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Tasmania Today ............. 278History ............................. 280Gourmet Tasmania ........ 289Wilderness & Wildlife ..... 294Environmental Politics in Tasmania .................. 304

Tasmania Today A Renewed Respect There’s an expression from the 1980s: ‘Wake up Australia, Tasmania is oat-ing away!’ These days, mainland Australia is de nitely wide awake to theApple Isle’s loveliness. Sea-change migrants from the mainland are escap-ing to Tassie, reversing the historical legacy of Tasmanians migrating north,and savvy travellers from other Australian states and around the world arerecognising the island’s unique gifts. Tasmania’s easygoing lifestyle, cleansouthern air, and astounding natural beauty are regarded as essential anti-dotes to the more complicated and pressured urban lifestyles to the north.

n utdoor State of Mind The modern Tasmanian identity is also mirrored in the island’s ancientand remarkable landscape. Dark foliage and craggy peaks are whi edby notorious winds and short winter days are infused by the stark clar-

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Tasting Tasmania At rst it was all about apples, but now Tasmania’s contribution to the world of food extends to premium seafood, artisan cheese, bread, honey and Australia’s most intensely avoured cool-climate wines. Many smaller producers are owned and operated by passionate foodies, and Tasma-nia is ideal for a leisurely driving holiday visiting farm-gate suppliers and providores. After you’ve sampled Tassie produce at its just-picked freshest, visit one of the excel-lent restaurants to see how local chefs re-spect the state’s natural bounty with their delicious creations.

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three levels of spectacular underground galleries showcase more than 400 often challenging and controversial works of art. Owner, Hobart philanthropist David Walsh, describes it as a ‘subversiveadult Disneyland’. Visitors may not like everything they see, but it’s guaranteed that intense convesation will be on the agenda after viewing one of Australia’s unique arts experiences.

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GETTING THERE & AWAYTRANSPORT/GETTING THERE & AWAY

Tasmania is the land be-neath ‘the land down under’. It’s a long way from just about everywhere except Antarctica, and getting here usually means a long-haul ight.

At the time of writing, there were no international ights to Tasmania, and

overseas visitors to the

ports, both in domestic and international terminals, Tas-mania’s arrivals pro cedures are generally less time-consuming.

Domestic Air Travel There are major airports located at Hobart and Laun-ceston, as well as smaller op-erations at Burnie/Wynyard

Hobart and Launces Qantas (%13 13 13; qantas.com.au) Direcfrom Sydney, BrisbaMelbourne to HobaLaunceston. Qantasregional subsidiary)flights from MelbouLaunceston and De Regional Express 13; www.regionalexpreau) Flies from MelboBurnie/Wynyard anIsland. Sharp Airlines (%694; www.sharpairlineau) Flights four daysfrom Melbourne Essto Flinders Island. Tiger Airways (%93033; www.tigerairwaau) Flies from MelboHobart. Virgin Blue (%13 6www.virginblue.com.aflights from MelbouSydney, Brisbane, Cand Adelaide to Hobfrom Melbourne, Brand Sydney to Laun

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HOBART &AROUND . . . . . . . . . . 44Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45AROUND HOBART . . . . . . . 77Richmond & Around . . . . . 77New Norfolk & Around . . . 81New Norfolk to Mt Field . . 84Mt Field National Park. . . . 85Seven Mile Beach . . . . . . . . 87Channel Highway . . . . . . . . 88

TASMAN PENINSULA& PORT ARTHUR . . . 90Sorell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Dunalley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Eaglehawk Neck . . . . . . . . . 93Taranna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Fortescue Bay &Tasman National Park . . . . 96Port Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Remarkable Cave . . . . . . . 100Koonya & Nubeena . . . . . 100

THE SOUTHEAST . . .102Margate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Kettering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Bruny Island . . . . . . . . . . . 105Woodbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Cygnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111Huonville & Around . . . . . 113Geeveston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Arve Road & TahuneForest Reserve . . . . . . . . . 116Hartz Mountains National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Southport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Hastings Caves &Thermal Springs . . . . . . . . 119Lune River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Cockle Creek . . . . . . . . . . . 120

MIDLANDS & LAKE COUNTRY . . . . . . . . .129Midland (Heritage) Hwy . 131Oatlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Campbell Town . . . . . . . . . 134Lake Country . . . . . . . . . . 136Bothwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136The Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Derwent Valley . . . . . . . . . 138Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Tarraleah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

THE EAST COAST . . . 141Orford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Triabunna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143Maria Island NationalPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Swansea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Coles Bay & Freycinet National Park . . . . . . . . . . 150Bicheno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Douglas-Apsley National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161St Marys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Scamander& Beaumaris . . . . . . . . . . . 163St Helens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Bay of Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Binalong Bay . . . . . . . . . . . 167Weldborough . . . . . . . . . . . 168

On the Road

See the Index for a full list of destinations covered in this book.

Mt William NationalPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Scottsdale & Around . . . . .171Bridport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Flinders Island . . . . . . . . . 173

LAUNCESTON & AROUND . . . . . . . . . . 176Launceston . . . . . . . . . . . . 178Tamar Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 191Legana & Rosevears . . . . 192Exeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Batman Bridge . . . . . . . . . 193Beaconsfield & Around . . 193Beauty Point . . . . . . . . . . . 194Narawntapu NationalPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195George Town . . . . . . . . . . . 195Low Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Pipers River Region . . . . . 197Lilydale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Hadspen & Carrick . . . . . 198Westbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Liffey Valley . . . . . . . . . . . .200Longford . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200Evandale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Ben Lomond National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

