What’s special about Sheffield?
The views from the summit of Mount Roland are worth the climb. Occasionally, Mount Roland receives a dusting of snow - a visual delight. Sheffield is close to vineyards, Devils Gate Dam and Kimberley’s thermal springs. The beautiful Lake Barrington, created by the Mersey-Forth Hydro Electric Scheme, is an international rowing course and a haven for campers and lovers of water sports.
When you get to The Promised Land, you'll find Tasmazia and the Village of Lower Crackpot, which has its own postcode. With seven mazes, Tasmazia is the largest complex of its kind in the world. It also specialises in lavender, honey and pancakes, as if getting lost or delighting in children's reactions to the miniature township was not enough. Did we say children? It is a place where you too can let your inner child come out!
More things to do:
Kentish Museum
Mural House
Other places for information:
Sheffield the 'Town of Murals' has its own comprehensive community website which fully explores the murals (and the 25 year history) leading to virtually every blank wall in the township now showing the pictorial history of the region. It is truly Tasmania's Outdoor Art Gallery. The site shows 140+ paintings and murals.
The story of Sheffield:
Sheffield was explored by Nathaniel Kentish, in 1842, but its dense forests meant that it was not settled until 1859. It was named by Edward Curr, after his homeland in Yorkshire. The town prospered in 1963 with the Power Development Scheme, but declined when the dams were completed. Sheffield is the centre of the Kentish district, and Mount Roland (named by Captain James Rolland in 1823) is a great source of artistic inspiration and some of best early morning visuals you will see in Tasmania.
Travel directions:
Sheffield is about 30-minutes’ drive (30 kilometres/19 miles) from Devonport and a fraction more from Mole Creek on the road through from Deloraine.
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