As shorter days bring dappled light and falling leaves in fiery reds and golden yellows, Tasmania transforms into a photographer’s dream. Nola James speaks to four local snappers about their top tips for capturing the season’s beauty and their favourite locations to frame the perfect autumn shot.

Some days are diamonds, but all days are gold in many Tasmanian towns in autumn. It’s the season when exotic trees – and one showy native species – turn up the contrast, radiating red, russet and yellow to give the towns in which they grow a spark of extra vibrancy.

Nola James gives us the low down on the latest travel adventures around Tasmania.

Your new must-do list from March 2025 to May 2025

Canal-side Dunalley has put the horrors of the 2013 bushfires behind it and is now firmly stamping itself as a gourmet stop on the drive to turrakana / Tasman Peninsula, writes Andrew Bain.

From sprawling orchards to boutique farms, it’s harvest time in Tasmania. Ruth Dawkins discovers how innovation and sustainability are shaping the future – and honouring the history – of the Apple Isle.

As the sun pours down on Tasmania, the difficult decisions begin: do you seek out one of the 1,000-plus beaches, scale one of the hundreds of mountains or head for a cellar door, farmgate or berry patch? We ask four prominent Tasmanians for their special summer place on the island.

Meet the water-sport enthusiasts with a decades-long love for Tasmania’s coastline. Ruth Dawkins dives into the stories of senior swimmers, surfers and paddlers who call the ocean home.

With a village-like calm, Woodbridge is little more than 30 minutes’ drive – and yet worlds away – from Hobart. It hugs the shores of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, with front-row seats to Bruny Island.

Nola James gives us the low down on the latest travel adventures around Tasmania.

Your new to-do list from December 2024 to February 2025.