Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Garden · Southern Tasmania
Founded in 1818 on the Queens Domain above the Derwent, Australia's second-oldest botanical garden pairs a colonial-era conservatory and convict-built walls with a large Japanese maple collection that colors through the fall.
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Mount Field National Park (Tarn Shelf)
National parkTypically April 20–April 30
Tasmania's oldest national park, an hour from Hobart, where the alpine bench of the Tarn Shelf above Lake Fenton holds Australia's only cold-climate deciduous tree. Nothofagus gunnii, known locally as fagus, turns from green to gold, orange and red in low twisted thickets before dropping its leaves, usually around Anzac Day, 25 April.
Don’t miss: Nothofagus gunnii, Australia's only deciduous native tree · Tarn Shelf alpine walk above Lake Fenton · Russell Falls near the park entrance
Huon Valley (Grove)
OrchardThe apple-growing valley southwest of Hobart along the Huon River, its 19th-century orchards still producing Pink Lady, Crofton and Fuji sold from roadside stalls near Grove's Apple and Heritage Museum. Deciduous orchard rows and the valley's oaks and elms color as the harvest wraps up each fall.
Don’t miss: 19th-century apple orchards · Huon Valley Apple and Heritage Museum · roadside fruit stalls through harvest
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- What is Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens best for?
- An easy garden walk near central Hobart.
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