ATTRACTIONS JETSONVILLE TAS

Scottsdale Art and Framing in northeast Tasmania is a highly regarded art gallery and cafe. Scottsdale Art and Framing was established in 1995. The gallery caters to the discerning art lover with regular exhibitions throughout the year. Great coffee and hot Belgium chocolate are a specialty of the cafe. You can visit the gallery and cafe which is open every day and, if you wish, stay for lunch which is served daily. Scottsdale Art and Framing is an architectually designed colour bond and glass building featuring top Tasmanian contemporary and traditional art and craft. You can experience some of Tasmania's top artistic work whilst enjoying a light meal. You have the opportunity to purchase artwork through the Collect Art Purchase Scheme which is an interest free loan program and is available to Australian residents. You may buy sculpture, glasswork, ceramics, paintings, drawings, photography, furniture....any art work by a Tasmanian living artist which retails between AUD400 and AUD10,000. Scottsdale is about an hours' drive from Launceston (63 kilometres/39 miles).

The Forest EcoCentre is a forest interpretation centre at Scottsdale, northeast Tasmania. The Forest EcoCentre features a complex multi-media interpretation system. Interactive displays showcase many aspects of northeast Tasmania's forests, including their ecology, management, unique fauna and cultural heritage. The Forest EcoCentre is contained within an ecologically sustainable building, the first of its type in the southern hemisphere. The elegant 'building within a building' - designed by award-winning Hobart architect Robert Morris-Nunn - is expected to use 80 per cent less energy than a conventional building of the same size. Scottsdale is an hour's drive northeast of Launceston (63 kilometres/39 miles).

Scottsdale Golf Club in Tasmania's north east is a nine-hole relatively flat course with water challenges. It contains lush fairways bordered by Blackwood and Douglas Fir trees, and a large lake providing a challenge on the 7th and 8th holes. Holes: 9 Par: 70 Length: 5436m ACR: 66.6 Scottsdale is the administrative centre for the north-east with rich agricultural and forestry history and is just under an hours' drive (63 kilometres/39 miles) from central Launceston.

The Doll and Bear Cottage is a doll and bear lovers delight in Scottsdale, Tasmania. Since the 1980s the owners of the Doll and Bear Cottage have been collecting unique dolls and bears, and today you can see their display of more than 300. Each one is a collector's item with its own individual story. The collection features original artist dolls and bears from around the world with childhood memorabilia and antiques, including Australia's largest collection of award-winning artist dolls by Still Life. The Doll and Bear Cottage is set in the grounds of Omar, a beautiful classic Queen Anne Federation home classified by the National Trust of Tasmania. The Cottage is also the home of Dougall, the bear, who was 'born' in South Australia and has visited Antarctica four times. He once spent 12 months there. You can see Dougall and 100s of other fascinating characters like him, at The Doll and Bear Cottage right in the centre of town. Scottsdale is 64 kilometres/40 miles from Launceston via The Sideling (Tasman Highway/Highway A3). You can also reach Scottsdale via Lilydale on the East Tamar, Karoola, Pipers Brook or Bridport.