makers workshop

we didn't do the makers tour as we didn't have time, plenty of info on the area available here and the staff were ever so helpful, couldn't do enough for us.

The paper making demo was great. Did not like having to pay so much for it.The Tourist info at the centre was very good also. There was only 2 demos available at the time we visited which was very disappointing.

When living in Burnie (we moved in 2013), we regularly visited The Makers' for coffee, gifts and my wife volunteered there one day a week. It is an absolute asset to Burnie! All cruise- ship visitors always commented upon the vision of the people who established it, and they were spot on!!! It is one of the few places we miss in Burnie: to watch, meet and talk with all the various makers was a real treat..... They are an amazingly talented lot and such a diverse range of talent as well. The staff were also great: friendly and helpful and always happy for a chat. I hope it will not be changed too much (at all!) by the Tas Uni!! It is a "must see" when visiting Burnie along with the Burnie Regional Museum and the Burnie Art Gallery.

I stopped by here for a quick lunch and I wasn't disappointed. The staff were very friendly, the produce local and the coffee great. The ploughman's lunch was made up of some local cheeses with relish and pickles; delicious, filling and reasonably priced. I'd recommend a stop here to anyone!

Spent quite some time there. The paper mache characters/figures were amazing. Staff were very genial and informative. The violin maker display was fascinating along the other artisans at work. We didn't do the the paper mill tour due to our arriving out of schedule times but had a tasty lunch and great coffee and bought from the gift shop.Bumped into Warren who does guided tours of anywhere in Tassie at a reasonable price. He knows the island inside out.

The Makers as it's known is interesting and well set out. It also has a great Cafe with scones that grandma made.

If you don't have long in Burnie or are just passing through make time for this. It's in a great building right on the waterfront, and has a great range of arts and food tasting, plus the opportunity to meet whichever artists are in residence on the day and to watch them create. We didn't try the cafe as we got there after it had closed, but it looked great, with wonderful water views.

It was very interesting to see all the talents of people. Loved the cheese tasting and the hat making. Great spot to become creative.

Wonderful to see artists and artisans working in a place like this. Bought several gifts and cards. Nice coffee shop and cheese tasting too!

Liked the Variety of things to do (travelled with three kids). Nice cafe and friendly staff. Nothing I disliked

The Workshop side of the Makers Workshop is worth a visit. The artists in residence are more than willing to explain their trade and there is some fantastic artwork available for purchase. Unfortunately only a few are usually on site at any one time.The Paper Making Tour isn't worth the $40 Family Ticket price that we paid.We were given a verbal history of paper making that nearly had us falling asleep. Then we're were given very brief descriptions of the machines in the workshop before being shown how a sheet of paper was made and then given the opportunity to make two sheets each.If the tour is to be successful, I believe that a good quality video detailing the history of paper making along with the differences between hand making and current modern machine processing of paper needs to be produced. A full description and viewing of every step of the paper production then needs to be shown, not just talked about. The two initial stages, which had machines, weren't demonstrated to those on the tour.Overall, the Makers Workshop (free) is worth a visit, but the Paper Making Tour isn't worth the ticket price.

Loved seeing crafts people working and being able to purchase there work.Making some paper was a real experience as well.Lots to see & buy.

I would recommend this for tourists - it more or less serves as the local information center. The only reason I go here is to buy up on the local produce - salmon, cheese, chocolate, whisky... yum yum! If you're wanting to 'taste Tasmania' and only have a few short minutes I would recommend this place as it has a small selection of several local specialties.Paper statues are amazing for the craft lovers & there are other handmade goods which serve as awesome souvenirs.

I'm sure adult may enjoy this but kids WILL NOT! It is boring for kids there is only one activity kids may be interested in that is a big truck kids can climb im but that is only really for kids 3-9 kids aged 9-17 will hate it.so if your going with kids reconsider.

we had read a lot of advertisements about the centre and it was a lovely new building, well laid out but the Paper making course started 12 minutes late which was annoying and unnecessary. The presenenter did not have his heart in it and wanted to get back to his offiice