Tassie Walks - We've done many walks around our home state of Tasmania. Walks range from a few hours to multiple days. This section has posts with both long and short walks around Tasmania.
This post covers a walk in the south eastern end of Tasman National Park and involves part of the Three Capes Track. It is a long day walk taking in Mt Fortescue and, potentially, Cape Hauy before returning to the starting point at Fortescue Bay.
Read MoreArthurs Peak is in the Tasman National Park in Tasmania and is on the route of the recently opened and popular Three Capes Walk - a multi-day fee paying walk. Since the advent of the Three Capes Walk we were unclear as to whether it was still possible to walk to Arthurs Peak via an old track. We also wanted to clarify what the options were for overnight walking in the park for self-sufficient campers who were not paying to stay in the designated huts that are exclusively for paying walkers. This post sets out to provide answers these questions and describe the day walk we succeeded in doing to Arthurs Peak.
Read MoreThe Roches Beach to Seven Mile Beach track is an easy, pleasant, short coastal walk with spectacular views. Located 22km east of Central Hobart, it is a 20 minute drive from town. The walk is 3.3km one way. You can start the walk from either end. If you want a longer walk you can start or finish at Lauderdale Canal rather than Roches, a total of 6km.
Read MoreIn November 2017 we published a post describing the day walk to the famous southern Tasmanian big wave surfing spot of Shipstern Bluff aka Shippies. Four years on we’ve returned to Shippies to check out the upgrades to the walk that we’d heard had been done. This post describes these changes. The walk itself still takes four hours return following the same track. But there have been some nice improvements to amenities and signage in the intervening years.
Read MoreIt was a lazy, early spring Sunday morning and we wanted to get a bit of exercise. We settled on the Alum Cliffs track, which begins near Kingston Beach in Hobart’s southern suburbs. This is a 6 km return coastal walk with some good views of the river and cliffs. The starting point is Tyndall Beach, which is a dog-friendly beach on the northern side of Browns Rivulet across from Kingston Beach. Here is our report on the walk.
Read MoreThe Cape Hauy walk has some of the most spectacular coastal views in Australia and it can be done as a day trip from Hobart.
Read MoreAn easy, pleasant walk through forest and button grass to a delightful lake with stunning views of Western Tasmania.
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