Tasmanian Arboretum

Arboretum worth a half to full day, close to Ferry

Late autumn visit before our return Spirit of Tas journey. Yum leatherwood honey flavoured ice cream. A dozen themed walks covered temperate and alpine trees. Informative relevant signs explaining the...

Great experience. We come every year.

We visited 5/5/24. Stunning day. Everything well maintained. Our dogs loved it. We had toasties, shortbread and hot chocolate. Thank you David! and all volunteers. You've done a great job. It can't b...

Support the volunteers and take a trip out of town to enjoy the serenity.

We visited in late summer and as a previous reviewer noted, the extensive grounds can look a little tired, dry and a little overgrown at that time of the year. On the other hand, the operation is enti...

Spot the platypus!

I had never read about this arboretum before spotting a leaflet at Devonport's very helpful visitor information centre. It looked promising and proved to be well worth visiting. We arrived late in the...

Great spot to see a platypus and more

We spent a wonderful afternoon here watching 3 different platypuses swimming in the lake as well as enjoying walking around the well kept arboretum. The volunteers on duty were all very helpful and th...