Sheffield Tasmania

Sheffield (including Gowrie Park) A town now famous for its extensive display of murals Located 30 km from Devonport and 93 km from Launceston, Sheffield (named after the famous town in Yorkshire) is one of those rural service towns which had a brainwave and successfully turned itself into a tourist destination. The brainwave was 'murals' and consequently the town has huge and fascinating murals, most depicting the early history of the area, on every available blank wall.

Sheffield is nestled in under Mount Roland in an area of rolling hills and gentle valleys which produces fat lambs, pigs, potatoes, timber and a number of vegetable crops.