Silver Ridge Retreat

8/10

Excellent

25 Apr 2026

Gina

Rooms are basic but clean. Staff were friendly and helpful and the view was gorgeous. Kitchen could use an upgrade as well as utensils. Overall good, although shower has bit of mould.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Evan

Impressive view, good facilities

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2026

Emmanuel

The units are room and well equipped. Conveniently locate close to nature attractions, Silver Ridge is a good choice for families to explore and hit the trails.

6/10

Pleasant

07 Feb 2026

Lynne

The accommodation is is in need if updating. Including badics like iron, ironing board, hoover and utensils.

Great location for peade and quiez. Lovely pool

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2026

Andrew

Incredible views of Mt Roland. Excellent pool and awesome area to explore around the property. Easy drive to Cradle Mountain for day trips.
Friendly and helpful staff

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2025

Carlyn

A beautiful setting The cottages had everything we needed
Very friendly host

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2025

DAVID

2 night stay Feb’25

Okay for a couple of nights. About 50 minute drive from Cradle Mountain on some challenging roads. No dishwasher but nice indoor pool. Laundry facilities but only the one washing machine for the 9 chalets on the site.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2025

Michele

John was very pleasant and informative on check-in. No bike hire here. Amazing views and stunning scenery from our cabin. Cabin was basic but cosy. Needs a large kitchen knife. Lights in bathroom may need attention. Disappointed that we didn’t get any housekeeping or change of towels/tea towels for the four nights that we were there. Property was well positioned for us. We drove to Latrobe and hired bikes and cycled to Devonport. Drove to Lake Barrington and then up to the Arboretum. Drove to Cradle Mtn area and did a few hikes. All these were easily reached and doable day trips. Having Sheffield close by, was handy for supplies or coffee.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Feb 2025

Lachlan

Silver Ridge was exactly as it was on the website. It’s in a stunning area and was exactly what we wanted - nice and relaxing. The spring water is nice and clean but grab some bottles of water from the IGA in Sheffield for your tea and coffee. John was a great host - keen for a longer stay.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2025

John

Beautiful view of the nearby mountain. Interesting short trail through the ravine to an old mine behind the large field. (Saw an echidna, a pademelon and many birds.)

The ducks and native hens and other inhabitants of the pond and field provided endless entertainment. At dusk, dozens of small marsupials came out for us to watch.

Nearby was a much longer trail up the mountain. We did not go all the way up, but spent quite a while walking there.

Cradle Mountain was over the ridge, an \"interesting\" drive about 50 minutes (driving slowly) away, and was fantastic, even the white-lipped whip snake and especially the wombats.

Food and gas were about 20 minutes away, in Sheffield, and almost all restaurants were closed at dinner time. One night we went all the way to Devonport where we found an excellent Chinese restaurant, China Garden.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2025

JONG

Nice friendly service, was good to use the pool and laundry room, beautiful surroundings, quiet… great place to rest after the walks in Cradle mountain…

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2025

Saikat

We enjoyed the natural beauty of the site specially the Mount Ronald at the back.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2024

Carolyn

Liked the country setting , used as a base for surrounding towns and attractions. Private cabin , basic facilities . Included walking track . A good stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2024

Yolanda

Stayed for a week and it was absolutely spectacular! Just beautiful to stay in, so peaceful and quiet, and with stunning Mt. Roland views just about anywhere. We saw the echidnas, possum, platypus, and all the farm animals. Then there were glow worms and the spiders in the cave - an amazing experience. This is an excellent place to stay for anybody enjoying the countryside. We will return. John was a very welcoming, friendly host!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2024

Joel

Beautiful place to stay on a trip around Tasmania. Friendly staff and beautiful surroundings.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2024

William

We had a excellent stay at Silver Ridge. The self-contained cabin was perfect for us, and the views around the property are amazing. The indoor pool was a very nice bonus.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

17 Mar 2024

Stephen

The positives were a clean comfortable bed and the bathroom was renovated to a good standard. The rest of the cottage and the whole site was incredibly tired and appeared sadly neglected. There were dead flies on the window sills and a lot of grit. Dishes had not been washed properly by previous guests. You could not drink the water, lucky we had enough bottled water to get by.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2024

Verified traveler

Lovely setting, cabins need updating

The setting is gorgeous and the swimming pool is beautiful—perfect temperature. We walked to the abandoned silver mine on the property and succeeded in seeing glow worms. It’s a 30 minute drive to the cradle mountain visitor center. The cabins have seen better days and have ugly plastic covering the tops of tables and dressers. Ours did not have a full kitchen, which was not clear from the hotel.com ad. There are no restaurants nearby so we had planned to cook our own meals, but that’s hard with just a microwave and a communal grill.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2024

Yusaku

Great view, cute chicken & ducks and friendly staff.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2023

Richard

The resort is in an amazing location, with Mount Roland looming over it - very dramatic. It is convenient to Cradle Mountain, about an hour away by road, and also only about 15 minutes from Sheffield, with its artistic delights (murals, mosaics etc). The resort's owner John could not have been more considerate and helpful. We were only there 2 days/nights but loved it.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

08 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

Poorly managed

The pictures were too misleading. The furniture was dated and one room was unkempt when we checked in. There were cobwebs around. One cupboard door was broken. The place looked run-down. Indoor pool was filled with floating particles even though the owner claimed they used top-notch filtering system.

I thought we will get to see more animals like in the pictures. Unlike what I read from reviews, we saw one duck, one goose, one cow and one horse.

WiFi is strong but it was not turned on the second day. Basic kitchen equipment was provided. Fridge had a funky smell. After all these first impressions of poor upkeeping, we were skeptical of the water quality so we had to drive 12 mins to Sheffield to get drinking water.

