Next to Guide Falls is this slightly scruffy farm with pigs, sheep, an alpaca, a deer, goats, peacocks and an emu. Young children will love the baby animal nursery and enjoy feeding the chicken and ducks (bring your own bread).
Guide Falls Farm
Tasmania
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
9.02 MILES
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25.06 MILES
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14.6 MILES
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