Brewery & Distillery Hobart

At the nominated time on your booking, meet at the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre (20 Davey Street).

We take a guided scenic drive
through historic Hobart and South Hobart. This is followed by a brief
stroll past the historic Female Factory for a taste of Tasmania’s convict past and
the tranquil Hobart Rivulet that flows down from Mount wellington and contains
the Platypus. We also drive past the
Cascade brewery building dating back to 1824 and hear one of its remarkable
stories.


Then we continue our drive through
the lush Eucalyptus forests and the town of Fern tree with its leafy cool
climate gardens before arriving at The Springs.

We get to have free time to take in
stunning views from The Springs Lookout, and see unique Tasmanian vegetation
and sandstone cliffs. Here we can pick up refreshments at the Lost Freight Cafe
and gaze up at the spectacular organ pipes cliffs of Mt Wellington.

David your Guide has studied botany,
geology and water resources at a local university in Hobart and is well able to
explain this unique mountain environment. He has experienced this mountain
since young and has many stories to share.

We return to the Tasmanian Travel and
Information Centre, with further mountain and forest scenery on the way down.
We arrive back in Hobart two hours after the commencement of your tour. A further stop as close as possible to your
ship is also available for cruise passengers.

(This tour does not include the
summit of Mt Wellington and usually runs on days when vehicles cannot reach the
summit for various reasons.)

At the nominated time on your
booking, meet at the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre (20 Davey Street).
We take a guided scenic drive through historic Hobart. Then passing
through South Hobart where we view Mt Wellington towering over us and the
Cascade brewery building dating back to 1824 (and share one of its stories).

Then we continue our drive through
the tall Eucalyptus forests and through the town of Ferntree with its lush well
watered cool temperate gardens occasionally covered in snow, before passing The
Springs. Here we see a quick trailer view of Bruny Island a tiny taste of what
is to come.

Next we pass the Chalet, a rustic
dolerite bluestone shelter hut and behold the colourful and resilient snow
gums, flowering banksia trees, a waterfall and views of Hobart. David
your Guide has studied botany, geology and water resources at a local
university in Hobart and is well able to explain this unique mountain
environment. He has experienced this mountain since young and has plenty of
stories to share.

Now above the tree line the wheels
again do the climbing and you do the viewing, with a scenic drive to the summit
1,270m/4,180ft (also known as the Pinnacle). Up here the views only get
better, now including some of the mountains of the Tasmanian Wilderness World
Heritage Area. You get 30 minutes free time to take in stunning views from the
Hobart and South West Wilderness viewing platforms, and see unique Tasmanian
alpine vegetation and abrupt rock pillar formations. At the summit, you will be
filled with astonishment, to be launched forth into an ocean of natural
goodness where you can see no limits.

We return to the Tasmanian Travel
Information Centre with further views, mountain and forest scenery, and
gripping stories on the way down. We arrive back in Hobart two hours after your
tour commenced leaving you plenty of time to explore Hobart.

At the nominated time on your
booking, meet at the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre (20 Davey Street).
We take a guided scenic drive through historic Hobart. Then passing
through South Hobart where we view Mt Wellington towering over us and the
Cascade brewery building dating back to 1824 (and share one of its stories).

Then we continue our drive through
the tall Eucalyptus forests and through the town of Ferntree with its lush well
watered cool temperate gardens occasionally covered in snow, before passing The
Springs. Here we see a quick trailer view of Bruny Island a tiny taste of what
is to come.

Next we pass the Chalet, a rustic
dolerite bluestone shelter hut and behold the colourful and resilient snow
gums, flowering banksia trees, a waterfall and views of Hobart. David
your Guide has studied botany, geology and water resources at a local
university in Hobart and is well able to explain this unique mountain
environment. He has experienced this mountain since young and has plenty of
stories to share.

Now above the tree line the wheels
again do the climbing and you do the viewing, with a scenic drive to the summit
1,270m/4,180ft (also known as the Pinnacle). Up here the views only get
better, now including some of the mountains of the Tasmanian Wilderness World
Heritage Area. You get 30 minutes free time to take in stunning views from the
Hobart and South West Wilderness viewing platforms, and see unique Tasmanian
alpine vegetation and abrupt rock pillar formations. At the summit, you will be
filled with astonishment, to be launched forth into an ocean of natural
goodness where you can see no limits.

We return to the Tasmanian Travel
Information Centre with further views, mountain and forest scenery, and
gripping stories on the way down. We arrive back in Hobart two hours after your
tour commenced leaving you plenty of time to explore Hobart.