Tasmania

Motherhen has some very good blogs on Tassie ;)


Cheers Kev

Tassie in WINTER for 12 weeks (3 months) that is different
Can I ask why not travel to the Kimberley in winter ??

Maîneÿ . . .

Colin, for 12 weeks in winter in Tassie, I'd take the van. :-))

We did Tasmania in winter in 08 and found it not as cold as we expected. We also took the van and I believe it was a good move, plenty of free camp sites and were warm at night. It's a beautiful state and well worth the trip.

Hi CLC50,
If you see a high-top Troopy 'Bushy' come and say hi :-))

KK

Hi yu CLC50, you may or may not remember us, we ran into you in the car park at the Qantas Museum at Longreach.
The weather lately has been tops, but in a few months time you will get some nice days and also some chilly ones, but the evenings will most likely be chilly.
I would get off the boat, turn left and head along to the North East, to places like Beaconsfield, across the Batman Bridge and head in general direction of the Mt William National Park (pass available on boat), great camping at Stumpys Bay, go into the Eddyston light house, just before you get there turn left, great camp at Deep Creek.
Head down the East Coast, Bay of Fires, St Helens, great scenery and camp sites down to Port Arthur.
Then Hobart, Huon Valley down to the most southerly camp at Cockle Creek.
Then to the South West via New Norflok to Strathgordon, form here back to New Norfolk where you can go up through the lake country, or to the West Coast, a must see is "THE WALL" which is several k's before Derwent Bridge, up the West Coast to Queenstown, Strahan, camp at Macquarie Heads if weather ok can camp on the beach, then Zeehan, Rosebery (see Montezuma Falls), Corinna and up the Western Explora Road to the North West via Arthur River, Marrawah to Smithton, Stanley and in the general direction back to Devonport.
We live in the Huon Valley, if you would like some company and a red or two send me a message and will forward contact numbers.
Cheers
Baz

A Lot of mainlanders who comment on the weather in Tasmania...have never been here. DONT TAKE ANY NOTICE....You are planning the trip in the Tasmanian Autumn......The most spectacular part of the year. Warm days .. cool nights. I could wax lyrical about the spectacular colours as the deciduos trees lose their leaves or the golden warmth of the light of the Tasmanian Autumn You have really have to see it for yourself. Bring your van, it will give a lot more choices where you camp.
All I can say to people who knock tassie weathet is it cant be any colder than the desert at night. put on ya thermals, ya polar fleeces and "Toughen up ya WIMPS

Thank you all for the great information.
Happy travelling to all as this is a great country to explore

CLC50, We are in Tassie at the moment - nearing the end of a 14 week trip. Great place. March will be beautiful, but by May it would be a bit cold for us. We froze in November, though the locals commented at the time that it was unusually cold - thank goodness we have a diesel heater in the van. Once back on the Big Island, we will be heading for NT for the Winter.

You will love it. Yes, take the van. Being well set up, there are heaps of great free and cheap places to camp which will compensate for the cost of the van on the ferry. Get a NP parks pass on the ferry as the NPs are beautiful and many have excellent camp spots, a lot of which are free once you have the NP pass.

I am doing a Blog of our Tassie trip at the moment. The words are up and I'm working on the pics at the moment. Should be done in a few days. This is the link-Tassie Blog

Have a great trip.

Norm C