Experience tasmania’s living maritime heritage and watch wooden boats being hand crafted from rare tasmanian timbers. take in the scent of huon pine and the unique atmosphere of a traditional boat building workshop by taking a guided tour.. Stop at the wooden boat centre, a wooden boat building school and visitor centre dedicated to preserving the traditional craft of wooden boat building. franklin offers many places to stay, from quaint bed and breakfasts and holiday house rentals to local hotels and cottages. franklin is a 40-min (45 km) drive south from hobart. local tips. History and wooden boat building in franklin walk back in time and enjoy the hive of industry at the wooden boat centre, where shipwrights build and students learn traditional boat building methods using rare timbers such as huon pine, king billy and celery top pine..
