DESTINATION: Derby

Mountain scenery, rainforests and old tin mines surround this classified historic town. In the late 1800s it was a booming mining settlement and at the Derby Tin Mine Centre you can pan for a bit of raw tin - metal we use every day of the week without thinking about where it comes from.


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Browse among antiques, second hand books and modern crafts in the quaint old shops, see for yourself that Blue Lake really is blue, paddle a canoe on Cascade Dam to stir up your appetite for a homemade afternoon tea in one of Derby’s tea rooms.

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. cmsadmin. (2005, May 20). Derby. Retrieved August 30, 2008, from Plan Book Travel Australia Web site: http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/australia/tas/derby. This work is licensed under a Universal Publishers. Universal Publishers

Region: North East

Bay of Fires, Tasmania
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