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• Explore Hobart, with its strong links to the sea. The island's history can be experienced in the Maritime Museum of Tasmania (website: www.maritimetas.org), the convict-era buildings of Battery Point and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (website: www.tmag.tas.gov.au).
• Take in the views from Mount Wellington, towering 1,270m (4,170ft) to the west of Hobart, and the city's backdrop. From the lookout, the clear air offers a spectacular view of Hobart, its suburbs, the Derwent Estuary and Storm Bay.
• Observe the Blowhole and Tasmans Arch amongst spectacular coastal scenery on the Tasman Peninsula. There are terrific views from Eaglehawk Neck over Pirates Bay and beyond. You can also visit the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park (website: www.tasmaniandevilpark.com).
• See Australia's most significant convict settlement, the Port Arthur Historic Site, created with convict labour. Impressive architecture and delightful gardens belie the chilling historical prison facilities. About 12,500 convicts did brutal time here in the late 19th century.
• Walk along a rushing river and stare into the Cataract Gorge (website: www.launcestoncataractgorge.com.au), with its impressive basalt cliffs, which almost reaches into the middle of Launceston, and is surrounded by bushland.
• Study original Tasmanian and Aboriginal art at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (website: www.qvmag.tas.gov.au), located at Inveresk and Royal Park in Launceston. The Royal Park branch also has an excellent Chinese joss house.
• Gasp at Tasmania's dramatic mountain peak, situated in Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park, famous for the Overland Track walk, and also bursting with natural wonders such as rainforest, alpine heathlands, glacial lakes and ancient pines.
• Step into Freycinet National Park on Tasmania's east coast and enjoy coastal heaths, wildflowers and the highlight: the long curve of picture-perfect Wineglass Bay with its pure white sands, fringed by peaks and bushland.
• Watch the cascading of 45m- (148ft-) high Russell Falls, a pretty display of nature in the Mount Field National Park, and contender for most-photographed waterfall in Australia.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Take in the views from Mount Wellington, towering 1,270m (4,170ft) to the west of Hobart, and the city's backdrop. From the lookout, the clear air offers a spectacular view of Hobart, its suburbs, the Derwent Estuary and Storm Bay.
• Observe the Blowhole and Tasmans Arch amongst spectacular coastal scenery on the Tasman Peninsula. There are terrific views from Eaglehawk Neck over Pirates Bay and beyond. You can also visit the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park (website: www.tasmaniandevilpark.com).
• See Australia's most significant convict settlement, the Port Arthur Historic Site, created with convict labour. Impressive architecture and delightful gardens belie the chilling historical prison facilities. About 12,500 convicts did brutal time here in the late 19th century.
• Walk along a rushing river and stare into the Cataract Gorge (website: www.launcestoncataractgorge.com.au), with its impressive basalt cliffs, which almost reaches into the middle of Launceston, and is surrounded by bushland.
• Study original Tasmanian and Aboriginal art at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (website: www.qvmag.tas.gov.au), located at Inveresk and Royal Park in Launceston. The Royal Park branch also has an excellent Chinese joss house.
• Gasp at Tasmania's dramatic mountain peak, situated in Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park, famous for the Overland Track walk, and also bursting with natural wonders such as rainforest, alpine heathlands, glacial lakes and ancient pines.
• Step into Freycinet National Park on Tasmania's east coast and enjoy coastal heaths, wildflowers and the highlight: the long curve of picture-perfect Wineglass Bay with its pure white sands, fringed by peaks and bushland.
• Watch the cascading of 45m- (148ft-) high Russell Falls, a pretty display of nature in the Mount Field National Park, and contender for most-photographed waterfall in Australia.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.