Get a rural fix and a beer at this farm-based craft brewery, featuring hand-pumped ales and ciders brewed in the old shearing shed beside the bar. Wood BBQs available (BYO meat). You'll find the brewery 12km northwest of New Norfolk, en route to Hamilton.
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MONA
16.26 MILES
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18.12 MILES
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Cascade Brewery
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Hobart Convict Penitentiary
21.17 MILES
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Moorilla
16.27 MILES
The vineyard that drapes across MONA’s peninsula is southern Tasmania's oldest, with vines first planted by Italian entrepreneur Claudio Alcorso in 1958…
Nearby Hobart & Around attractions
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7. Hamilton Heritage Centre
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8. Moo Brew
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