Tasmania

Tasmania is the smallest of Australia's states. The island has enough attractions that you could spend a month there and still not see everything.

Regions

• Bass Strait Islands
• Central Highlands
• East Coast
• Midlands
• North
• North-East
• North-West
• South-East
• South-West
• West Coast

Cities

• Hobart - capital city of Tasmania

• Burnie
• Devonport
• Launceston - Tasmania's second city
• Queenstown
• Richmond
• Ross
• Strahan
• Scottsdale

Other destinations

• Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park
• the Freycinet Peninsula and Wineglass Bay
• Gordon River
• the Huon Valley
• King Island
• Maria Island
• Mt Field National Park and Russells Falls
• Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula
• Walls of Jerusalem National Park

Get in

By plane

Tasmania is served by several national or regional airlines, flying into Hobart and Launceston airports

By ferry

Tasmania is served by several boats from mainland Australia, departing from Sydney and Melbourne. These boats arrive at Devonport.

• Spirit of Tasmania Ferries =>

Do

• The Overland Track => - The iconic bushwalk from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair - bookings essential during the main walking season (November to April)
• the Great Tasmanian Bike Ride => - next held 5-13 February 2005

External links

• Discover Tasmania - the state's official tourism web site
• Parks and Wildlife Service - your first port of call for all Parks information
• Tasmania Online - official Tasmanian government portal

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