About Latrobe

Latrobe presents one of Australia's finest heritage faces, and with that face comes a host of activities and attractions, where you live the history and love the nature. The town owes its being to early mining and agriculture and in the mid to late 19th century as a bustling port on the banks of the Mersey River.

Much of the past remains in the streetscapes of central Latrobe - 76 heritage listed buildings, 6 of which are on the Register of the National Estate. The past lives on at the Courthouse Museam. History, too, in sport.

The Australian Axeman's Hall of Fame recognises Latrobe's role in pioneer competitive woodchopping and one of Tasmania's favourite sons, multiple world woodchopping champion, David Foster. The first woodchop was staged in the town and the annual Boxing Day Latrobe Carnival, featuring athletics, woodchopping and the richest wheel race in Australia, is the longest running of its kind in the world.

If axemen have put Latrobe on the map, platypus keep it there as the "Platypus Capital of the World". World-class restaurants, street-side cafes, bakeries and even a Belgian chocolate factory/cafe supplement Latrobe's numerous antique and art and craft shops.

Live the History, Love the Nature