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Hobart and surrounds
Everything on this map is a day trip or a short hop from Hobart — the way Tourism Australia itself organises the country, around a gateway city and the destinations it opens up.
Day trips & destinations from here
The iconic destinations Tourism Australia groups under “Hobart and surrounds”.
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Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair Dove Lake, button grass and the start of the six-day Overland Track. -
Freycinet & Wineglass Bay Pink granite peaks above a perfect crescent of white sand on Tasmania's east coast. -
Bruny Island Oysters, cheese, whisky and white wallabies, a short ferry south of Hobart. -
Tasman Peninsula Australia's highest sea cliffs, the Three Capes Track and the Port Arthur convict site. -
Tasmania's Wild West Coast Rainforest, the Gordon River and Strahan — the wettest, wildest edge of the island. -
Launceston & the Tamar Valley Cataract Gorge in the middle of town and sparkling wine down the valley.
Before you go
Entry rules, safety and health for Australia: the UK government's FCDO travel advice for Australia (the definitive source), summarised with visas, currency and plugs on our Australia guide.
Full guide for Hobart is being written. The map and destination list above are live — see the Tasmania guide for the wider picture.
Photography
Images on this page are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under free licences (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA) and are photographs of the places named. Author, licence and source for each:
- Hobart — Paris Buttfield-Addison / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) · source
- Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair — Ryan Wilkes / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source
- Freycinet & Wineglass Bay — Mikeybear / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source
- Bruny Island — Takver from Australia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) · source
- Tasman Peninsula — JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source
- Tasmania's Wild West Coast — Magic lyrebird / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source
- Launceston & the Tamar Valley — Nick-D / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source