travel itinerary ideas for Tasmania
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Hi, Half the fun of the holiday is in planning, and my wife and I have already done lots of reading, web page browsing etc, etc for a planned approx 3 weeks in Tasmania in October this year. We will be hiring a vehicle, love to do a spot of fishing along the way, and were wondering if anyone had any itineraries or ideas that may suit Regards Trevor Perth Western Australia
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Hi Trveor i agree with you the planning is halfth fun. we are going to Tassie ourself. end december 2004 we just don’t know on this moment if we need to rent acar or if the family in Gisborne can give us a car. we want to stay in cabins, like we did on our previous trips down under. so people let the ideas come we will say thousand times thank you. if some one from Tassie can help us in a way i can bring some Belgian chocolats, with me( the best in the world). greetings from Belgium Swagmanneke – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > Half the fun of the holiday is in planning, and my wife and I have already > done lots of reading, web page browsing etc, etc for a planned approx 3 > weeks in Tasmania in October this year. > We will be hiring a vehicle, love to do a spot of fishing along the way, and > were wondering if anyone had any itineraries or ideas that may suit > Regards > Trevor > Perth > Western Australia
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Bruny Island is really special – easy to get to and lots of wilderness areas/beaches. Anne South Australia – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Trveor > i agree with you the planning is halfth fun. > we are going to Tassie ourself. end december 2004 we just don’t know on > this moment if we need to rent acar or if the family in Gisborne can give us > a car. we want to stay in cabins, like we did on our previous trips down > under. > so people let the ideas come we will say thousand times thank you. > if some one from Tassie can help us in a way i can bring some Belgian > chocolats, with me( the best in the world). > greetings from Belgium Swagmanneke >Hi, >Half the fun of the holiday is in planning, and my wife and I have already >done lots of reading, web page browsing etc, etc for a planned approx 3 >weeks in Tasmania in October this year. >We will be hiring a vehicle, love to do a spot of fishing along the way, > and >were wondering if anyone had any itineraries or ideas that may suit >Regards >Trevor >Perth >Western Australia
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We visited Tasmania in December 2003 for about 8 days with 2 small children (6 and 1.5). We took the Spirit of Tasmania from Melbourne to Devonport which was very enjoyable and allowed us to avoid having to rent a car in Tasmania (we took my brother’s car from Melbourne instead, which was free!). Sleeping on the ferry was also a treat for our 6 year old who loved the idea of sleeping on a boat! With only a week we were a bit limited in what we could do, but we tried to get to several areas of Tassie. First we went to Freycinet National Park, and stayed at the Iluka Holiday Centre in Coles Bay, which is just outside the park entrance. Freycinet is a beautiful park and the hike to Wineglass Bay is certainly worth the effort. We took a whole day for this and hiked up to the lookout, down to the bay, across the peninsula to Hazard’s Beach and the back to the carpark. Including a break for lunch this took us about 7 hours, so a full day is needed for this. We also did a couple other smaller hikes in the park which were also great. The Iluka Holiday Centre was nice. We stayed in one of their "self contained units" which was great for our family, but they also offer other types of accommodation and camping. From Freycinet we drove down to Hobart for 3 days and did all the usual stuff there, including the Salamanca Market on Saturday, and driving up to the top of Mt Wellington (there was about a 50 mph wind at the top and the temp was about 3 degrees C at the beginning of December, so be prepared!). We also drove part of the Huon Trail and visited the Tahune Airwalk, Hastings Caves, and Thermal Pools. On the way out of Hobart we stopped at the Cadbury Chocolate Factory for the tour and free samples (yumm!). In Hobart we stayed at the Blue Hills Motel in one of their serviced apartments, which was OK but nothing special. It was within easy walking distance of market area and the docks though, so we didn’t have to drive too much while in Hobart. After Hobart we drove to Cradle Mountain via Queenstown, which was a great drive. It basically took the whole day, but was a great drive and was very scenic. The drive into Rosebery was interesting as it is a very twisty road on the side of the mountains! We stayed at the Cradle Mountain Lodge for 2 nights, and the cabin was great. The lodge is quite pricy, but for a couple nights it wasn’t too bad. Their restaurant is also very good. The hiking in Cradle Mountain Park was also great. We hiked up to Marion’s Lookout, which offers a lovely view of Cradle Mountain, Dove Lake and Crater Lake. The walk around Dove Lake is OK, but I would highly recommend the Marion’s Lookout walk as it offers much better views. After Cradle Mountain we drove back to Devonport to catch the Spirit of Tasmania back to Melbourne. All in all I think we got a good overview of Tasmania, and if we were to go back we would probably spend more time in the national park areas like Freycinet and perhaps Strahan and the West Coast which we didn’t really get to. Good luck with your trip, I’m sure you will enjoy it! Cheers, Brian – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi Trveor > i agree with you the planning is halfth fun. > we are going to Tassie ourself. end december 2004 we just don’t know on > this moment if we need to rent acar or if the family in Gisborne can give us > a car. we want to stay in cabins, like we did on our previous trips down > under. > so people let the ideas come we will say thousand times thank you. > if some one from Tassie can help us in a way i can bring some Belgian > chocolats, with me( the best in the world). > greetings from Belgium Swagmanneke > Hi, > Half the fun of the holiday is in planning, and my wife and I have already > done lots of reading, web page browsing etc, etc for a planned approx 3 > weeks in Tasmania in October this year. > We will be hiring a vehicle, love to do a spot of fishing along the way, > and > were wondering if anyone had any itineraries or ideas that may suit > Regards > Trevor > Perth > Western Australia
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