The French House St Helens Tasmania

Priory Ridge is a boutique family vineyard and cellar door operation in the iconic Tasmanian holiday destination, St. Helens/Bay of Fires, East Coast, just minutes inland in the rural valley of Priory, via route C843. The ideal microclimate and Devonian granite soil produce full-bodied Pinot Noir and aromatic whites: Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Traminer. “Our Motto: Our grapes/ Our wines” The vines are nurtured/maintained by hand and grapes are picked by our local workforce. French winemaking techniques allow the fermentation of grape juices by their natural yeasts. The Pinot Noir can mature in French oak barrels for over 12 months undertaking natural malolactic conversion. The small picking of Gewurztraminer combined with Pinot Gris produces a special and popular blend. A unique experience awaits you at the Cellar Door. As you savour the depths of handcrafted cool climate wines you can take in the ambience of the adapted 1900s shearing shed. Within the bush pole structure with the original iron roof, visitors can enjoy a pictorial history of yesteryear activity of the early settlers to the Priory district. Priory Ridge Vineyard and Cellar Door is an active member of the Great Eastern Tasmania Wine Trail and participates in the annual Great Eastern Tasmania Wine Week, held in September. An online ordering system enables efficient delivery of our wines, throughout Australia

A World-Class indoor reptile exhibit, based just out of St Helens displaying exotic captive-bred pythons set in a quality museum setting. A keeper presentation and reptile interaction occur daily at midday. Outdoor cafe serving coffee, light snacks, and lunch. Accessible facilities provided. Presenting a unique hands-on visitor experience into herpetology with keeper-assisted handling. Interactive educational billboards stimulate the imagination into the mysteries of the natural world, conservation ideals, mythology, sustainability and reptile husbandry. The park features juvenile reptiles housed within extra-large feature sized enclosures to grow up into the Serpentarium family. Displaying hidden wonders of the world with natural gem displays, treasures, cultural, indigenous artefacts and custom presentations. The highlight offer of the Serpentarium is the hands-on visitor experience, provided through displaying educational billboards, offering keeper presentations and keeper-assisted handling. The Serpentarium shares a small library on the natural world and reptile husbandry, a microscope research station desk, and an outdoor rope climb play area for young adventurers. Enjoy a coffee, light snack or lunch at Rios Cafe, seated under the veranda alongside Rio, our Blue & Gold Macaw, while overlooking an open bush pasture, with accessible facilities. Located at 5 West St, St Helens Tasmania, only five minutes drive from St Helens CBD. Gift sales available offering unique jewelry, natural stone and other memorabilia.

The St Helens History Room, on the East Coast of Tasmania, is a small, regional museum. At the St Helens History Room, there are over 1000 artefacts on display. These are presented thematically to represent the various stages of settlement of St Helens. The collections are very accessible as the museum is open seven days a week 9 am - 4 pm Mon - Fri and 9 am - 3 pm on Sat/Sun. The St Helens History Room is situated at the St Helens History and Visitor Information Centre behind the St Helens Library building, opposite the Post Office. Look for the Tin Dragon sculpture outside, he will point you in the right direction. Visit 'The Chinese Experience' and learn first-hand about this interesting area before you set off to explore the beautiful beaches or the marvellous mountainous hinterland.