The Events

Plenty	• Kinvarra Estate	"Dusk til Dark", Festival Opening, Friday evening.  Bubbles for Breakfast, Saturday 7am-11am. Cellar Door open all weekend, 10am-4pm.
Bushy Park	• Bushy Park Hall	Market
Westerway	• Westerway Hall • Westerway Hall • Westerway School Oval • Raspberry Farm	Saturday Market, 9am-2pm Dinner Dance for Parents & Friends Tasmanian Tigers Cricket - "Tyro" the Tasmanian Tiger and bouncing castle Jams and other raspberry products for sale.
Fentonbury	• Hamlet Downs Accommodation	Open Garden Saturday & Sunday
Ellendale	• Ellendale	Play Production “Earning Your Stripes – In Search For The Tassie Tiger”
National Park	• National Park Hotel • Mount Field Parks & Wildlife	Hunter screening all day, Saturday 22nd Guided Walks – Tiger Display
Maydena	• Giants' Table & Cottages Friday night 21st Special dinner 6pm to 8pm with screening of The Hunter Comedian Kevin Kopfstein – Quiz Night & Dinner 6pm-10pm, Saturday Roast Lunch 11am-3pm, Sunday Tiger Hunt for children – during Saturday and Sunday • Maydena Country Cabins Alpaca Wool Spinning, Children’s activities, 10.30am-5pm Saturday and Sunday • RSL Back to Maydena Weekend, Wood Chopping • Forestry Tas. Adventure Hub Bus Tour to Eagles Eyrie, Tiger interperpretation, 10am-3pm • Maydena Railway Station Rail Riders Display of Rail Mobile & Track Cycle • On-line Centre Back to Maydena Weekend. Old photos Track The Hunter to the buttongrass plains where the iconic scenes from the movie were filmed. Churchill's Hut tours. See where the last Tasmanian Tiger was caught.
Strathgordon	• Lake Pedder Chalet	Tiger Teas. Self guided walks. Power Station Tours, Lake tours, angling.
Hayes	• 2 Metre Tall Farm Bar	Open 12pm-5pm Sat & Sun.

PLENTY

Kinvarra Estate Cellar Door

Official Festival Opening – by Tourism Minister Scott Bacon, then Dusk til Dark. Bring something to Barbecue.

Bubbles for Breakfast, Saturday, 7am-11am  
Invitation: By open invitation but RSVP's (including any special diet requirements) prior to Sept 19th appreciated. Cost:  $25.00 per head.
Includes: A glass of Kinvarra Estate 2003 Pinot Noir Brut on arrival.
A choice of:  A cooked breakfast of local farm eggs (fried or poached with hollandaise sauce), bacon, mushrooms, smoked salmon and tomatoes, homemade bread and condiments OR a  continental breakfast of cereals yoghurt and fruit. Bottomless tea and plunger coffee. Other wines, beers soft drinks, icecreams etc available for sale. 

Cellar Door Sales Saturday & Sunday, 10am-4pm, www.kinvarrawines.com.au

BUSHY PARK

Bushy Park Hall Market, Saturday and Sunday 10am-2pm.

Market & display of "History of Hop Growing" in the area.

Junior Anglers' Pond, Glenora Road, Friday 4pm-6pm.

Learn about the joys of fishing at the Junior Anglers Pond. The Pond is well stocked with various types of fish and an ideal place for young people to learn about the joys of fishing. Volunteers will be on hand to help with information on fishing techniques and fish identification. Families welcome, but sorry only under 18’s can fish here. The Pond is located on Glenora Road down the lane opposite the water mill, there will be signs at the end of the lane directing people. An ideal stop before the official opening of the Tiger Trail Festival.

WESTERWAY

• Westerway School

Dinner Dance for parents and Friends of the School. Friday from 5.30pm. Discounted Pre purchased tickets available from the Westerway Road House. $25 per Family $10 adult & $5 children 5yrs+ .Tickets will be available on the door for $30 per family, $12 per adult, & $8 children 5yrs+

• Westerway Hall Country Market

Sat 9am–2pm A variety of market stalls outside Westerway Hall

• Raspberry Farm

Sat 10am–4pm Jams and other raspberry products for sale

 

Possum Shed

Tasmanian Tiger themed menu.

 

FENTONBURY

Hamlet Downs Country Accommodation, 50 Gully Road, Fentonbury.

Open Garden, 10am to 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday. Tea and Coffee available. Proceeds to Open Garden scheme and local school.
www.opengarden.org.au    www.hamletdowns.com

 

ELLENDALE

Ellendale Hall

Live History Production. Actors Chris & Judith Cornish will launch their new short play, "Earning Your Stripes - in search for the Tassie Tiger" at 11am, 1pm and again at 3pm, Sunday. Entry is $5 for adults and children free. No booking required & refreshments available.

 

NATIONAL PARK

National Park Hotel

• Hunter screening continuously all day Saturday and Sunday
• Sausage sizzle 12.30pm to 2pm Saturday and Sunday
• Counter meals available 5.30pm - 7pm

Mount Field National Park

A Thylacine exhibition in the visitors Centre and a guided walk up to Russell Falls. Local Tiger "expert" Col Bailey will be talking about Tiger experiences.
www.parks.tas.gov.au

MAYDENA

Giants' Table and Cottages, Junee Road, Maydena.

