Holiday Tasmania

I have heard some people describe Tasmania as that place somewhere in South Africa. I think that is probably Tanzania but Tasmania is south of Australia. The most southern state and separate from the mainland of Australia by probably the roughest piece of water anywhere known as Bass Straight. That makes the trip there interesting sometimes if you choose to travel by the over night ferry.

That takes about twelve hours and is quite a luxurious trip if you go by stateroom. There is the backpackers option of dormitory accommodation down in the bowels of the ship. I remember being down there once just before we sailed and they did a watertight door testing. As they clanged shut it felt very eerie and isolated locked in below water level. There are lots of facilities on board including some nice restaurants and lounges to make the trip quite comfortable although as it sails over night and you berth in Tasmania just after breakfast, there is not much time to anything exciting. That is of course unless you strike some rough weather and big seas which can happen quite often. Then you can stand up front behind glass and watch the seas breaking right over the ship and hang on as she gets thrown about. Not much chance of sleeping anyway and probably not much chance of enjoying breakfast after a night of that.

So you finally arrive in Tasmania on the north west coast at a place called Devonport on the Mersey river. Interesting that most of the places in Tasmania are named after places in England and the climate can be very similar too. You can choose to fly if you wish with a couple of airlines providing service to several parts of the island. From there you are able to hire a car and explore as you will whereas if you come by ship you can bring your own car with you along with the heaps of freight trucks that deliver to the island. And I always tend to think that arriving by ship is a much more romantic way to start your holiday.

If you have decided to drive around the island and explore most of it you will need a couple of weeks because it is quite large. You can spend the best part of a day driving from one end to the other. The beauty is that in that day you will see a great diverse range of scenery from coastal beaches to mountain ranges with sheep grazing ranges in between. Then of course there are the other two coasts to explore with their range of towns from holiday places and rural communities to other centers based around local mining of various minerals. One such place is Queenstown on the west coast which is very rugged. You come into Queenstown from a mountain top and wind down a steep road to the town and mine site. The landscape is completely bare with all vegetation killed by mining wastes and almost seems like you are driving on the surface of the moon.

The capital of Tasmania, Hobart, is a beautiful city sitting on a vast waterway, the Derwent river, and is snuggled under Mt. Wellington which is often snow capped. For this reason it can get very cold as the wind whistles off the snow right down the main street of the city shops. Still. The locals are very resilient and love their alfresco dining outside with the fire pot burning. You can see them sitting there enjoying an evening meal rugged up in their coats and winter woollies. There is so much to see in Tasmania and many tourists visit every year enjoying the vast range of delights. There is no way I can cover it all in this short article so I will have to try and expand on the range of treats waiting for you there in a future article.
Enjoy, Nick

Hi Guys,

Lovely place for a holiday, Enjoy, Nick

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