Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Devonport (Australia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Low Head Lighthouse, Tiagarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, and Home Hill. Also, be sure to include Don River Railway in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Devonport (Tasmania).
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Low Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Low Head, Australia. Low Head Lighthouse is in Low Head, Tasmania, about 7 kilometres north of George Town on the east side of the mouth of the Tamar River. It was the third lighthouse to be constructed in Australia, and it is also Australia's oldest continuously used pilot station. This light is now unmanned and automated.[1]
Tiagarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Museum
Address: Mersey Bluff, Devonport
Home Hill
Historical place, Garden, Museum, Park
Address: 77 Middle Rd, 7310 Devonport
Don River Railway
Specialty museum, Museum
Address: Forth road, Devonport
Victoria Bridge
Girder bridge. The original Victoria Bridge on the Mersey River Devonport, Tasmania, Australia was opened in 1901 thus reducing the reliance on boat and ferry traffic.
The Victoria Bridge partly collapsed as a result of the continuous boring by teredo worms in 1924.
In 1973 a new concrete bridge replaced the old, battered Victoria Bridge, with the Bass Highway, a national highway (Highway 1), being the main arterial road dividing the suburb of Devonport from the suburbs of Miandetta and Stony Rise on the western side of the city and East Devonport and Ambelside on the eastern side of the city.
A permanent speed camera at East Devonport near Victoria Bridge was installed 18 November 2015.
On a crossing of the Victoria Bridge there is a good view of the port and its facilities. Most travellers look out to see if the Spirit of Tasmania I or Spirit of Tasmania II are in port or the trader vessels Searoad Mersey or Searoad Tamar. Enhancing the view of the boats in port is the Julie Burgess a wooden tall ship.
The Victoria Bridge is used by the Port of Devonport Authority as its boundary for the port.
Inland Fisheries (Recreational Fishing) Regulations 1999 lists waters of the Mersey River, below the Victoria Bridge at Devonport that it is allowable for a person may to take indigenous fish without an angling licence.
Local Businesses have taken on the name of the bridge incorporating it into their business name.[2]
Imaginarium Science Centre
Museum