Your Essential Guide to Tasmanian Travel
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As the capital of Tasmania, Hobart is one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in Australia. For those who appreciate four distinct seasons throughout the year, Hobart is a fine destination. More than 250,000 people call this city their home, and thousands more come to visit each year. While there is plenty to do [...]
Photograph: © Argent Photography Excitement is bubbling halfway between Swansea and Bicheno on Tasmania’s breathtaking East Coast. Leaders in the Australian wine industry Brown Brothers have just opened the Hazards Vineyard, and launched a new look Devil’s Corner range of wines featuring artwork from local Tasmanian artist Rebecca Birell. The design illustrates the story of [...]
‘As Japan celebrates its cherry blossoms each year, so Cradle Mountain has its ‘turning of the fagus’ each autumn’… Rob Mullner. Steve Mihalenko recounts the details of a wonderful weekend in the company of dedicated photographers awaiting the spectacle that is ‘the turning of the fagus.’ Photographs by Rob Mullner. [...]
Burnie’s Makers’ Workshop is a place that honours Burnie’s history, makers and artists. Simone Lea dropped by to chat with some of the inspiring artists working on site. Paper is an integral part of Burnie’s industrial history. The Pulp, as the locals call it, was Australia’s first paper mill and it employed thousands of people [...]
Nicky Keen journeys along one of Tasmania’s most loved touring routes: the picture postcard Huon Trail… The Huon Trail is for the traveller who would like to immerse themselves in the Tasmania of yesteryear, with its landscape of apple and cherry orchards, rambling old timber sheds, rolling green farmlands and pockets of untamed nature. Exploring [...]
Martin Flanagan is a Tasmanian-born author and journalist. Martin was guest speaker at the 2012 Tasmanian Tourism Conference in Launceston where he delivered the following speech to a hushed crowd. We are pleased to be able to bring it to you in print. Article: copyright Martin Flanagan. ‘If I land at Launceston Airport, what do [...]
Blog post by Maja Vukovic Exciting times are just around the corner with Tasmanian multi-art form festival Ten Days On The Island launching in March. Held every two years the festival provides entertainment for everyone Tasmania-wide, from Huonville to Flinders Island, Queenstown to St Helens, there is something to see wherever you are. The festival [...]
Jennifer Skabo seeks (and finds) exciting, entertaining and educational day trips for families with children in Southern Tasmania… Tasmania provides tourist attractions that are comparable to the likes of Europe and America. A ninety-minute drive from Hobart, the Tahune AirWalk is a great opportunity for a family day trip. Suspended 45 metres in the air, [...]
Chris Green is a King Island local who offers some valuable insights into the tourist offering on his lush, island home in Bass Strait… ‘Visitors claim to go to King Island for the food, the golf open, the surf, the racing carnival or the long table, but they don’t really. Those events are an excuse [...]
Pleasures of the Palate by Polly McGee Tasmania’s Meander Valley is home to some of the best producers and providores in the north of the state. A picturesque region with a diverse environment from mountains to semi-rain forest to peri-urban farms, the backdrop for your gastro-foraging is as pleasing as the discoveries. The gateway to [...]
