Tasmania combines Hobart's MONA museum and Salamanca Market with Cradle Mountain, Wineglass Bay and Port Arthur. It is a gourmet destination with oysters, wine and whisky. December to March is warmest.
Good to know
- Rent a car; distances are short but the scenery is spread out.
- Buy a Parks Pass before visiting national parks.
- Weather is changeable; pack layers.
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Saturday market of crafts, produce and street food.
Summit with views over Hobart and the Derwent.
Taste award-winning single malts at a distillery bar.
Fish and chips from a floating barge on the harbor.
Free museum with Aboriginal, colonial and Antarctic collections.
Provocative underground art museum, reached by ferry from Hobart.
Iconic alpine lake loop with wombats and jagged peaks.
Climb to a saddle lookout over a perfectly curved white-sand bay, then walk down for a swim.
Convict-era penal settlement with ghost tours.
Oysters, cheese and berries on a ferry-accessible island.
Wildlife sanctuary to see Tasmanian devils, wombats and quolls up close, with feeding talks.
White sand and orange-lichen granite boulders.