The only saving grace is majestic Mount Roland.

I regretted booking this place. I should book a place a cabin at Cradle Mountain area instead.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

Great stay

Spacious cottage, fresh air and great view of Mt Roland. The place is about 45 minutes drive to cradle mountain and 10 mins drive into Sheffield town. We enjoyed our stay there.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2023

michelle

Loved our stay here. The view, wildlife and walks were especially memorable. Wish we could have stayed longer.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2023

Francis

We were travelling with my mother in law who I think was expecting a 5* hotel and felt a bit underwhelmed,As we drove up from Sheffield.
But She my wife and my kids absolutely loved it. The views are amazing, the air is amazing the accomodation had everything we needed and the property and staff were amazing. Perfect location for visiting Sheffield Cradle mountain and Tazmazia was in the next valley across. Lots of friendly animals on the property, An abandoned silver mine with glow worms was a trek / adventure for my boys one day and then after coming back they jumped in the warm indoor pool.
And suggest you have a telstra sim with you, nothing else works as well in this part of tassie.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2023

Thomas

Nature

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2023

Margaret

We enjoyed our stay it was close to Cradle Mountain and Devonport

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 May 2023

Janet

The cottage was clean and kitchen was fully equipped. It was quite cool the first night, and no heat in the bedroom that we could find, and we couldn’t get the place warm. We finally figured it out the next morning, but we spent a pretty uncomfortable night. Also, although my husband was able to log onto the wifi, the password in the handbook never worked for me. We enjoyed the chicken who came to visit us both mornings!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2023

Kristin

Highly recommend for families wanting to explore the Cradle mountain National park and midland areas of Tasmania.
50 min drive to cradle mountain visitor centre. 15mins from Sheffield. Cabins are very comfortable with stove microwave, fridge, toaster.
Retreat has an indoor heated pool great for relaxing after a long days walk to travel.
Laundry facilities- 1 x washing machine (free to use) and industrial dryer (about $5-6 per load to dry. )
Kids loved exploring the farm.
Water is spring water - Uv sanitised and filtered - we picked up some drinking water from Sheffield IGA in 3ltr containers to be sure.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2023

kirsty

Beautiful setting and friendly and knowledgeable staff. We enjoyed our stay here.

Was a little disappointed that there was not a fireplace in the cottage as expected from advertising pictures.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2023

Janice

Very untidy arrived got out off car step in chock poo also poo walking up ramp to office the amount charge for room not worth it just very plan rooms.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2023

Kate

We had lots of space, comfortable beds and a very peaceful quite stay.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2023

Yuvaraj

Excellent location right at foot of mt. Ronald. We stayed for two night but felt we should planned a couple of more nights here. John was excellent host, guided with details on what to visit. The night tour in the property and the silver mines in the property are highlights for the children. Great place to stay !!!

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2022

Kristian

Great location and awesome walks close by. Swimming pool was great as well.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2022

TS

Peaceful surroundings, beautiful cottage

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Great location at the base of Mt Roland. Close enough to Cradle mountain and Sheffield. Great views and wildlife interaction.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2019

Nakeelen

Great location with interesting on-site activities, esp the nocturnal possum feeding and wild life spotting.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The property has a fantastic view of Mt Roland. Truly beautiful. The owner John was very nice to give us a good understand of the place and Justin gave a night tour to catch a wonderful sight of animals. The one thing I don't like about the property is the water pressure in the shower.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Beautiful setting. Cosy wood fire. Helpful host.
Would have liked more basic kitchen supplies. Furniture and furnishings very tired!
Quite a distance from Cradle Mountain if visiting this area.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2019

Chris

Best mountain views

Incredible location, giving us the best mountain views in Tasmania! Extremely helpful owners, included very helpful info about area.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Awesome views of the mountain very quiet and peaceful. Great heated pool

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2019

Ning

The owner is very kind and take us for a fun trip to see his friends possum in the evening which is interesting the kids.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Pool was great, woodheater made cabin very cosy, quiet & private location

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

30 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Great location, amazing views of Mt Roland. The place is very clean and tidy however the 1970's era furnishing means it is well over due for a renovation.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2019

Steve

Great country retreat, friendly local service

Our experience was wonderful with the countryside retreat in a quiet location with nature and the local animals. The warm and friendly service from the owner was great who has stayed there for over 20 years. He provided a free nighttime tour at 7pm to show us the farm and the local animals, one of which we were able to get up and close with the possums watching them being fed. The accommodation was nice and clean and it contained cutlery and items to help us make our own meals. It is on the way to Cradle Mountain and 10 minutes from Sheffield where you can buy supplies.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The staff were very friendly & helpful.
The accommodation was quite dated & not very clean. The towels & bedding seemed quite old & a little stained. We had no means of lighting the fire.
We were grateful for the DVD’s that were supplied.
In need of a general upgrade.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

The owner of the property is very helpful and provided all information before hand. The property is in a very good spot.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Apr 2019

Stuart

Great service and advice from staff

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2019

Katherine

Just gorgeous

Beautiful location, cosy cabin, great staff, less than an hour from Cradle Mountain. Loved it.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Mar 2019

Kasey

10/10 Stay

Fantastic stay, couldn’t fault it. I loved that the accomodation emailed me prior to my stay and told me about the area, how to get there, things to see and do, where fuel was available and listed dining options in the region. Once there, the man that checked us in was very informative, and took the time to explain what was about and how to get there. Beds were very comfy, pool was lovely and I enjoyed the scenery. Beautiful place to stay, I’ll definitely be returning.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2019

Yee Man

Quaint house at the foot of the mountain

The house comfortably fits five ppl but we booked two houses as it was off season. It was comfortable with fire place and at the foot of a mountain.

Family