A serene lakeside setting for picnics, swimming, rowing, waterskiing and fishing. Originally built as part of Tasmania’s hydro-electric scheme, Lake Barrington today is home to an international rowing course, recognised as one of the finest rowing courses in the world. It is also a popular venue for water skiers, swimmers, power boat enthusiasts, canoers, model yacht enthusiasts and fishermen.

It is a designated “big fish’’ lake as it is stocked by Tasmania’s Inland Fisheries Service with rainbow and brown trout along with atlantic salmon.

Delightful murals are painted on the side walls of most of the buildings throughout the town. Experience the history told through art, as you wander through Tasmania’s Outdoor Art Gallery.

The first mural commissioned in 1986 depicts Gustav Weindorfer, a passionate mountaineer, naturalist and conservationist sharing his home with the wild animals. And now, some 30 years later, many more visually appealing, emotional and curious stories embellish the walls of Sheffield ‘The Town of Murals’.