Tasmania

For Tasmanians, 'the East Coast' starts at Orford in the south and ends at St Helens in the north. Having explored the southern half of this region a little while ago, we took a second trip to visit Maria Island then explore the northern half of the region, from Swansea to St...

Stanley is a small (550 person) town in the far north west of Tasmania. It sits at the foot of a volcanic plug known as The Nut (munatrik). From around 1825 Stanley was the base of a farming corporation called the Van Dieman's Land Company and the town has a number of well...

For Tasmanians, 'the East Coast' starts at Orford in the south and ends at St Helens in the north. It's a beautiful region with three National Parks (Maria Island, Freycinet, and Douglas Apsley) and a number of excellent wineries. A winning combination... On this trip we spent...

The State of Tasmania is made up of 334 islands. The Furneaux Islands, named after the English navigator Tobias Furneaux, lie in Bass Strait between 'mainland' Tasmania and Victoria. Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux Group. It takes one hour in a 20-seater...

The township of Corinna sits on the Pieman River in northwest Tasmania. It feels like the middle of nowhere, in a good way... We drove from Hobart to Spreyton to meet with some friends, then on to Corinna from there. Stopped at Hellyer Gorge to stretch our legs with a nice...

The Tasman Peninsula lies about 90 minutes drive southeast of Hobart. It's edged by remarkable sea cliffs and housed the notorious penal colony of Port Arthur, which is part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Area. We timed our run to arrive at the Tessallated...

Living in the island state of Tasmania, visiting a smaller island for a holiday might seem a little odd. Yet there's no doubt that taking the short vehicular ferry ride to Bruny Island always feels like a getaway. Bruny is really two islands in one. North Bruny and South Bruny...

Lake St Clair (leeawulenna) is a natural freshwater lake located in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. It forms the southern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. With a maximum depth of 160...

For whatever reason we'd never visited the far northeastern corner of Tasmania. With COVID-19 confining us to the state, but government control measures allowing us to move freely within our island state boundaries, we decided it was the time to head in this direction. We...

Cradle Mountain is located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania. It is situated at the northern end of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Travelling from Hobart most people head north through...