Hobart sits close enough to the rest of southern and eastern Tasmania that most visitors end up choosing between five or six properly different days out, and every “best day trips”...
Welcome to Tasmania, Australia’s island state of ancient rainforests, rugged coastlines, and historic harbors. Whether you are planning a scenic road trip through Cradle Mountain, exploring pristine beaches along the East Coast, or looking for local guides across Hobart and Launceston, find comprehensive itineraries and practical tips to help plan your adventure.
Hobart sits close enough to the rest of southern and eastern Tasmania that most visitors end up choosing between five or six properly different days out, and every “best day trips”...
This is the 7 days in Tasmania itinerary I actually did, Launceston to Hobart, one way, no backtracking. It is not the only way to see the island, and if you have longer, I have included an honest...
Three days in Hobart is enough for the city and one day trip, and four lets you add a second. This is how I’d use them: Day 1 for the waterfront and the CBD (with Salamanca Market if it’s...
I did not plan this post the way I planned the others. There was no single walk, no single day. This is what happens when you add up four nights of wandering Hobart’s waterfront, its heritage...
I stayed at exactly one hotel in Hobart, Nightcap at Carlyle, in Derwent Park, north of the CBD on the same side of the river as the city itself. Everything else in this guide is researched and...
Where to eat in Hobart, in short: the Drunken Admiral for a classic waterfront seafood dinner, Bar Wa Izakaya for Japanese share plates (those are the two I ate at myself), Dier Makr, Fico or Aloft...
I went to TMAG expecting an hour, maybe ninety minutes. I left four hours later, and I still had not seen everything. If you take one thing from this post, take that: budget more time than you think...
I planned this one for a Saturday on purpose. Salamanca Market only happens once a week, and I did not want to be the person who turns up on a Tuesday and wonders where everyone went. So I built my...
Most guides point you up Mt Wellington for sunset. That is fair advice. But the mountain is a long drive, the weather turns without warning, and if you have only a couple of evenings in Hobart you...
Wineglass Bay is the photo that sells Tasmania. That perfect curve of white sand and turquoise water, wrapped around by the pink granite peaks of the Hazards, ends up on every postcard and guidebook...