Tasmania; The Bradt Travel Guide

by Matthew Brace

• ISBN13: 9781841620565
• ISBN10: 1841620564
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Summary

Discover the traces of its ancient Aboriginal past and learn the brutal history of the convicts first exiled here. Go in search of the Tasmanian devil. Tasmania - The Bradt Travel Guide allows you to maximise your enjoyment of the surroundings while minimising your impact upon them.

Author Biography

Matthew Brace is a foreign correspondent, travel writer, and photographer based in Sydney. He is currently the Australian correspondent for the Observer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Geographical Magazine, and a regular contributor to many other titles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	ix
PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Background Information	3	(16)
Facts and figures	3	(2)
History	5	(14)
Practical Information	19	(46)
When to visit	19	(1)
Highlights	20	(1)
Suggested itineraries	21	(3)
Tour operators	24	(2)
Specialist tour operators	26	(6)
Red tape	32	(1)
Embassies	33	(1)
Immigration, customs and quarantine	34	(1)
Getting there and away	35	(4)
Health and safety	39	(6)
What to take for the bush	45	(2)
Money	47	(1)
Getting around	47	(5)
Accommodation	52	(1)
Eating and drinking	53	(1)
Shopping	54	(1)
Public holidays and festivals	55	(2)
Arts and entertainment	57	(1)
Photography	58	(3)
Communications and media	61	(1)
Business	62	(1)
Giving something back/local charities	63	(2)
The Natural World	65	(22)
Geology	65	(4)
Climate	69	(1)
Fauna	70	(14)
Flora	84	(3)
National Parks and Conservation	87	(14)
National Parks and Reserves	87	(3)
Minimal impact	90	(4)
Conservation	94	(7)
PART TWO THE GUIDE
Hobart	101	(24)
History	104	(1)
Antarctic gateway	104	(2)
Getting there and around	106	(1)
Where to stay	107	(4)
Where to eat	111	(1)
Bars and nightspots	112	(1)
Useful information	113	(1)
What to see and do	113	(6)
Further information	119	(2)
Around Hobart	121	(4)
The Southeast	125	(20)
Getting there and around	125	(2)
Huonville and around	127	(2)
Hartz Mountains National Park	129	(3)
Cygnet to Kettering	132	(2)
Bruny Island	134	(6)
South Bruny National Park	140	(1)
Far south	141	(4)
The Southwest	145	(22)
Getting there and around	147	(1)
Where to stay and eat	148	(1)
Styx Valley	149	(1)
Mount Field National Park	150	(1)
What to see and do	151	(4)
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	155	(3)
Southwest National Park	158	(6)
What else to see and do in the southwest region	164	(3)
The West Coast	167	(10)
Queenstown	168	(2)
Strahan	170	(4)
Zeehan and Rosebery	174	(3)
Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair	177	(14)
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	177	(6)
Overland Track	183	(5)
Walls of Jerusalem National Park	188	(3)
The Northwest	191	(18)
Getting there and around (mainland)	191	(1)
Waratah to the Pieman River	192	(1)
Arthur Pieman Conservation Area	193	(1)
North and northwest coasts	193	(1)
Wynyard to Stanley	194	(6)
Rocky Cape National Park	200	(3)
The Hunter Island Group	203	(6)
North Central	209	(18)
Getting there and around	209	(2)
North central coast	211	(7)
Narawntapu National Park	218	(3)
Inland to the Great Western Tiers	221	(3)
Mole Creek Karst National Park	224	(3)
The Northeast	227	(22)
History	227	(1)
Getting there and around	228	(2)
Launceston	230	(2)
George Town and the coast	232	(4)
Central uplands	236	(3)
Ben Lomond National Park	239	(1)
East coast	240	(1)
Mount William National Park	241	(2)
Furneaux Islands	243	(3)
Strzelecki National Park	246	(3)
The East Coast	249	(22)
History	251	(1)
Getting there and around	252	(1)
Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas	253	(4)
Tasman National Park	257	(2)
Mid-coast and Maria Island	259	(1)
Maria Island National Park	260	(2)
Freycinet to St Marys	262	(2)
Freycinet Peninsula	264	(1)
Freycinet National Park	264	(4)
Douglas Apsley National Park	268	(3)
The Midlands	271	(8)
Getting there and around	271	(1)
Where to stay and eat	271	(3)
What to see and do	274	(2)
Central Plateau Conservation Area	276	(3)
Where next?	279	(4)
Macquarie Island	280	(1)
Maatsuyker Island lighthouse	280	(1)
Environmental dilemma	280	(3)
Appendix 1 Nomenclature	283	(2)
Appendix 2 Further Information	285	(5)
Index	290

Excerpts

Regular Developing World travelers might miss the unpredictability of African train timetables or the platforms full of staring faces looking at you open-mouthed as if you have landed from Mars that afternoon.

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