Beauty
Point is a tiny township originally established as the first
deep water port on the Tamar River.
The
town was first established as a port to service the nearby
gold mine town of Beaconsfield. As the gold rush ended,
it became an apple exporting centre.
The
Australian Maritime College has a campus here, for fisheries
and seamanship courses.
More recently,
the town has also become the home of Seahorse World, a working
seahorse farm and educational centre that is open to the
public. The mystical seahorse has always been a source of
immense attraction.
However, through
fishing and habitat destruction, their numbers globally
have dwindled. Seahorse World at Beauty Point, Northern
Tasmania, is a unique facility designed to both conserve
this creature, and to provide an excellent tourism and educational
experience.
Platypus House
offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch both live
Tasmanian Platypuses and Echidnas in daylight conditions
and undercover! Visitors are guaranteed to see both these
spectacular egg laying mammals up close and personal actively
feeding and playing during your guided tour of platypus
ponds and echidna garden.
This is a tour which you will remember for years. You are
also assured of many great photographic opportunities. Visitors
can also enjoy viewing a film in the theatrette; browsing
through the Interpretation Room; or simply enjoy a great
coffee in the café overlooking the Tamar River.
The
original Beauty Point wharf, where the first deep water
vessels arrived, has been demolished and replaced by the
Australian Maritime College which now houses over 100 residential
students who study courses in seamanship and fishing.
The
college has two training vessels.
The
town's first wharf was established in response to the growing
importance of Beaconsfield which, as a result of the gold
boom, was the third largest town in Tasmania.
Close
by is the Asbestos Range National Park, extending along
the coast from Greens Beach to Port Sorell.
There
is an easy four hour return walk to Badger Head. The park
derives its name from the mineral asbestos that was mined
there last century.
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