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Dec
04
2012

Had a fantastic getaway recently to Tassie With only a week annual leave from work we flew into Hobart (Virgin Airlines) and hired a car from RedSpot Car hire (no hassles) Day 1: Such a beautiful morning drove to Mt Wellington to soak in the magnificent scenery and then decided to explore the Salamanca Market. [...]

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Feb
08
2012

One of my dad’s goals was to climb Marion’s Lookout, the tallest viewing point at Cradle Mountain, while were in Tasmania. It was only 11.5km uphill. The family put on our jumpers, ate a big breakfast and caught the shuttle bus to Ronny Creek to start our hike. Mum had cooked 15 chicken drumsticks and [...]

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Dec
09
2011

We landed at Hobart airport for an action packed 4 days, and we were determined to fit as much in of this fabulous state as we could! After picking up our hire car, our first stop was at the historic town of Richmond.  The kids (6 and  9) enjoyed a run around in the maze and [...]

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Nov
29
2010

Crank [krangk] –verb 1. to climb with extreme vigour, gusto or verve; very hard rock climbing. Killiecrankie [kil-ee-krang-kee] -noun 1. the place where the cranking is a killer. We shot over the waves around the rocky coastline, hanging on tight as the boat leapt up and crashed down. My eyes were wide and my jaw [...]

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Sep
27
2010

This is Tasmania: a road-trip that starts in a traffic jam as the sun goes down but really begins in a grey Devonport car-park as the sun comes up, eating breakfast wrapped in greaseproof paper and rifling through booklets with texta scribbles on their back covers. Tasmania, for seven days, is roads – roads that you [...]

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Aug
28
2010

My Tasmanian experience is two fabulous quirky places. The first is Tazmazia – what a treasure, a bit hard to find but the kids were in heaven and what a joy to find two hours of entertainment that didn’t involve thrill rides or cartoon characters, just good old fashioned hide and seek. Then, just down [...]

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Aug
19
2010

Hi. Our West Coast Discovery started with a rather bumpy ride on the boat to Devonport! Well worth it to bring our Subaru and head for the rugged West Coast, Tarkine wilderness, beautiful Corrina and finally, The Gordon River paddle. Our first night spent camped on the beach at Black River was spectacular, a beautiful sunny [...]

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Aug
18
2010

Tasmania is a place I will always want to go back to. Last year Adam and I went to Tassie at the onset of winter. We took the Spirit from Melbourne and after a queasy ride over we finally hopped off and left in search of breakfast and some chocolate… That took us to Anver’s [...]

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Aug
05
2010

Take six days on a bike from Launceston to Hobart via the East coast of Tasmania. Add five nights of great regional food & wine. Mix in a dash of interesting people, stir in laughter and plenty of tall tales. Add a few challenging hills and a tough walk followed by a bracing swim in [...]

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