Tasmania in July...

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

My girlfriend and I have decided to go to Tassie for a few days in July (evidently Victoria isn't cold enough for her during winter...) and im wondering what wonderful sites there are to see in Tassie.

We are flying in Lonnie, before spending the day in Georgetown, where my mother lived for several years. We are going to Port Arthur, Coles Bay and Saint Helen's but we dont have much in way of other things to do, apart from the James Boag's and Cascade Brewery tours.

Any ideas, hints or tips about Tasmania would be awesome.

Allstar cards inc · May 24, 2007

Haven't done it myself...but the Cadbury Factory tour is apparently pretty good...go to their website to book tix.

CAN'T FLY · May 24, 2007

Go the James Boags factory!

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

CAN'T FLY said:
Go the James Boags factory!

That's activity #1 in Lonnie!

My missus is very keen for the Cadbury tour Marcus, im not that keen not a fan of chocolate that much, but it maybe interesting.

AndrewG23 · May 24, 2007

how are you getting there? are you taking the spirit or just flying. the spirit of tasmania is a great ride.

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

AndrewG23 said:
how are you getting there? are you taking the spirit or just flying. the spirit of tasmania is a great ride.

we are catching a flight from melbourne to Lonnie, before flying out of Hobart.

chadjaja · May 24, 2007

Go for a walk just on the edge of town to Cataract Gorge. Thats one of my favorite places in the world and is a good walk.

Allstar cards inc · May 24, 2007

Salamanca markets are supposed to be good for a look as well...

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

Allstar cards inc said:
Salamanca markets are supposed to be good for a look as well...

Supposedly they only run on saturdays, and we will be back on the mainland by then, we are going from monday morning to friday arvo, which is a pity, cos i was keen have a look.

Im certainly going to check out that Catract Gorge you mentioned Chad; that one of the greatest things about Oz, the amazing natural wonder it has

33WING · May 24, 2007

Be prepared to walkaway with a large tote box of factory seconds from Cadbury, we were given a large box each of factory seconds which lasted the 2 weeks when we were there.

These are some of the great spots we visited on our trip to Tassie.

A quick visit to Port Arthur during the day to do your own thing and take a ride on the ferry with a quick joy flight around the local area is perfect.
The night ghost tour of Port Arthur is another great experience.

A quick walk around Cradle Mountain is even better if that's your thing.

Horse Riding down near Koonya is awesome.

Jet Boats down south somewhere, i can't remember exactly where it was mainly because i was hugover and i must stress that this isn't a good cure for alcahol poisoning.

The Casino in Hobart was under renovation when we were there but i believe it's all finished now. This place is amzing.

Salamanca Markets in Hobart is another great way to spend a day of losing all your money, it's a great multicultural experience as well.

Enjoy your trip, remember to take the winter woolies.

WoobieZarz · May 24, 2007

For starters, you're ruining your trip by flying into Lonnie...

Go for Hobart..

Then you can do the Cascade Tour...

You have as mentioned, Salamanca Markets (Sundays) - great for tourists, exy for locals, or ones familiar with the markets.
You can enjoy the Hobart Warf area too, great for nightlife!

Mt Field National Park (also known as Russell Falls) is one of my faves, once lived up there, and it's great in the colder periods.

Mt Wellington is a great view, only been up once, that was a while ago tho. Good drive.

Could head up/down the East Coast, stop at Bicheno/Swansea/Orford/St Helens, etc. Great for fishing, if you have the time.

Havent done the Cadbury tour, but I hear it's great. I live just over the "bay" from there. There's a Chocolate Factory near Devonport on the Highway, we've stopped by, that was great!!!

Port Arthur is fantastic, I hear they do all sorts of tours down there.

Richmond is nice small tourist town, but once you've been there, it's nothing special.

Let me know what you're into, what you'd like to do, (bush walking, city tour, etc) and I'll see what I can come up with...

wolvesjr34 · May 24, 2007

ahh I agree with Chad Cataract Gorge is awesome. The best thing about Launceston (besides Boags).

Have done Cadbury myself... and its okay but bloody hot in there! A lot of the sights have already been mentioned... again it really does depend what you like doing.

But ignore Scotty he doesn't know what he's on about, Launceston is awesome

If you're goin to be in George Town I do recommend a meal at the Pier Hotel. They have awesome food.

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

I sense a little bit of Tassie rivalry between you and Scotty AJ.

Thanks for the tips; i didnt really know that much about nice places in Tasmania, especially around Lonnie, but i'll certainly be checking out the gorge, as well as Boag's.

nenjabin · May 24, 2007

Cradle Mountain good, if it's not snowing at that time of the year!!

WoobieZarz · May 24, 2007

nenjabin said:
Cradle Mountain good, if it's not snowing at that time of the year!!

If it's NOT snowing???

It's the BEST when it's snowing!

My front wheel drive 1.8L got us up there for the night.

Man they have the best rooms, illegal fires (no casing around them, and they burn red hot!!) but fire cranked up relaxing in a cool/calm spa with some alcohol, the best! lol.

Just let us know where you're planning on heading (middle, south, east, west, etc, etc) and we can let you know some great places.

nenjabin · May 24, 2007

Agreed best when snowing, but everything he mentioned was cityish stuff, so I assumed not a hiking while freezing your jugs off type of person! I could be wrong though...I'd do it in snow But then I'm a Forestor

wolvesjr34 · May 24, 2007

theflyinggerco said:
I sense a little bit of Tassie rivalry between you and Scotty AJ.

We have the football, the soccer, we had the world cup rugby... mmm yeah Enough said.

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

theflyinggerco · May 24, 2007

nenjabin said:
Agreed best when snowing, but everything he mentioned was cityish stuff, so I assumed not a hiking while freezing your jugs off type of person! I could be wrong though...I'd do it in snow But then I'm a Forestor

Im a real country boy, from way out East, on the Gippsland Lakes.

My missus is a real city girl tho and wouldn't like to running around the bush in the snow; in fact she hasnt ever seen snow, as opposed to my experience of playing football in the snow. I would love to see Cradle Mountain, I might try and head out there.

WoobieZarz · May 24, 2007

wolvesjr34 said:
We have the football, the soccer, we had the world cup rugby... mmm yeah Enough said.

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

Still safer to walk in Iraq than it is in Ravenswood....

Allstar cards inc · May 24, 2007

Does "Scotty's Donkey Tours" still exist???

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