Tin Dragon Interpretation Centre and Cafe at Derby is the highlight of your journey. Interpretive displays, videos, and the story of the 1929 flood dramatically told on a 15 metre screen in the purpose-built interpretation centre. It is a grand story of human heartache, heroism, tragedy and hope in the face of nature���s fury.

Derby was the richest mine in the North East, and for a time it was the richest tin mine in the world. It was one of the few in Tasmania not worked by the Chinese. As the largest, it was also the mine most thirsty for water. To get it the mine operarators built the longest water race in the North-East: 48 kilometres long, weaving its way from the headwaters of the Ringarooma through the hills to the mine in the valley. In dry summers, however, there was still not enough water to keep the mine going.

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Location: Main Street, Derby. Ph (03) 6354 1062. Entry fee apply.