We will be traveling to Tassie in Oct/Nov 2013 in a MH.
Am considering traveling along the west coast, down to Hobard, Bruny Island and then back up via the East Coast to Devonport and back home to Sydney.
Have Camps 7 and info from Tasmanian Tourist Offices. Am open to places to see and other experiences to be enjoyed in Tassie.
Welcome to the Forum FraLyn. We don't have our van as yet but have been to Tassie twice and am heading there again in November. In no particular order, our suggestions are as follows: The Nut at Stanley, Strahan, a cruise on the Franklin River is a must, visit Richmond, Port Arthur, Wineglass Bay, the Huon area. Just Google any of them for more info and why you should spend some time at these very picturesque places. Enjoy your trip.
I guess I'm a bit biased as we are Tassies at heart just a suggestion, don't forget the Tamar Valley Regional around the Launceston area. So much to see in the whole North North/East part of the state.
Enjoy the Journey, you will love Tasmainia
Regards
briche
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It's been a few years since we were there but good friends used our itinerary last year and enjoy their time.
North Eastern Corner. Bay Of fires, Eddystone Point, right up on the point on a good day you can see Clark island.
Gladstone they have some of the old mine sites stocked with fish.
Ben Lomond N/P the road up is one you will talk about for some time (Jacobs Ladder) to the ski Field. Steep and lots of hair pins.
Elephant Pass there's a restaurant that serves crepes, great experience.
Pyengana, St Columba Falls, I think near there is the pub in the Paddock, cheese making along with other water falls which at the moment escapes my memory.
A map that I treasure is produced by Aust. Geographic Cartographic div. As a map just a map but the tourist infor. on it is so good.
A other area I liked Deloraine down to Miena though the lakes area. Great western Tiers
Look up Devils Gulliet, we spent the whole day in this region,land scrape was so different. In the Craddle Mtn. area but don't get told about it.
Hope this helps as there so much to do down there. We were with a small group on a month long road tour and this was not long enough.
-- Edited by Radar on Tuesday 30th of July 2013 09:41:14 AM
What is there not to like in Tassie! Except for Queenstown it's just beautiful.
Think of the middle too. Ross, Oatlands, Liffey Falls, Deloraine, the lakes area,Richmond, just get off the main roads and you will see lots of beautiful places.
Hobart itself has lots to see. Salamanca markets are very good.
We drove up to Smithton and Cape Grim. While at Burnie we checked out Penguin it has to be one of the prettiest beach towns I have seen. Table cape is lovely if you catch it in tulip time.
So much history everywhere. We had the most luscious Devonshire tea at Stanley. Sheffield is lovely too with all its murals and of course . Mt Roland.
We stayed at major places and branched out on day trips. Tassie is not that big but lots to see.
Beware there isn't a huge amount of accom at Strahan. Just 2 parks and they are both busy. Maybe book ahead or stay somewhere else and do day trips
Spent 3 1/2 months there this year, came back in May. This was not enough time to see most of Tasmania, missed heaps and would go back at any time. Some tips for staying and finding nice spots would include dropping into the VICs wherever possible, using the Wikicamps app, talking to other travellers.... Farmgate, markets, the local IGAs and fruit and vege shops kept us going for the time there. Enjoy your planning and travelling.
Edit - plenty of walks to do, The 60 great shorts walks would see you busy just visiting all those places on your national parks pass.
-- Edited by allinone on Tuesday 30th of July 2013 09:18:34 PM
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We had 6weeks in Tas over Jan, Feb, and the weather was wonderful.... you might find it a tad windy on the west coast in spring, take your jackets and enjoy!
We had a camper-trailer at the time and having learnt about the frequent rain at Cradle Mountain we lashed out and booked into a chalet there. Good move, as it poured heavily the whole time we were there, but we loved it.
And we enjoyed Queenstown too... theres a beautiful waterfall not far out of town, and a railway museum. The mines have left it like a moonscape, but that makes it interesting IMHO.
Thank you one and all for all the information.
We will print all the replies and explore further so we are prepared for the trip to Tassie.
Cheers
Frank & Lynette
Hi fralyn,look forward to seeing u in tas.make sure u go to the beconfield mine museum on the west Tamar absolutely great.while on the east coast free camping area at lagons beach,lovely area and great beach, I will be there from the begining of nov.hope to catch up , safe travels cheers shayne
Hi and welcome fralyn - we spent four months in Tassy last from November to March this year. Had a ball - we freecamped (or very low cost) for 130 of the 134 nights we were there - at some amazing places.
Take a look at the free/budget campsite sub forum on this site, under Tasmania, and you will see most of the places we camped at. Also, Yeoeleven, who travelled with us for three months, has photos etc on his blog - just put his name in to the "search" engine on this site, and then access his blog - some great reading for you about Tassy.
We had several highlights - for instance - snow on Cradle Mountain in very early December - spectacular!!! The Airwalk out of Geeveston, which also has a cable operated hang glider ride (if you do the two, you can stay in their carpark overnight!) Also on Bruny Island - we stayed at the Allona Hotel for $5 per vehicle per night (self contained of course) - and went on the amazing Yellow Boat Ride - out of Adventure Bay - was very, very exciting, and I would recommend it to anyone!!!!!!!
Lagoons Beach, just north of Bicheno is a beautiful spot, as is Cosy Corner North, out of St Helens. ****le Creek -way down south is a beautiful spot as well - there is free camping before the bridge, which is the start of the National Park (fee to camp, as well as park entry). 19k of good dirt road from Southport, and pit toilets, spotlessly clean.
Too many other great things to talk about on here - access the places I have said above, and you can read at your leisure! Enjoy!!!!
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