The area surrounding Bothwell and Miena is gateway to Tasmania's Highlands region of the Rivers Run Touring Route .

Bothwell, settled in the 1820s by Scottish graziers, still retains its nineteenth-century ambience. The colonial charms of Bothwell are; Australasian Golf Museum, Nant: a whisky distillery in Australia's oldest working flour mill, Ratho Farm: Australia's oldest golf course, Ross Baker: Australia's traditional golf clubmaker... all based around one of Tasmania's prettiest pioneering villages.

The area boasts legendary trout fishing. Fish for world-renowned wild brown and rainbow trout  in Arthurs Lake and the Great Lake as well as in Bronte, Little Pine, Penstock and Dee Lagoons.

Who were the Young Irelanders? Where did they live? Which bushrangers roamed the area? Bothwell's cemetery gravestones depict the hardships of settlement and provide great interest for many historians and genealogists.

In the sub-alpine Central Plateau, hydro-electric power stations capture water from some of the 3000 lakes and tarns. Waddamana power station opened in 1916 and is now a museum.

Did you know?

• In April each year Bothwell host's Tasmania 's largest Yearling cattle sale.
• The Castle Hotel (circa1829) is the second oldest continually licensed hotel in Tasmania .
• Bothwell has the second oldest golf course outside the UK!
• Bothwell hosts the ‘Bothwell International Spin in', a 3 day biennial event attracting participants world wide.