Experiences
Travel with your tastebuds
Summer is Tasmania's sweetest season. Berry farms transform into pick-your-own pleasures, orchards bulge with fruit, and seafood beckons fresh from the sea. A road trip can be a moving feast, with flavours as fresh as the sunshine.
Meander up north
Journey into the Meander Valley to sate the soul, feast and explore in the shadow of the Great Western Tiers.
The pit stop: Port Arthur
More famous as a convict prison than a town, Port Arthur has a paradoxically beautiful setting, pinched between bush and sea, and sprinkled with enough features to fill a day or a few.
Swimming for the soul
Taking the plunge in Tasmania’s bracing water is exhilarating as it is healing. Here’s why so many locals are hooked on wild swimming.
A dry guide to Tasmanian wine country
To limit yourself to wine tastings is to overlook half the pleasure of Tasmania’s beautiful wine regions. Beaches edge, east coast vineyards, and hills and bushland frame wineries in the north and south. Whether you want to broaden a wine weekend, or have volunteered as designated driver, tastings can be just an aperitif to other experiences.
See the light
In the depths of winter there are things that dazzle across Tasmania far beyond the man-made.
Queen of the west
With a mountain bike network poised to transform the western town of Queenstown once again, we meet a creative and tight-knit community used to weathering changes.
A mile in the shoes of a raptor rescuer
'Raptor Man' Craig Webb has always had a special bond with birds and animals, and intertwined his passion and day job.
The scallop isle
The winter scallop season is the best time to sample Tasmania’s world-class molluscs.
A mile in the shoes of a truffle farmer
Winter Saturdays on Cradle Country Farm start early for Ina Ansmann and Timothy Noonan. The flaming autumn leaves on the oak trees lining the driveway have long since fallen and it’s officially harvest season on the couple’s truffle farm.
The pit stop: St Helens
A bustling harbour town with a laid-back vibe, St Helens is a gateway to the iconic Bay of Fires coastline. Renowned for the plumpness of its oysters, there’s bounty on land and at sea.