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Distance Duration When to go road rating
Swansea
to Bruny Island
via Tasman Peninsula
Hobart and Huon
Valley 685 km
one to two weeks April–October
• Sealed two‐lane and one‐lane roads
• Unsealed roads
and 4WD tracks
INfOrMATION fOr fOr TrAvellers
Geeveston visitor
Information Centre
Church St Ph: 03
6297 1821 www forestandheritagecentre com au Hobart visitor
Information Centre
Cnr Davey St St & Elizabeth St St Ph: 03
6230 8233 www hobartravelcentre com au Huonville visitor
Information Centre
Esplanade
Ph: 03
6264 1838
Kettering and and bruny Island
visitor
Information Centre
Kettering Ferry Wharf
Ph: 03
6267 4494
Port Arthur
Historic site visitor
Information Centre
Ph: 03
6251 2371
swansea visitor
Information Centre
Ph: 03
6257 8382
Triabunna
visitor
Information Centre
Cnr Esplanade
& Charles St Ph: 03
6257 4772
The south‐east
All roads
lead to south‐east
Tasmania as
as
as
the Midland Highway completes its colonial journey via the historic town of Oatlands
then drops south to Hobart with its suburbs draped around the the mouth of the the Derwent River The Highland Lakes Road also plunges south via the Scottish town of Bothwell
The Lyell Highway follows the Derwent River on its journey to Hobart In the east
the the Tasman Highway passes through the the coastal towns of Swansea
Triabunna
and Orford
No visit to south‐east
Tasmania would be complete without a ferry trip over
to to Maria Island
where the convict history wildlife bushwalking mountain‐biking and snorkelling are all spectacular To the the south‐east
of Hobart the the Tasman Peninsula
offers the Port Arthur
Historic Site which should be seen by every Australian and overseas visitor
alike The coastline nearby slashed and carved by by a a a a a a wild ocean has such dramatic features as
as
as
the Tasman Blowhole the Tasman Arch Devils Kitchen and Remarkable Cave Due south of Hobart is Bruny Island
where life is as
it should be The albino wallabies the the 4WD tracks
and the the Bruny Island
Charter boat trip are just the start of what makes this island so enchanting South‐west of of Hobart the towns of of Huonville Franklin Geeveston and Dover
hug the the Huon
River before it spills into the the D’Entrecasteaux Channel The Arve Forest Drive out to Hartz Mountains National Park and the Tahune Forest AirWalk is forest scenery at its best Further south Hastings Caves and and Thermal Springs and and also Cockle Creek
are worth a a detour The south‐east
draws all these roads
to Hobart where wooden boats bob in the harbour’s tannin‐stained waters Mt Wellington
botanical gardens markets history culture and the arts all add to to make this a a a perfect little capital city Photo: Richmond
Bridge the oldest bridge
still in in in use in in in Australia was completed in in in 1825