Tasmania Help - 2 weeks, when and where to go???

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Get some good maps and avoid return trips on the 'A' roads.
As an example, I recently posted a trip from Hobart to Penguin which took 4 hours on the highway, and took us three days to come back on the minor roads.
The link is here .

cheers

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You are spot on there, plenty of minor roads to travel on:)

Hows the new fender and camper going??

Mrs hh:angel:

Tassie is brilliant and well worth visiting, been there about five or six times over the last six years, unfortunately usually for work though. The longest time we spent there was about two weeks a couple of years ago.

The real problem with Tassie is there are so many great places worth spending more than a couple of days at that you often don't get to see all the places you had hoped too in the time you have.

I second what Baz had to say about the west coast. Every chance I get I spend time in Strahan.

cheers,
Terry

Jon once you go and look around, you'll want to go back, I know we will be back to see what we missed.

Have a look at austastars trip report, it's brilliant and some great places in there to see.

South of Devonport, to the House of Anvers Chocolate Factory

If you go to Strahan, the Sarah Island tour is well worth the money, the train to Queenstown and back.

In the Hobart area, the Lark Distillary and lunch on the docks, the Shot Tower, Mt Wellington, the Huon Valley, the Botanical Gardens, the Cadbury factory, Cascade Brewary tour:D
Bruny Island and Truganinis monument at Adventure Bay and Penguin watch (seasonal) but really anywhere on the Island is beautiful.

Up to St Helens, looking at Coles Bay and Freycinet then a stop in St Marys for pancakes at Mt Elephant pancake house:D

Hastings Caves, the hot springs in Hastings, Tahune air walk

Cradle Mountain

Dip Falls

The worst part about Tassie is leaving:(

Oh and don't forget the Boags brewary tour in Launceston;)

Baz.

Hi Jon and co

Your dog and his entourage, are welcome to drop in on the way through and camp at my place, with a nice grassy patch next to the Jordan river, a nice straight tree, maybe a rabbit to chase and only a 4Klm walk from Brighton and the Midlands Highway.

Cheers Arthur

ps; this goes for any other AULRO members as well, if interested PM me.

A must is the West Coat .Make shore you CHECK about your dog,they do not like them in the Nat.Park's.Middle is good check out "Devil"s Gullet".North East corner great dirt roads.

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Originally Posted by Redback

Jon once you go and look around, you'll want to go back, I know we will be back to see what we missed.

Have a look at austastars trip report, it's brilliant and some great places in there to see.

South of Devonport, to the House of Anvers Chocolate Factory

If you go to Strahan, the Sarah Island tour is well worth the money, the train to Queenstown and back.

In the Hobart area, the Lark Distillary and lunch on the docks, the Shot Tower, Mt Wellington, the Huon Valley, the Botanical Gardens, the Cadbury factory, Cascade Brewary tour:D
Bruny Island and Truganinis monument at Adventure Bay and Penguin watch (seasonal) but really anywhere on the Island is beautiful.

Up to St Helens, looking at Coles Bay and Freycinet then a stop in St Marys for pancakes at Mt Elephant pancake house:D

Hastings Caves, the hot springs in Hastings, Tahune air walk

Cradle Mountain

Dip Falls

The worst part about Tassie is leaving:(

Oh and don't forget the Boags brewary tour in Launceston;)

Baz.

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:o You've seen more bits than I have:(
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JC

Some extremely bad news ...from memory they have stopped the tours at the Cadbury chocolate factory. :(

Either that or they saw me walking in doing my best Homer Simpson impersonation (Hmmm! ...chocolate!) and decided to lock the doors. :angel:

Bloody selfish Tasmanians ...;)

cheers,
Terry

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Originally Posted by TerryO

Some extremely bad news ...from memory they have stopped the tours at the Cadbury chocolate factory. :(

Either that or they saw me walking in doing my best Homer Simpson impersonation (Hmmm! ...chocolate!) and decided to lock the doors. :angel:

Bloody selfish Tasmanians ...;)

cheers,
Terry

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Correct - no tours anymore, but you can still visit the shop at the factory and walk out with your bodyweight in chocolate at discounted prices.

Steve

If time allows make sure you visit the Mona Museum / art gallery at Berriedale on the way into Hobart It is also a winery with good tucker. The museum will both shock and surprise, when I last there they had 200 ? or near, plaster casts of womans Virgina's all different and lots of other stuff thats ment to shock in the name of art. Its not really a place for kids or prudes .
Also check out the Sunday markets at Evandale just up the road from Launceston Airport
Hodgo

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Originally Posted by hodgo

If time allows make sure you visit the Mona Museum / art gallery at Berriedale on the way into Hobart It is also a winery with good tucker. The museum will both shock and surprise, when I last there they had 200 ? or near, plaster casts of womans Virgina's all different and lots of other stuff thats ment to shock in the name of art. Its not really a place for kids or prudes .
Also check out the Sunday markets at Evandale just up the road from Launceston Airport
Hodgo

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Mona is a MUST!!
and all that Redback said

Cheers