours, East Coast Natureworld, diving, clean white sandy beaches, Blowhole, Whalers Lookout, Sealife Centre, Dive Centre, Glass Bottom Boat, Le Frog trike rides, scuba diving school, grave of Tasmanian Aborigjnal heroine Waubedebar, Australia's bicentennial footway from Redbill Point north of Bicheno to the Blowhole at the south. Whalers Lookout provides good views, and in October and November gorgeous rock orchids native to the east coast
? Douglas-Apsley National Park - protects the last, large relatively undisturbed area of dry eucalypt in the State. It covers the catchments of the Douglas, Apsley and Denison Rivers and features spectacular gorges and waterfalls, including Heritage Falls on the Douglas River and the Apsley Gorge and calm water holes
? Lake Leake - trout fishing and deer hunting, boat hire.
? Campbelltown - convict brick trail, colonial buildings (The Grange, the Foxhunters Return, St Lukes Church, the Red Bridge). The Red Bridge Providore, Campbell Town wool auctions, Winton estate buildings and gardens open for public tour with highlights including the woolshed and original blacksmiths shop with bellows and forge. Gatty Memorial (navigator on first ever round the world airplane flight, railway station, site of first telephone call in the southern hemisphere, showgrounds (Midland Show is the oldest continuous one in Australia and Ross on the Heritage Highway.
? Ross - Tasmanian Wool Centre, convict Female Factory site and original burial ground, stone carvings on Ross Bridge (built by convict stonemasons in 1836 and Australia?s third oldest bridge), historic landmarks such as Uniting Church and Man-O-Ross Hotel, specialty shops.
? Triabunna - woodchipping, scallop and abalone fishing. Tours of the woodchip plant are available.
? Maria Island - accessible by ferry from Triabunna - this park offers history, walks or rent a push bike and abundant wildlife. Former penal colony (older than Port Arthur, but smaller - 750 men) with fossil cliffs, wild bird rookeries, open forest, fern gullies and convict ruins. Rock climbing, bird watching, surfing, scuba diving in Marine Reserve - no shops. Ruins of convict settlement established in 1825.
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