daughter on trip to Tas. what do you recommend

Cradle Mountain is a great area to visit.

Cheers

Kevin

port arthur of course and wine glass bay....all down the east coast is a nice trip....

wish her luck!

Laura

You do not need a 4wd to see 90% of tassie. Lake st Clair is magnicficent, but do the ferry run, Cradle mount of course and make sure she does the walk arround the lake, unbelievable.
Is she camping or staying in accomadation, makes a huge diff to tour budget, we tend to camp as we love the fishing down their. Been their thee times, still heaps I have not seen.
HAVE fun Pete

She certainly can't do much in that time. The east coast will be very busy in school holidays, so will Cradle Mt - but it is a must. After Cradle Mt, drive south via Great Lake, then either across to Pt Arthur and the east coast, OR west - Lake St Clair, Queenstown, Strahan, annd back north to Burnie,Stanley. I tend to favour the latter if she is into wilderness scenery, walking, just because of the holiday crowds in the east. If she is going right at the start of Jan, she might like Hobart with the yachts in and the festive atmosphere of the Taste of Tasmania, though.

Hi Barb

My daughter, who worked at Corinna on the west coast for almost a year took her family on a fly in trip to Tasmania shortly before second child arrived. As she was flying, she pre-booked accommodation and car hire on the Internet before leaving. My summary of her trip is -

If flying, maximise time by flying in to Burnie (or Devonport) and flying out from Hobart.

This is based on a tour undertaken in 9 or 10 days, with updated ideas. As she was pregnant, travelling with a one year old, her partner and his parents, days did not include long drives without breaks. She organised the tour to show her family some of her favourite places in Tassie, shutting the family business for a few days either side of Easter.

1. Start Burnie (or Devonport). On her tour, she went to Corinna for the first night, to go back to where she had worked. Better would be to spend the first night at Stanley (the Nut), after driving along the coastal route. Take the chairlift to the top.
2. If the weather is good, go to Cradle Mountain, and explore the area around Sheffield. Alternatively, you could go down to Strahan.
3. Mole Creek is in a beautiful area with views of mountains and caves to explore.
4. Head to Launceston via Deloraine
5. Wendy went next to Bicheno, but if you have time go first to St Helen’s and the beautiful Bay of Fires coastline where lovely free camps are provided along the coastline.
6. It is easy to spend a day at Port Arthur.
7. If you are in Hobart on a Saturday, visit the Salamanca Markets. As they were not camping they stayed three days at Hobart, from Hobart they drove to the Mt Field NP and to the southern tip (although you can’t get right to the southernmost point of Australia without taking quite a long walk). Make sure you drive to the top of Mt Wellington while in Hobart.

Hope she can get some ideas from this.

We took the caravan the following year, and spent seven weeks touring and mostly free camping, only seeing a sample of all there is to see and do.

Motherhen

Seven days to see Tassie? You could circumnavigate it in three days and see nothing at all. Can I suggest to your daughter that she picks out a specific part of the Apple Isle and concentrate on that. The Huon Valley might be a good start and it's only 4-5 hours drive away from Devenport and only les than a couple from Hobart.

Other options are:

North East - St Mary's area and head south down the coast

North West - Stanley and beyond

Central Highlands

South East - Freycinet, Bruny Island etc

South West - Queenstown/Strahan

and others

all could easily take up 7 days.

The number of people who visit Tassie and try and get around the whole thing in as short a time as possible (and see nothing at all) is astounding.