Thread: tasmania

Hey Kelvin,

We were looking at Tassie over Xmas but plans have changed and now we are doing a QLD outback trip in August instead so cant squeeze both in in 6 months so Tassie will have to wait till nextime

u can pick my brains when you decide to go

I wish i'd known about the cradle one on friday, I could have checked when I was at cradle on the weekend!!!

Other than that, how long are you where, I can tell you about most attractions around the place

G'day Weeds

Originally Posted by weeds

we are taking a falcon station wagon and a cub hard floor camper. a rough look at a map we plan to stay one or two or three days at each of the following areas and sightsee from there. we will have around 18 days on the island

Should be long enuff

Originally Posted by weeds

stanley
strahan
derwent bridge or bronte park
hobart
south bruny island
st helens
launceston

Not much at Derwent Bridge or Bronte Park but Bronte would be the better place to stay.

Originally Posted by weeds

a couple of questions
1. would i be able to get to swan basin/macquarie heads in the falcon
2. can i get the falcon into the camping area just outside the cradel mountain national park

1. Certainly Macquarie Heads is possible in the Chooktin. Swan Basin rings a bell but I can't remember where it is.
2. Cradle Mountain camp ground is accessable by a granny on a zimmer frame as long as its not snowing. Its been a few years since I was up ther but I doubt its changed. Its about 4k from the lodge and just over the road from the Airstrip.
   

Originally Posted by weeds

any other tips or suggestion would be a great help

thanks

If you leave Strahan early in the morning then you will have plenty of time to arrive in Hobart in the mid arvo. If your not in a hurry you could camp the night at New Norfolk. If your going to take the ferry to Bruny Island plan on spending at least 1 if not 2 nights there. Its an absolutley beautiful little island with heaps to see. I've not done this myself http://www.wildthingadventures.com.au/ because up till recently I owned an 11 Metre cruiser but I'm told that this is the best bang for your tourist buck around. If you want to PM me I'll give u my mobile number and I can fill u in on the details of other fun stuff to do.

Cheers

arrive on the 27th Dec
depart around 18th Jan

we will have two boys 7 and 3 so we are looking for kid friendly attractions

i have promised megs that this will be her trip hense not allowed to take the defender

megs has mention penguins and seals? near stanley maybe, a steam train ride, wineries and cheese making, port arthur, the cadbury factory (i heard on the grape vine that it will be shut for maintenance) a cruise up the franklin, the giant trees forrest??. i'm sure there tonnes more to see

i'm interested in the breweries (may get to do), bush walking, seeing the sydney - hobart boats arrive, 4wding (damit not allow to take it), fishing etc

hit me with as much as you can

Penguins can be found in a lot of places from between devonport and burnie, to around freycent. There is somewhere that does penguin tours so to speak. Just can't remember where.

Steam trains you have a few choices. The ABT railway (expensive), the don river railway at devonport, not bad, but a short trip, there is wee georgie wood at tullah and the ida bay railway down south.This page shows a few of them.
http://www.railmaps.com.au/tas.htm

Cheese making there are a few places. Lactos in burnie is good, but my persona favorite is ashgrove not far out of devonport on the road to launceston. Wine is everywhere, and there are a number of wine routes established. Here is one for the tamar valley http://www.discovertasmania.com.au/h...cfm?SiteID=369 and another one for down south http://www.discovertasmania.com.au/h...cfm?SiteID=368. The discovertasmania website is a good source of information. Port Authur is good, as is cadburys, but remember cadburys tours are only on weekdays, and take plenty of money for the shop

The franklin cruise is great, and for big trees there is about a million places from liffey falls, to around the geeveston area down south and the airwalk at the tahune. If you are at geeveston there is a pioneer / wood museum that is very good, and a similar one at strahn.

Brewries you have cascade in hobart, and boags in launceston (who do a good tour). Bush walking there is plenty to be had. cradle mountain, lake stclair, the gorge in launceston, freycenet national park, bay of fires etc etc.

If you are in hobart for the boats, make sure you go to the taste of tasmania at the wharf, great food wine and beer. Fishing is great anywhere

Originally Posted by weeds

megs has mention penguins and seals? near stanley maybe, a steam train ride, wineries and cheese making, port arthur, the cadbury factory (i heard on the grape vine that it will be shut for maintenance) a cruise up the franklin, the giant trees forrest??. i'm sure there tonnes more to see

i'm interested in the breweries (may get to do), bush walking, seeing the sydney - hobart boats arrive, 4wding (damit not allow to take it), fishing etc

hit me with as much as you can

Originally Posted by weeds

hey

there was a post earlier this year by seqfisho? i think about tassie, have search and cannot find it. now that i'm back from the kimberleys i best start planning our tassie trip. it will be only 2wding as i'm not allowed to take the defender

hopefully try and catch up with those that live down that way or happen to be touring the same time that we are late dec - mid jan

we are taking a falcon station wagon and a cub hard floor camper. a rough look at a map we plan to stay one or two or three days at each of the following areas and sightsee from there. we will have around 18 days on the island

stanley
strahan
derwent bridge or bronte park
hobart
south bruny island
st helens
launceston

chasing everybodies top spots/attractions/must see in tassie, somebody mentioned in the earlier post that the cadbury factory will be closed for maintenance

a couple of questions
1. would i be able to get to swan basin/macquarie heads in the falcon
2. can i get the falcon into the camping area just outside the cradel mountain national park

any other tips or suggestion would be a great help

thanks

Stanley, if there take a detour if you can, and go to Dip Falls, lovely spot.

Strahan, make sure you do the Sarah Is tour and go on the train trip to Queenstown and back, also you can hire quads and scream around the dunes around Macquarrie Heads .

Hobart, go down to the docks, great feed of fish and chips and other seafood, have a look at the Lark Distillary good for a look at their still behind the bar distilling whiskey

South Bruny island have a beer at Kellys Lookout which over looks Storm Bay.

St Helens, stay at the St Helens caravan park the woman there is really friendly and go out to the Bay of Fires bloody amazing place, there's free camping out there as well.

Cradle Mt is beautiful

Baz.

thanks guys

keep em coming