‘Tasmania’ Stories
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The Long Lunch Tour | Hobart to Swansea Once you’ve flown into Hobart, picked up your hire car and found your way to town for a cozy stay, you might be starting to salivate and be ready to sink into eating. Fine food and wine are world-class in Tasmania, so come prepared for epic epicurean [...]
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Piermont Retreat on the east coast near Swansea has a multi-award-winning restaurant that is well worth the drive from Hobart or Launceston, as locals know. In 2010 it was voted Best Restaurant in a Hotel by Tasmania State Awards program. Located in a modern wing of the original 1835 homestead, Piermont Restaurant is truly unique. [...]
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This year’s TasPride Festival is, once again, packed full of events around Tasmania. The biggest celebration of 2010 for the GLBTI community takes place right across the state for two weeks from Saturday 30 October to Sunday 14 November. Sporting a jam-packed schedule of high-quality events, TasPride Festival will bring new visitors to the state, and [...]
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Lumina: Ways to light up your winter in Tasmania is more than a tourism theme. It’s the cure the doctor ordered after last winter’s long wet and cold season. From free to not so cheap, there are plenty of events around Tasmania this winter, including the expected food & wine, arts & culture, music & [...]
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The island state of Tasmania is a place of wild beauty. There are dense rainforests, dramatic mountain peaks, alpine lakes and meadows, wild rivers, rugged coastline, and scenic farmland. Historic convict-built buildings are common in Tasmania, while the wildlife is often easier to spot than elsewhere particularly in the evening, when the marsupials come out [...]
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Devil Disease – Save the Tasmanian Devil website. A devastating disease is sweeping through Tasmania’s devil population, killing more than 90% of adults in high density areas and 40-50% in medium-low density areas. The Tasmanian devil cannot be mistaken for any other marsupial. Its spine-chilling screeches, black colour, and reputed bad-temper, led the early European [...]
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A frequently asked question is “When is the best time to go to Tasmania for fine weather?” Find yourself in Tasmania in springtime…with fewer visitors, you can find your own beach, with your own kangaroos and penguins, and be awakened daily by raucous cockatoos!
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TAS Less Travelled by Dee I haven’t seen a fraction of the diversity claimed by the Tourism Tasmania brochures, though I have seen enough to know this is the island of inspiration. Roads Less Travelled are of most interest to me, so that could account for my disinterest in Cradle Mountain, Devonport and even Launceston, [...]
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