A distinctly English town with gardens and cool climate bushwalks. Lilydale, nestling under the northern slopes of Mount Arthur (1187 m), is an attractive town noted for the distinctive ‘Englishness’ of its gardens which mix with the appeal of the diverse range of interesting bushwalks in the district. The appeal of Lilydale (which is promoted as Tasmania’s Country Garden) lies around, rather than in, the town.

Events

LILYDALE VILLAGE MARKET
Main Road, Lilydale
1983 Lilydale Road, Lilydale TAS 7268, Australia
Trading: Every Sunday – 10am to 2pm
Type: Art & Craft, Artisans, Baby & Kids/Children, Designers, Farmers, Produce, Organic, Handmade, Wheel Chair Friendly, Food, Community
Phone: 0412 336 381

LOCAL DESIGNERS & PRODUCERS MARKET
Trading: Every 2nd Sunday & some Saturday Nights – 10am – 2pm
Type: Other. Phone: 0438 582 876. ’Meet the Producer’ Market – Lilydale

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Where Is it?

25 km north east of Launceston

Although only a short distance from Launceston (and only a few kilometres from the East Tamar Highway), the Lilydale district was not settled by Europeans until the 1850s when timber cutters began clearing the area. The township, originally known as Germantown but changed to Lilydale during World War I, appeared in the late 1870s when a track was out through the bush to the goldfields on the slopes of Mount Arthur