NEW NORFOLK - TASMANIA - 7140
The Derwent River and New Norfolk.		Population: 5,011 Elevation: 32m Latitude: -42.46541 Longitude: 147.0349 Location: 33km north of Hobart Highway: Lyell Hwy Nearest Major Town: Hobart Nearest Airport: Hobart Touring Area: Derwent Valley		Hop Oast in New Norfolk.

Located 33km out of Hobart, the pretty township of New Norfolk is a Classified Historic Town. Many beautiful restored historic buildings can be seen in the town including the oldest Anglican Church in Tasmania, St Matthews. Idyllically situated on the banks of the River Derwent, New Norfolk was first settled by Europeans in 1807, many of them having come from Norfolk Island. It has an extensive array of colonial buildings - ranging from oast houses and other structures related to the hop industry, which was vital to the district for more than a century, to inns, churches, a quaint octagonal toll house and homes that are among the oldest in the nation. Today much of New Norfolk's prosperity is associated with the Australian Newsprint Mills at nearby Boyer. What to see and Do: Call at old churches and inns, including St Matthew's Church of England (1823), the Methodist Chapel (1837), the Bush Inn (1815) and the Old Colony Inn (1835), see art and crafts at Glen Derwent and the oast house on the Tynwald Estate, take a ride on the Devil Jet boat or the Drifting The Derwent Cruiser, hunt for antiques in an old peg factory. Farther afield, travel to the Salmon Ponds, the birthplace in 1864 of the first brown and rainbow trout raised in the southern hemisphere (13km), see hopfields at Bushy Park (21km). Visit Meadowbank Winery (28km) for vineyard tours and wine-tasting, a trout farm and Russell Falls at National Park (35km), Lake Pedder (trout fishing, boat hire) and the Gordon power station from Strathgordon (121km) or ski in winter at Mt Field National Park (51km). Learn about the history of the convict-built Bridgewater causeway in the Watch House Museum, Granton. Salmon Ponds ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES: Select type, then click the button below for Accommodation Category:  Find From All.................. Adventure Lodge Backpackers B & B Caravan Parks Camping Cottages Farm Stay Guest Houses Holiday Units Home Stay Hotels Lodges/Chalets Motels Motel/Hotel Resorts Self Catering Serviced Apartments INFORMATION CENTRE: Information is available from the Information Centre in Circle St., New Norfolk at the eastern end of the Shopping Centre on the round circle. A free Wilkins Tourist Maps map is available throughout the district. HOW TO GET THERE: By car along the Lyell Hwy to New Norfolk through Granton. From Queenstown, the Lyell Highway passes through New Norfolk just before Hobart. HOW TO GET THERE: By car along the Lyell Hwy. Domestic airport at Hobart Coach Coach Operators Redline: Ph: 1300 360 000 Greyhound Pioneer: 132 030

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