Tasmania

If you are going to use a gas lantern to help with the heat, don't forget to leave your vents open :)

May is the start of the off season, according to the Spirit of Tasmania folk,

we left on the 2nd of May this year for a visit to our son, the fares were 50% of normal, which sealed it for us,
did we enjoy the night crossing?
that's a different question..
LOL

We paid the extra for a two berth cabin

slept all the way

not a problem

LOL...
we paid for a tiny 4 berth, there were 3 of us,
no way were we trying to sleep on those seats upstairs...which is what our son decided to do when he moved there, said it was freezing AND noisy..l had a look and l couldn't imagine anyone getting any sleep up there,

worked nightshift the night before...didn't try and sleep that day so l could sleep on the boat that night, even took a couple of pills to make sure..still couldn't sleep with the boat rocking in the swell and the engines vibrating,

had a really good sleep in the car on the way to Hobart next morning though,
LOL
spoke to a lot of people since and they've nearly all had much the same experience,
lady from work flew back on the way back instead of going back with her husband and their new 4wd and van,

and there is only night sailings in 'winter'