What’s special about Triabunna?
Information on ferry services to the Island is available at Triabunna’s Visitor Information Centre 61 (0) 3 6257 4772. Make sure you see the Centre's display of wall tapestries depicting the area's rich Aboriginal and European history and visit the adjacent Tasmanian Seafarers Memorial.
The town has a range of accommodation and there are shops, galleries and tearooms perfect for lazing away a morning. You can enjoy some wonderful walks in Triabunna's coastal reserves including the Pelican Walk, which begins near the marina. Other walks at nearby Orford include the Wielangta Forest and Old Convict Road.
With a permanent population of over 700 people. Its main industries are fishing and coping with a regular influx of visitors at holiday times. There is also a major woodchip mill at Point Home.
Tasmania’s east coast experiences warmer temperatures and settled weather year round than other parts of the state. Triabunna averages a mild maximum temperature of 22.5 degrees Celsius (72.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in summer and 10-15 degrees Celsius (50-75 degrees Fahrenheit) in winter.
More things to do:
Bushwalking
St Marys Anglican Church
Coastal vineyards
The story of Triabunna:
Australia’s first rural municipality, Triabunna was established in the 1820s as a whaling station and garrison town servicing the Maria Island penal colony. Its colonial past is reflected in several historic buildings, including the sandstone St Mary’s Anglican Church (1880) and Spring Bay Hotel (1838).
Triabunna is an Aboriginal word meaning native hen – a fast-running, flightless bird found only in Tasmania. Many of these birds – which can reach speeds of up to 50 kilometres/31 miles an hour - can be seen foraging near streams and pastureland in the area.
Travel directions:
The town of Triabunna is just over an hours' drive (88 kilometres/55 miles) north-east from Hobart, and just a 10 min run from Orford.
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