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Harmony Hill Wellness and Organic Spa Retreat, located in a 17 hectare peaceful bush setting in Margate, 25 minutes from Hobart, offers a wide range of spa and healing therapies in beautifully appointed private spa pavilions. Therapies that you can experience include organic anti-aging facials, detox body wrap and exfoliation, chi energy healing, aroma therapy massage, herbal hot stone massage, head spa treatment, full body massage and abdominal massage. You can also enjoy a infra ray sauna and relax in a luxurious Jacuzzi spa bath set in a beautiful private glass atrium! You can book from a one hour treatment, to half and full day or multi-day spa retreat packages. Harmony Hill also offers 2 luxurious accommodation cottages and a special spa cuisine menu can be provided. The spa is eco-friendly and uses only certified organic Harmony Harvest spa products made on site. Transfers from/to your hotel can be arranged. You can spend your whole day at Harmony Hill or combine a treatment with visits to other attractions in the Channel and Huon areas.

Tasmania's largest landscaped native garden is situated 15 minutes drive from Hobart, Tasmania's capital. Be inspired by this garden with its enormous collection of Australian native plants that sweep down to the shoreline of North West Bay. Be overwhelmed by the colour, texture and subtle scents. Take tea on the terrace or just sit on one of the many seats, soak up the atmosphere of peace and serenity, watch some of Inverawe's 94 bird species bustle about. All twelve endemic bird species have been seen here. Bring a note book and list plants you want for your own garden. They're identified by name. Borrow some of our landscaping ideas. French explorers and early botanists anchored in the bay and fetched water from our river. Interpretive signs tell that story. 9500 native plants have gone into this eleven year old garden, supplementing natural regeneration. Plants are chosen for minimum water requirements and sustainability. Paths, rock walls, sculpture and poetry enhance your experience. You'll be met on arrival, introduced to the garden and given a coloured map to help you navigate around this extensive garden. Guided tours are available on request.

Zest East West offers health and wellbeing treatments in Blackmans Bay, southern Tasmania. Providing a rich-and-rare combination of natural health therapies sourced from around the world, services include remedial or relaxation massage, body treatment packages, shiatsu, traditional Thai massage, cupping and herbal heat therapy. Whether you have a specific injury or illness, or simply want time out to relax and restore, there is a delightful range of natural healing therapies from which to choose. Please visit the website to view the full treatment menu. Zest East West Urban Retreat is a warm escape from your Hobart adventures, located a short walk from Blackmans Bay Beach, a 15 minute drive from Hobart CBD, where the stresses of everyday life pause and the tired soul is rejuvenated.

The Channel Heritage Museum aims to promote and preserve the history of the Channel area from Margate south to Gordon. There are displays of memorabilia and information on fruit growing, the 1967 bush fires, local schools, sporting teams, the scallop and fishing industry, timber industry, shipping in the Channel and many items used in everyday life in the early days of Channel settlement. The museum has a unique collection from the Electrona Carbide Works. A colonial style kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and washhouse depict home life in years past. There is a library with books, photographs, maps and newspaper clippings relating to the Channel. The Museum is seen as being of special educational value for children and there are special programs for school groups by arrangement. Group visits from community and tour groups are arranged and catered for. There is easy access for the elderly and disabled.

The South Arm RSL Golf Course is a public golf course in south east Tasmania. South Arm is 40 minutes south east of Hobart (37 kilometres/23 miles) overlooking the mouth of the Derwent Estuary and northern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Also known as the Iron Pot Golf Club, the South Arm RSL Golf Course is a relatively flat nine-hole golf course with coastal views. The course features watered greens which present several challenges for the golfer. You can enjoy a drink in the bar after your round seven days a week, and the club offers dinner Friday and Saturday evenings and lunch on Sunday. Holes: 9, Par: 70, Length: 5,174 metres, Australian Course Rating: 67.

Find Tudor Court Model Village and German Model Train World at Brookfield Margate south of Hobart. Discover the life of early England, stories of poachers, archers, and gypsies. Polio victim John Palotta made replicas of building he had known in England. See the intricate work where John cut match sticks into thirty pieces to make the tiny stain glass windows. There are over 40 buildings, including St. Mary's Church of Chillam and Anne Hathaway's cottage. You are then taken on a journey to Germany and visit the German Model Train World built by Eric Sablowski. The night lights finish the breathtaking tour. Each tour takes about 35 minutes leaving you time to relax and enjoy some food at our retro cafe in the heritage listed Brookfield Shed. Whilst in Margate visit the Inverawe Native Gardens situated behind the popular Margate Train. Also the Channel Heritage Centre is a must. Tour times of the Tudor Court Model Village and German Model Train World are 1000, 1100, 1400,1500, 1600 or other prearranged times.

