About.
Tasmanian Walking Company.
The Tasmanian Walking Company has been operating since 1987, when visitors to Tasmania and locals were searching for guided walking tours along the Overland Track, in the Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park.
Since then, our portfolio has expanded to a variety of guided bushwalks throughout Tasmania and mainland Australia.
We are proudly Tasmanian and have been walking for 35 years. As a company, we provide incomparable, multi-day guided walking experiences. We offer true Australian hospitality. Our chef designs your meals, our guides connect you, our accommodation comforts and shelters you. Our history and reputation will be with you every step of the way.
We want to provide you with a bucket list experience, step out of everyday life into nature and be revitalised. Absorb a fresh, profound perspective of humanity, the environment, and the possibilities they embody.
History of the Red Feather Inn.
Originally built in 1842 as the first coaching inn west of Launceston, Red Feather Inn was designed by architect John Sprunt using local sandstone and convict labour. Now 180 years on, The Red Feather embodies distinctive luxury in a natural idyllic setting for that well deserved indulgence.
Rising affluence in the 1840s had enabled growth of the coach transport industry. When built, the Red Feather Inn was the first horse-change point on the road from Launceston to Deloraine, and it was one of the colony's earliest coaching inns. It was built in 1842, for local police magistrate Charles Arthur, by John Sprunt using convict-hewn sandstone blocks. Adjacent to the historic Inn is the Watchhouse Cottage with the original sandstone goal used to hold convicts.
The Inn was first licensed in 1844 and was at first successful. In only a few decades, its fortunes declined when a rail line was built from Launceston, reaching nearby Carrick in 1869. Over the next century, Red Feather went through many hands and various uses - from a private family home, to a small farm, and now, a luxurious Inn offering accommodation and a boutique restaurant, a part of the Tasmanian Walking Company experience.