Salmon Ponds Heritage Hatchery and Gardens

Salmon Ponds Heritage Hatchery and Gardens

Salmon Ponds Heritage Hatchery and Gardens
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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  • Apolonia70
    2,317 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Salmon Ponds Trout Farm - gardens, trout ponds, eels and pancake
    The Gray Line coach tour to Mt Field included a complimentary morning tea stop at the Salmon Ponds trout farm. Located about 45 minutes drive from Hobart. The venue has adequate car park space. There is a cafe, gift shop, gardens and self guided walk with map included of the various trout ponds and walking paths. A very relaxing place with large poplar trees lining the driveway to the entrance. The cafe offered us a pancake with Valhalla ice cream and tea/ coffee. Windows have outlook to charming gardens - no water lilies flowering for our visit. Lots of trout to see - various types and eels and breeding facility. The location has outdoor seating and a BBQ area. A relaxing visit and delicious pancake. No trout products on sale at gift shop. Worth a stop if you want morning tea, snacks. Enjoy.
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled solo
    Written March 2, 2024
  • Mumma&Co
    Timaru, New Zealand7,275 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Quirky & cool
    Didn't think we'd enjoy this as much as we did. Enjoyed feeding the fish & seeing them swish around for the food, often flicking us with water. The platypus was amazing! The young dark haired staff member was so lovely! Yummy pancake lunch. Great to do something different.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 24, 2024
  • Karen W
    24 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great little spot.
    Lovely day out. Kids love seeing the fish prac jump out of the water to eat the food. The Cafe is also very nice, however you could bring a picnic and enjoy the quiet grounds.
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written August 11, 2024
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PriscillaF
Perth, Australia2,156 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 • Solo
I love fish. Eating, catching and just admiring. This is the place for that! Gorgeous grounds, lots of ponds where you can feed the fish. You can buy cups of food for the price of a $2 coin which you can get at reception if you do not have coins on you. The cafe is really good too with good service and delicious choices of savoury and sweet crepes. Throwing the food on the ponds and watching the fish jump about was really exciting. Highly recommended.
Written June 20, 2022
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MichelleDandMichaelW
Perth, Australia44 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022
We stopped by on our way to Mt Field National Park and so glad we did. Although it was raining and quite a cold day it was still lovely walking around the gardens. There is a lot of information about the trout and salmon and the museum of trout fishing was very interesting. We stayed for lunch and had beautiful salmon crepes. They even cater for gluten free and I can highly recommend the crepes. Service was very good even though they were quite busy.
Written December 3, 2022
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Pam B
50 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
Watching the huge fish jumping out of the water for the feed was torture for my fisherman husband, who had been trying for 2 weeks to catch any Fish in tassie, but also an awesome experience. Having pancakes by the ponds was a really fabulous thing to do as well. The grounds here are also lovely to walk around. A cheap day out, buy some food and feed the fish, you won't be disappointed.
Written October 17, 2023
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travelgirl254
Perth, Australia262 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021 • Couples
We found the information about the history of the Salmon Ponds on the boards as we entered very informative. It was great being able to buy some fish food. Our daughter found it fun to feed the fish in the various ponds. It’s quite exciting when one jumped up out of the water. The ambience of the whole place due to the advanced trees was wonderful. We found it interesting to visit the Museums too. We had lunch in the restaurant. Quick service and delicious food. We enjoyed the riverwalk. Disappointed we didn’t see any platypus anywhere. We weren’t sure the $8 entry fee per person would be worth it but we decided it was.
Written April 14, 2021
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Simon S
Victoria, Australia11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2021
Quite historic with beaut gardens and a very nice café/restaurant. Buying a $2 bucket of fish food is great fun as the very large and mature trout and salmon leap to gobble down the tucker. As a museums person I was very impressed with the small museum on site as well as the well labeled 19th century trees.
Written February 15, 2021
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Wayne N
Sydney, Australia2,605 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Couples
I quite enjoyed the stroll around Salmon Ponds. A lot of history, ponds and museum. Kids can feed the fish, cafe which specialises in pancakes both sweet and savoury.

Small entry fee.

Bathrooms available.
Written December 13, 2022
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bobjanh
Brisbane, Australia2,405 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021 • Couples
Trout ponds in a beautiful setting with lots of wonderful exotic trees. Good knowledge imparted in regards to trout farming but fish activity can be somewhat seasonal.

Seniors discount applicable, otherwise a modest entry fee.

There is a cafe on site that specialises in crepes: it does cater for gluten free and the savoury crepe I had was excellent.
Written October 23, 2022
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Rowan H
Cairns, Australia1,719 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022
The Salmon ponds were established in the early 1800's - with the subsequent successful introduction and subsequent breeding of rainbow and brown trout from England in 1864. This in itself is a very interesting story and worth a visit alone. These days the salmon ponds still exist, in a the setting of a well maintained Victorian garden with numerous preserved buildings showcasing the history of this very interesting place.

I visited with my wife and here are a few of my thoughts.

PROS
* This is a very unique attraction which I haven't come across anywhere in Tasmania, or Australia for that case.
* The entry fee of 8 dollars is very reasonable.
* The gardens are quite beautiful to stroll through
* The pancakes in the attached restaurant were quite tasty.
* There are numerous salmon and trout on display - some excessively large.
* There is a plethora of interesting information regarding the rich history of this place
* A visit here can easily be combined with one to Russell falls which is around half an hour away.

CONS
* The fish appeared to be in poor conditions. They were clearly overfed, with large amounts of food sitting in the ponds. Unfortunately when this occurs it encourages the growth of fungus which then make the fish sick. I witnessed over 4 dead or dying fish in the ponds which is a very bad sign.

Overall worth a visit, particularly when combined with a visit to Russell falls but I feel management would benefit from limiting the availability of fish food to the public.
Written January 7, 2022
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CodyMav
Gold Coast, Australia27,255 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021
These stunningly presented grounds tell an interesting story with a shed, museum and a wide variety of salmon.

The grounds stretch to a flowing river behind which you can walk along, aside from numerous ponds separating species.

The Cafe was just the icing on a great visit
Written July 19, 2021
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hornymull
Cairns, Australia107 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022 • Family
Reading reviews we thought the Ponds would be lovely and interesting, we were quite let down unfortunately. It was $22 for a family but then you have to pay extra for fish food, it should be included, the fish didn’t even want to eat it anyway. The ponds had quite a lot of fish, but nothing too exciting, and the gardens weren’t anything spectacular. We were interested in the hatchery but it just had about 4 baby fish and a couple of eels, the rest was messy and not being used. We understand tourism has struggled, but of our 4 weeks in Tassie, this was our biggest letdown.
Written January 2, 2022
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