Art at the Point gallery on Bruny Island features works of professional Island artists. Art at the Point represents more than 40 local Bruny Island artists. You can view a range of art works including paintings, prints, silver and lamp worked glass jewellery, textiles, art glass, ceramics, sculpture, hand-made books and art cards. Many local artists exhibit exclusively with Art at the Point. The art works you will experience very often reflect the link that the artists have with the beautiful, natural environment of Bruny Island. Inspiration, colours and images are derived from the native animal and bird life, the marine environment, the native forest and the Island landscape with its connection to the ever changing sea, huge skies and the cliffs and bays. In the same building you can also enjoy a visit to the Jetty Cafe, a licensed cafe which specialises in fresh, locally grown food. The building was designed by award winning architect John Wardle and features local woods, large glassed areas and a deck where you can relax and enjoy the wonderful view across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel from Bruny Island. Bruny Island is a 33 minute drive (31 kilometres / 19 miles) from Hobart to Kettering, then by Ferry to the Island.

The Margate Train offers shopping with a difference at Margate, southern Tasmania. Margate is 20 minutes south of Hobart (19 kilometres /12 miles) and a short drive south of Kingston. The Margate Train - formerly known as the Tasman Limited - made its final rail journey on 28 July 1978. The Tasman Limited was built in England in 1950 and served as a passenger service between Hobart and Launceston until 1978.The train's carriages now house a variety of retail businesses including arts and crafts, bric-a-brac, a specialist book exchange, and a buffet car offering espresso coffee and delicious Tasmanian produce. There is also a huge antiques warehouse and second hand shop here, located in an old IXL apple packing shed, as well as a children's play area, toilets and plenty of car parking. Each week, you can also visit the Margate Train Sunday Market to browse stalls of antiques and collectables, crafts, second hand clothing, plants, and fresh produce.

Laguz Healing Spa Retreat in Bonnet Hill, Tasmania is set in semi rural tranquility overlooking the Derwent River. Laguz has two treatment rooms, Colour Consultation area, Spa Suite with double spa, shower and vanity. Laguz offers time out from life's business to heal, renew and refresh your spirit. One on one intuitive based treatments are offered from one hour to a whole day if you choose. If you choose to share your treatment time with a friend or partner this works well allowing one person to have time in treatment while the other rests in Laguz's beautiful environment... take a spa or bath... walk in the garden ... recline on the sumptuous sofa or read a book from Laguz's library. Treatments include naturopathic consultation, intuitive healing/counselling, massage, aura-soma colour therapy, DNA theta / reiki / energy balancing and indulgent skin treatments using Tasmanian natural products and Australian minerals.

Nandroya Vineyard is a boutique, cool-climate vineyard at Margate, in southern Tasmania. Margate is a 20-minute drive south of Hobart (19 kilometres), in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel district.

The name 'Nandroya' is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning 'a family living in harmony' - reflecting the approach that vignerons John and Joy Rees take to all aspects of the winemaking process. Established in 1995, the 1.5-hectare (four acre) vineyard specialises in Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc grapes. Small quantities of high quality fruit are grown at the vineyard to produce fine wines made by a local winemaker..

Visitors to Nandroya can sample the latest vintage while enjoying views of Mount Wellington, North West Bay and Bruny Island.

The Tinderbox Vineyard, in southern Tasmania, offers fine, cool climate Tasmanian wines. Located on the coast at Tinderbox, the boutique vineyard is a 25-minute drive south of Hobart (24 kilometres)..

The one-hectare vineyard, overlooking the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island, specialises in Tasmanian pinot noir crafted by acclaimed Tasmanian winemaker Andrew Hood. Open by appointment only, the vineyard offers an opportunity to taste award-winning Tasmanian wine in a stunning rural and coastal setting.

Tasmania's cool climate sets it apart from the rest of Australia as a prime wine-growing region. Since the first wines were produced here in the mid-19th century, the Tasmanian wine industry has grown to over 200 vineyards, producing more than 6,500 tonnes of grapes per year. Tasmania's cool climate with its long, sunny autumns is perfect for growing intensely-flavoured Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Gewürtztraminer and Riesling grapes.