Tasmania

MY MAP OF TASSIE: Although Bruny Island is not especially well known, I’m a little ashamed to admit I’d never even heard of it before I decided to go there, on a whim, about four years ago. Having booked Ferry tickets to Davenport, I was lazily studying a map of the Tasmanian coastline, wondering where to start. It was then that I spotted Bruny, right at the bottom of the map, at the exact point where the Indian Ocean swells into the southern Pacific. The Island is situated approx. 30km south of Hobart, and is separated from the 'mainland' by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. It is comprised of two parts - North Bruny and South Bruny, which are connected by a narrow ...

I'm new here, but when I noticed there were no opinions on Tasmania, I just had to jump in! We had our honeymoon there a few years ago and it is just gorgeous. It has everything -snow-topped mountains and lovely waterfalls to lush rainforests, wild rivers and secluded beaches! Everything there is worth a photograph. It is just the friendliest, most *relaxed* place I've ever been to (and I have travelled to every Australian city except Darwin.) We went in February on the advice of an ex-Taswegian and it was beautiful weather, cool nights and sunny days (18-25C) for the most part. We actually wished our car had air-conditioning! Ah yes - we hired a ...