Special Packages:

• Friday night: 2 Course dinner, 1 night's accommodation – $ 130 per person.
  Dinner 6pm to 8pm. After dinner, special screening of Hunter.
• Saturday night – 2 course dinner, Quiz with great prizes, MC will be Scottish Comedian Kevin Kopfstein,
  1 night's accommodation - $ 130 per person. Dinner 6pm to 8pm, Quiz after dinner, approx. 8pm to 10pm.
  See link for details of Kevin. www.tadaa.com.au/kopfstein.html
• Weekend Package: Stay 2 nights and include 2 dinners, Film and Quiz for only $ 250 per person.
  Limited places, so hurry! Get a group of friends together and have a fun weekend away.
• Quiz and dinner only $ 55 per person, (no accommodation, but open to people living or staying locally) Restaurant is fully licensed – No BYO
  To book - email: giantstable@bigpond.com or phone: 6288 2293
• Tiger Hunt on Saturday and Sunday for under 10s, only $5 per "Hunter", with prizes for using the clues that lead to theTiger.
• Sausage sizzle on Saturday and Roast Lunches available on Sunday - 12pm to 3pm.
• Gallery and gift shop open 10am to 4pm each day

RSL and Norske Skog – Kallista Road, Maydena

• Back to Maydena – A gathering of previous residents of Maydena for a day of nostalgia. Meeting at Maydena RSL from 10.30am until 6pm on Saturday.
• There will be a competition for local school children to paint a roll of newsprint with a Tassie Tiger theme. Entries will be displayed at the RSL on Saturday and then moved to Boyer Mill to be exhibited after that.
• Exhibition of old photos of Maydena at online centre, Maydena School
• Woodchopping Exhibition
  Contact: Vanessa Stevenson at Norske Skog for details of the event.

Forestry Tasmania, Adventure Hub, Kallista Road, Maydena

• Children's Open Day at the Eagles Eyrie 
  Join us on Sunday 23rd of September, for a Children's Open Day at the Eagles Eyrie: our award winning mountain-top building in the Maydena Ranges.
  Buses depart the Maydena Adventure Hub bound for Eagles Eyrie on the hour from 10am until 3pm. Last departure 2pm. Tickets are $10 per person and include return transport from Maydena, story telling and colouring in competition.  Our knowledgeable guide Tim will be telling Tassie Tiger tales for the kids at Eagles Eyrie throughout the day; whilst adults can enjoy the stunning views over a light lunch, coffee and cake. WIN A FAMILY VOUCHER for a Top of the World tour with our colouring in competitions (VALUED AT $400!). Booking and pre-payment is recommended, as capacity is limited to 20 seats per hour. Please phone Adventure Forests on 1300 720 507 to book.
• Snacks and hot beverages will be available for purchase
  Details from www.adventureforests.com.au

Rail Track Riders, Maydena Station, Maydena

• Ride along the Railway track to the end of the line and back again for $15 per person There is a small Thylacine display half-way through the journey and tales of where the last Tiger was caught nearby.
• A special on-track display of the Derwent valley's 'Track cycle' which is 120 years old and made of wood
  with steel capped wheels, brass foot pegs and wooden brake shoes -like the hauler log bogies as well as Fred Abbotts' "track mobile" (Fred was the grandson of Councillor Abbott – of Abbotts lookout fame, where the Eagles Eyrie now sits).
  Contact: Geoff Williams, railtrackriders.com.au

Track The Hunter to the buttongrass plains

where the iconic scenes from the movie The Hunter were filmed. Stand in the footsteps of Willem Dafoe and take a moment to lose yourself in the myth and legend of the Tasmanian Tiger. Travelling west from Maydena along the Gordon River Road approximately 13km past the Florentine Road turn-off you will see a vehicle pull-off on the northern side of the road with a "Welcome to the South West" sign. Follow the short path down past the interpretation sign and you will find the very buttongrass plains where The Hunter was filmed.
The Tiger Trail Festival thank ForestryTasmania for their assistance in this matter. 

St. Boniface Church 

The Crafty Ladies will be displaying local craft 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday.

Churchill’s Hut 

Come and see where the last Tasmanian Tiger was caught and the historic hut that the trapper, Elias Churchill lived in. Churchill’s Hut Tours 9 - 11am, 12 - 2pm, 3 - 5pm Saturday and Sunday, $40.00 per person. Pick up and drop back at Giants’ Table Junee Road. Bookings: 0417008422 or www.tassiebound.com.au

STRATHGORDON

Lake Pedder Chalet

GUIDED GORDON POWER STATION TOURS SATURDAY ONLY
Leaves Chalet at 9.30, 11.30 and 2.00
$10 Adults $5  Children Bookings Essential

 
ACCOMMODATION FROM $80 KIDS STAY FREE
15% goes to Save the Tassie Devil Fund

TIGER MORNING AND AFTERNOON TEAS AT CHALET FROM $7.50 
ABSEILING AT GORDON DAM WALL WITH AARDVARK ADVENTURES FROM $75
Bookings Recommended

 
LAKE TOURS AVAILABLE WITH CAPTAIN KIM
From Noon Saturday and all day Sunday

COME & WELCOME HOME TREVOR THE TROUT
Angling, Family Friendly Activities and Historical Information Display presented by Lake Pedder Angling Club.
Members of Committee on site to answer questions about angling at Lake Pedder 

For further information and bookings, phone Lake Pedder Chalet on 62 80 1166

 

HAYES

2MetreTall

Open Saturday & Sunday afternoons from 12 until 5pm. Usual farm bar – bring a picnic.
www.2mt.com.au