Sights in The North
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Imaginarium Science Centre
This unexpected find in Devonport is a hit with kids. The Imaginarium Science Centre has all sorts of hands-on scientific displays: you won't be able to tear the young ones away from the tower puzzles, echo tube and air-message contraption. There are magnetic trains in the area for kids aged three to seven, and a dressing-up wardrobe that will transform your little darling into anything from police officer to pirate.
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Tiagarra
The absorbing displays here tell the story of Aboriginal culture in Tasmania from the time humans first crossed over the land bridge that's now under Bass Strait. There's a soberingly frank assessment of the decimation of Aboriginal society and culture at the time of European invasion. Outside, you can follow a trail around the headland to see Aboriginal rock carvings (petroglyphs); some are more than 10,000 years old.
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Walls of Jerusalem National Park
This isolated Central Plateau national park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, features glacial lakes and valleys, alpine flora and the rugged dolerite Mt Jerusalem (1459m). It’s a favourite of experienced bushwalkers with a lust for challenging, remote hiking. The most popular walk here is the full-day trek to the ‘Walls’; you can also camp in the park. National park fees apply.
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Don River Railway
This railway is 4km west of town, just off the Bass Hwy. The entry price includes a half-hour ride in a diesel train (between 10am and 4pm), and you can hop on the puffing steam train on Sundays and public holidays.
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Home Hill
The National Trust–administered Home Hill, 3km south of town, is the former residence of Joseph and Dame Enid Lyons. Joe is the only Tasmanian to have been Prime Minister of Australia (1932–39), while Enid raised eyebrows in 1943 as the first female member of the House of Representatives.
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Devonport Maritime Museum
This museum is in the former harbour-master's residence (c 1920) and pilot station near the foreshore. It has model boats from the ages of sail through steam to the present seagoing passenger ferries.
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Devonport Regional Gallery
This excellent gallery houses predominantly 20th-century Tasmanian paintings, contemporary art by local and mainland artists, plus ceramics and glasswork.
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Mersey Bluff
Lighthouse-topped Mersey Bluff is the most striking feature of Devonport. The red-and-white-striped lighthouse was built in 1889 to aid navigation into the expanding port, which still handles agricultural produce from northern Tasmania.
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House of Anvers
House of Anvers is a chocolate factory and a museum of chocolate. Look forward to fudges, truffles and amazing chocolate-orange slices. Come for a pain au chocolat (croissant) washed down with a superb hot chocolate. It's 8km southeast of town on the Bass Hwy.
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