Tailor-made Tasmania: Introduction

Part and yet not part of Australia, Tasmania’s southerly latitudes have led to a distinctive landscape, climate and culture. Balmy weather caresses the east coast’s beautiful beaches, encouraging wonderful arable produce and some of the best cool-climate wines in the world, while the Southern Oceans crash onto the western side creating dramatic cliffs and dense rainforest.

Diverse habitats and huge expanses of wilderness ensure that unique flora and fauna have developed and flourished and there is nowhere better to see such a range of exciting wildlife in Australia. Colonisation took place during the 19th century, establishing the island as Britain’s most feared penal colony. The legacy of this period is some of the oldest and most attractive colonial villages and Georgian architecture in Australia and a fascinating history of personal strife and success against all odds.

Tasmania is experiencing a renaissance and new-found assurance as more and more travellers realise that it really is a special destination in its own right and not simply the small island off the south of Australia.

Selected Highlights

Our specialists have travelled the length and breadth of the country to research the best places to stay and things to do. Here they list a few of their favourite “unmissables”. Click here for more highlights

Take a walk along the Bay of Fires

The magnificent wilderness coastline known as the Bay of Fires lies at the edge of the Mount William National Park and this four-day walk invites you...  [more]

Take a walk around Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake

This six-kilometre loop track is one of Tasmania's premier walks and a must for walking and outdoor enthusiasts. An easy, all-weather boardwalk track will...  [more]

Spend some idyllic time at Pepper Bush Adventures

Craig and Janine Williams operate Pepper Bush Adventures from Launceston, providing luxury Tasmanian wilderness, wildlife and gourmet bush tucker...  [more]