ATTRACTIONS QUAMBY BEND TAS

Culzean Gardens offers visitors the enjoyment of a delightful garden in Westbury, northern Tasmania. The tranquil garden's centrepiece is a 1.2 hectare (3 acre) lake surrounded by thousands of water irises and water fowl in season. During summer there are also beautiful water lilies. The Anglo-Indian style house on the property was built in 1841. Mature exotic trees and hundreds of different conifers are the background to a changing display. If you come in the Spring time you will see hectares of spring bulbs, including daffodils, bluebells and wood anemones. Overlapping this display and running through to November, is a burst of rhododendrons and azaleas, which in turn blend into the flowering season for hundreds of roses in November and December and again from February to March. Culzean Gardens is open by appointment. While you are in Westbury be sure to visit the White House Museum, Westbury Maze and Pearn's world famous Steam World. Spend an afternoon visiting the Tamar Valley wineries or book a Tamar River boat cruise. Head along the coast to the beaches of Devonport or take a tour through the Mole Creek Caves. Westbury is an easy 20-minute drive from Launceston (35 kilometres/22 miles).

Westbury Maze is a traditional hedge maze in the historic town of Westbury, northern Tasmania. Three thousand neatly-clipped bushes at a height of two metres (6.4 feet) make up the maze, which has a network of pathways more than a kilometre (0.6 miles) long. Entering the maze is easy - finding the way through to the other side is more of a challenge. After succeeding, you can pause for refreshments or a light meal in the Tea Room, with its formal garden courtyard. Choose to dine alfresco in the courtyard or inside, with a warm log fire. The town of Westbury has beautifully-preserved heritage buildings, antique shops, craft galleries and attractions including the White House, Culzean Gardens, the Village Green and Pearns Steamworld. Westbury is an easy 20-minute drive from Launceston (35 kilometres/22 miles)..

Quamby Golf and Country Club offers a challenging golf course near Hagley in northern Tasmania. The course is a delight and suitable for players of all skill levels. It is a breathlessly beautiful parkland nine-hole course. Its meticulously groomed fairways, tees and greens are adorned by English ash, elms, hornbeams, ancient oaks, massive poplars, cypresses and cottonwoods. There are nine lakes, rocky cascades, creeks and three 'Scottish' bunkers. These fastidiously shaped and maintained bunkers are pure white from specially filtered and refined Scottsdale sands - a major feature of this course. Moving twice around this nine-hole, 6,847 metre course, commands a par 76. At 576 metres, the eighth hole is the longest par five in Tasmania. Each hole has four tees, providing alternate strategies for the second or subsequent rounds. Quamby is an all season course. In autumn and winter the setting sun offers an extraordinary golden, russet and green playing environment offset by the stunning all-white bunkers and lengthening shadows of Quamby's impressive trees. Electrically-operated carts are available and all golfing equipment may be hired. Prices supplied upon request. Caddies are also available and refreshments may be purchased in the clubhouse. Quamby is just 20 minutes drive (29 kilometres/18 miles) from Launceston.

Pearn's Steam World is a collection of historic agricultural machinery at Westbury, northern Tasmania. Pearns Steam World is the creation of the Pearn family, who operated an agricultural business in the Westbury district for over 80 years. In the 1950's the family began collecting steam engines, farming machinery and equipment, and now have over 200 original and restored machines dating from the late 19th century. We have fantastic examples of steam traction engines, tractors, stationary engines and agricultural memorabilia on display. The collection features Foden, Marshall, Buffalo Pitts, Aveling Porter, Eclipse and Birdsall steam engines, many of which are over 100 years old. Unusual tractors include restored Marshalls, Lanz, John Deere, Saundersons and Titans. See the exhibits come alive via the new audio visual display, "Alive and Threshing" or witness the changes in agriculture through the lives of four generations of Pearn women, in the exhibition "Women on the March". Children can enjoy free train rides on the narrow gauge track around the complex. There are regular steaming days so you can see some of the restored engines in their full glory. Westbury is a classified historic town, 25 minutes west of Launceston and an hour south east of Devonport.