january-2010

FLY/DRIVE
MARGARET RIVER
dense fern stands line the way and closely
grown canopy shades the drive.
Access the drive by taking Settlers Road
once you’ve crossed the river on the free,
fi ve-minute ferry, then take the left fork. Follow
the riverbank to St Albans and toward the
Great North Road to Wollombi.
Stop by the picturesque old cemetery of St
Albans before traversing a thankfully short
stretch of sealed road and linking up again
with the dirt. From there, continue to the lovely
village of Wollombi.
Kick back in the Wollombi Tavern with a
hearty pub meal and a taster of the infamous
Dr Jurd’s Jungle Juice and try to guess what
makes the doctor’s concoction so unique.
Nearest airports: Sydney and Newcastle.
60 JANUARY 2010
Scottsdale to Derby, Tasmania
Most travellers head straight to the
north-eastern Tasmanian holiday spots of
St Helens and Freycinet. But if you start at
the tiny town of Scottsdale and follow the
thickly wooded forest trails to Derby, you
can enjoy two days and a couple of hundred
kilometres of pure Tasmanian magic, only an
hour from Launceston.
From Scottsdale, head south in the direction
of Ben Lomond National Park. Take the side
road to Mathinna Falls and cross the Mathinna
Plains to Ringarooma, before stopping off
at the old Crown Prince Mine’s glow worm
tunnel. Cheese lovers will take special pleasure
in visiting one of the country’s premier cheese
Tourism Tasmania & Southern Cross Television
Find tranquility in Ben
Lomond National Park
FIND IT
Adventure Centre
13 Spectrum St, Qld,
tel: +61 (7) 5486 3288
Kingfi sher Bay Resort
PMB 1 Urangan Hervey
Bay, Qld,
tel: 1800 072 555
Batchelor Butterfl y
Farm and
Tropical Retreat
8 Meneling Rd,
Batchelor, NT,
tel: +61 (8) 8976 0199
Prairie Hotel
Cnr High St & West
Tce, SA,
tel: +61 (8) 8648 4844
Hepburn Spa - Mineral
Springs Bathhouse &
Wellness Retreat
20 Mineral Springs
Crescent, Hepburn
Springs, Vic,
tel: +61 (3) 5348 8888
Little Desert
Nature Lodge
Nhill-Harrow Rd, Vic,
tel: +61 (3) 5391 5232
Wollombi Tavern
Old North Rd, NSW,
tel: +61 (2) 4998 3261
Pyengana
St Columba Falls Rd, Tas,
tel: +61 (3) 6373 6157
makers, cheddar maestros Pyengana.
Nearest airport: Launceston.
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