What if I told you…some of Tasmania’s most beautiful places…are the ones almost no one talks about? Along the rugged coastline of Tasmania…hidden between cliffs, forests, and open ocean…are towns that feel frozen in time. These are Tasmania’s quiet harbour towns. Places where the pace slows down…and the noise of the world disappears. In towns […]
Tasmania’s landscape is largely shaped by one rock — dolerite — often called “the rock that made Tasmania.” It covers over 30,000 km², nearly 40% of the island, and formed around 175 million years ago during the breakup of Gondwana. As magma cooled slowly underground, it created columnar joints — the vertical rock formations seen
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One of Australia’s greatest road trips…is hidden along the edge of Tasmania?Welcome to the Great Eastern Drive —over 220 kilometres of coastline…stretching between Orford and St Helens. This isn’t just a road trip.It’s beaches… wineries… wildlife… and national parks…all connected by one coastal road. Start in Orford…where the beaches face Maria Island — famous for
What if I told you…one of Tasmania’s most famous views is actually a tiny strip of land in the middle of an island? Welcome to Bruny Island — located off Tasmania’s south-east coast and reached by a 20-minute ferry from Kettering. The island is divided into North and South Bruny by a narrow isthmus called
What if I told you… Tasmania only has three native snake species… and all three are venomous? The most common is the Tiger Snake — often found near wetlands, grasslands, and coastal areas. It carries powerful neurotoxic venom… but usually avoids people unless cornered or stepped on. Then there’s the Lowland Copperhead… a species adapted
What if I told you… one of the last true wilderness regions on Earth… is hidden in Tasmania?Welcome to the Tarkine. Or takayna. A vast wilderness in Tasmania’s northwest… covering more than 400,000 hectares. This is Australia’s largest cool-temperate rainforest… filled with ancient Gondwana plants… wild rivers… massive sand dunes… and coastlines battered by the
