Tassy Trip

Hi Firestorm

Tassie is just soooo beautiful. We spend 7 weeks there early last year. If you member message me (if you are a member) or let me have you email address, i can send you my travelogue/photos, which highlight some of the 'must see' spots.

Motherhen

Tassie's a fantastic place. Spent 5 weeks there a few years ago, and have gone back for a couple of weeks each of the last two years. Going again in December for a couple of weeks.


Can't get enough of the place.

My journals from our first trip are here. Tassie Trip Report

Strewth Mate the list is endless..... but a few that stick in my mind... Visit Nabowla in the NE and see the house where my australian family tree started, You can't miss it it's the only proper house in Nabowla...
The cog railway from Qeenstown to Strachan is a must do, Go looking for a Thylacine, we went on a cruise on the Frankland river in the NW corner of Tassie and actually saw some Thylacine scat under a little shelter designed to keep it dry....
The gold mine has a great display.
The Don River Railway is worth a run,
Port Arthur is kind of erie, as is Sarah Island and the Gordon River.
At Strachan there is a sawmill that mills Huon Pine and has a scrap bin, needless to say I thew out all my clothes and packed my bag with Huon offcuts - much to the consternation and amusement of Airport Security...Sybil didn't like me wearing her knickers either.
The food is great, the locals friendy and the roads you will have mainly to yourself, just watch for unsigned fixed speed cameras, there is one at Penguin I discovered 3 weeks after returning.

A must is HOBART on a saturday for the market

It all depends on what you'd like to see in Tassie.
If you want to get into some four wheel driving, check out remote beaches & spectacular views then pick up a copy of this book. Heaps of excellent detinations, campsites, challenging tracks with maps etc. The west coast in particular is brilliant especially around Queenstown.
If short walks & taking in the countryside is more your scene then get a Parks pass which will give you access to the lot for a one off fee. (Far cheaper than being stung at each Park)
If history is more to your liking then stick to the more populated areas. Straun, Hobart, The Nut & all the usual Convict & mining sites.
If you want some action well just hop on the Dismal Swamp slide. At 40+kph it will get you going:-))
Fishing, the sunny east coast, "Do" town, Salamanca market, Cadbury Factory, gee I'm sounding like a Tourism commercial. Just allow 6 months and see it all.
Cheers Craig................