DEVONPORT & THE NORTHWEST . . . . . . 204Devonport . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Latrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212Deloraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Chudleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Mole Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Walls of JerusalemNational Park . . . . . . . . . . 216Gowrie Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Lake Barrington &Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Sheffield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Ulverstone . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Penguin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Burnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223Wynyard & Around . . . . . . 227Boat Harbour Beach . . . . 229Rocky Cape NationalPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230Smithton & Around . . . . . 234Marrawah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Arthur River. . . . . . . . . . . . 237The Tarkine Wilderness . . 238Western Explorer (C249)& Arthur Pieman Conservation Area . . . . . . 239Corinna & the Pieman River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240Waratah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241King Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

CRADLE COUNTRY & THE WEST . . . . . . . . 244Tullah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Rosebery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Zeehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Strahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250Queenstown . . . . . . . . . . . 259Franklin-Gordon WildRivers National Park . . . . 262

CRADLE MOUNTAIN–LAKE ST CLAIRNATIONAL PARK . . . . . . . 264The Overland Track . . . . . 265THE SOUTHWEST . . . . . . .270Maydena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Lake Pedder Impoundment . . . . . . . . . . 271Strathgordon. . . . . . . . . . . 273Southwest NationalPark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Melaleuca . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

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experience the grim convict stories of Port Arthur. Wind your way back north, stopping to say g’day to the Tasmanian devils in Taranna and to pick fresh fruit at Sorell. Near Copping, take the shortcut to the east coast via Wielangta Forest Drive. Take a boat out to Maria Island for camping, bushwalking and wildlife spotting on some rare west-facing east-coast beaches. Get your camera ready for Freycinet National Park and Wineglass Bay, and indulge in sea kayaking and oyster appreciation at Coles Bay. Continue north to the chilled-out fi shing town of Bicheno for penguin spotting, before checking out the rocky lagoons and headlands of the Bay of Fires.

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manian state capital, maybe as a long week-end escape from the Aussie mainland. Com-mence with a day-long outing to the relaxed heritage streets of Richmond. Don’t miss the graceful Richmond Bridge before check-ing out the Bonorong Wildlife Centre followed by a leisurely lunch at Meadow-bank Estate in the Coal River Valley. Next, catch a ferry from the Hobart waterfront up the Derwent River to the Moorilla Estate. Make it a day fi lled with all things gourmet and cultural, including wine and beer tast-ing, lunch at the Source restaurant, and diving into the pleasantly bewildering Mu-seum of Old & New Art (MONA). Con-tinue the gourmet and foodie theme with a booking at the Agrarian Kitchen cookery school near New Norfolk. Its most popular class is ‘The Agrarian Experience’, a day-long celebration of the seasons commencing with choosing the freshest of fruit and veggies in its very own orchard and garden.

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Kick off in Hobart with a walk around Battery Point and the wa-terfront. Try to visit on a weekend to experience Saturday’s sensational

Salamanca Market. From Hobart travel northwest through New Norfolk en route to excellent bushwalking in the Mt Field National Park. Visit the Something Wild wildlife park at Westerway, before di-verting via Ellendale through the Derwent Valley to sleepy Hamilton and easygoing Bothwell, maybe for a round of golf on Aus-tralia’s oldest course. Continue east to join the Midland (Heritage) Highway and linger for a few nights in sandstone-built towns complete with country pubs, tearooms and colonial accommodation. Oatlands has the restored Callington Mill and more Georgian sandstone buildings than any other town in Australia; Ross is a gorgeous colonial town with a great bakery, a historic bridge, a friendly pub and plenty of places to stay; and Campbell Town makes a handy pit stop en route to laid-back Launceston. Re-ward yourself with a tour and a taste at the hallowed Boag’s brewery and dinner at the excellent Stillwater.

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From Hobart, trundle south to Ket-tering to catch the ferry across to windswept and easygoing Bruny Is-land. Allow at least three nights to

appreciate Bruny’s laid-back charm, includ-ing artisan cheeses, Australia’s southern-most vineyard, and exciting excursions to the Southern Ocean for seals and spectacu-lar scenery. Don’t miss the fairy penguins on ‘The Neck’. Return to the Tasmanian ‘mainland’, and divert west to funky Cyg-net for two of the island’s best little cafes, Red Velvet Lounge and Lotus Eaters. Con-tinue north along the scenic Huon River to Huonville. Lots of summer fruit – apples, cherries and more – and lunch at the Home Hill Winery Restaurant are tasty distrac-tions. Travel south down the river’s opposite bank to Geeveston. Spend some time in the treetops at Tahune Forest AirWalk, before bushwalking in the Hartz Mountains Na-tional Park. Continue south to Dover, an excellent southern base for day trips: go un-derground at Hastings Caves & Thermal Springs, or negotiate the winding, unsealed road out to the end-of-the-road ambience of Recherche Bay and Cockle Creek.

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Gabi Mocatta East Coast, Launceston & Around, Devonport & the Northwest, Cradle Country & the West It was 10 years ago that Gabi fi rst walked across the Hobart airport tarmac and breathed champagne-fresh Tasmanian air. She didn’t know then, but that arrival was the start of many from far-fl ung travels, and the air is al-ways as good as it was the fi rst time: an exhilarating welcome home. Gabi now calls Hobart her base: with its forest and sea surrounds, it’s the perfect city for someone who loves the outdoors. For this edition, Gabi beachcombed the east

and west Coasts, savoured delicious Launceston; was wind-lashed in the wild northwest; and was breathtaken in the even wilder southwest – a sea kayaker’s delight and one of the last temperate wildernesses on earth.

Contributing Author Environmental Politics in Tasmania Anna Krien’s debut book, Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests, was published by Black Inc in 2010 and is shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize. Her writing has appeared in the Big Issue, Frankie, the Monthly, the Age newspaper, COLORS, Griffith Review and has been se-lected for Best Australian Essays and Best Australian Stories.

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