Franklin Manor

Charlotte's is the restaurant at Franklin Manor, and it is open to everyone, not only house guests. Chef Mathieu grew up in Sète, a fishing port on the French Mediterranean, and cooks classical French technique using Tasmanian produce. Fish comes from the waters you can see from the Esplanade. Beef, dairy and vegetables come from farms across the state. Butter is churned in house and sauces are built from scratch. The menu changes as the season does. Dinner is served in the manor's original dining room, beneath high ceilings and stained glass, at a pace that assumes you have the evening. There is a three-course menu and a longer tasting menu, each with an optional wine pairing drawn from a cellar weighted towards cool-climate Tasmanian bottles. The bar is open beforehand for a drink by the fire. Strahan is a long way from anywhere. The cooking here is one of the reasons to make the trip rather than something you settle for once you have arrived.

Hogarth Falls is one of Tasmania's 60 Great Short Walks. The 60 Great Short Walks offer the best of Tasmania's day walking opportunities. 40-50 minutes return, 2.4 km return. Grade 2. ​​Just a short distance from Strahan ​in Peoples Park, is an easy walk through tall forest and rainforest to a delightful waterfall. As well as towering gum trees, there are beautiful rainforest trees such as leatherwood, sassafras and myrtle. The 1.2km walk soon reaches the falls. These drop over rocks that were once horizontal but have been tilted close to ​the vertical. Platypus can occasionally be seen in the creek below the falls. Return via the same track. Please refer to the Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania website (parks.tas.gov.au) for up-to-date information about this walk, alerts, closures, safe walking guidelines, leave no trace principles and National Park entry fees where applicable.

Award-winning dining on the edge of Macquarie Harbour. Take a seat beside floor-to-ceiling windows or dine alfresco on the water's edge as the sun melts into the harbour and boats settle for the night. This is refined Tasmanian dining – intimate, seasonal, experiential. Immerse yourself in quiet, reflective harbour views while enjoying regional cuisine at Risby's, the signature restaurant. Explore the ever-evolving seasonal menu while sampling the finest produce available and discover why our restaurant won a 2023 Australian Good Food Guide Readers' Choice – Regional Award.