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Tasmania
Discover Tasmania Departs 24 March 2020
14 Days
Colourful Tasmania
14 days—Departing 24 March 2020
Day 1 - Tuesday 24 March D mine disaster and miraculous rescue and a
Mt Gambier - Port Melbourne - Spirit place where you can lose yourself in
We depart Lady Nelson Park, Mount history. Continue onto Beauty Point to take
Gambier and make our way to Station Pier a guided tour of Seahorse World that is a
in Victoria’s capital city of Melbourne to unique facility designed to help conserve
board the Spirit of Tasmania. Sit down to an the seahorse through the reduction in the
evening meal before exploring the many on pressure of the wild catch for the global
board facilities including bars, lounges or aquarium industry. Visit Platypus House an
the cinema. Settle into your comfortable amazing Tasmanian living world experience
Porthole Cabin as you cruise through Port which offers a once in a lifetime
Tour Price Includes: opportunity to watch both live Tasmanian
Phillip Bay and across the Bass Strait
• Coach Travel towards Tasmania.
platypuses and echidnas in daylight
• Return fares on Spirit of Tasmania Stay: Spirit of Tasmania
conditions and undercover. Return to your
2 berth Porthole Cabin with private facilities accommodation for dinner.
Day 2 - Wednesday 25 March BD Day 4 - Friday 27 March BD
• All motel accommodation
Sheffield - Launceston - Grindelwald Campbell Town - Ross - Hobart
• Meals (29) as listed in the itinerary - 13 full
After berthing in the Mersey River, After breakfast travel south on the
breakfasts 4 lunches & 12 dinners
disembark and be welcomed to Tasmania Midlands Highway that is commonly known
• All entry fees and guides as per itinerary
by your tour guide. Travel to Devonport to as the Heritage Highway as it traces much
• Coach transfer from Mount Gambier to enjoy breakfast in a local restaurant before of the original route between Launceston
Melbourne and return touring the hinterland dominated by and Hobart and was built by convict road
• Tasmanian Tour Guide while in Tasmania majestic Mt Roland to the town of Sheffield gangs in the early 1800’s. Pause at
Tour Highlights Include: to admire the evocative out-door art gallery Campbell Town and view the chainsaw
of impressive murals. Travel to Ashgrove sculptures that depict various features of
• Sheffield Town Murals the natural and human history of thie town.
Cheese Farm to try their gourmet
• Ashgrove Cheese Farm
Tasmanian produce. Sneak a peek through Continue to Ross to visit the enigmatic Her-
• Cataract Gorge
the viewing window, where you will get a bert Archer Bridge before continuing onto
• City Park & John Hart Conservatory behind the scenes look at how they make
Hobart, your accommodation for the next
• Mine & Heritage Centre in Beaconsfield cheese using traditional techniques with
four nights.
Stay: Wrest Point Tower Harbourview Hotel 4n
• Seahorse World & Platypus House modern methods. Continue onto the city of
Day 5 - Saturday 28 March B
• Campbell Town Chainsaw Sculptures Launceston and the magnificent Cataract
Salamanca Markets - Free Day Hobart
• Salamanca open-air Markets in Hobart Gorge. View the cliff-side gardens,
Saturday morning in Hobart means the
• Richmond Bridge & Richmond Gaol peacocks, pools and suspension Foot Salamanca open-air Market that is nestled
Bridge. Take a scenic ride on one of the
• Hobart Town Historical Model Village alongside the beautiful Constitution Dock,
longest single span chairlifts in the world
• Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens famous as the finish of the Sydney to
(ride is optional and own expense.) Stroll in Hobart yacht race. Join the bustle and
• Port Arthur Convict Settlement with guided
City Park and the John Hart Conservatory buskers, colour and excitement as you
walking tour & short cruise across the harbour
noted for displays of begonias, cyclamens explore the many and varied stalls for
• Tasmanian Devil Park
and other hot house blooms before travel- treasures and bargains. The rest of the day
• “The Wall in the Wilderness” ‘ ling to the village of Grindelwald that was is yours to do as you please. Explore
• West Coast Wilderness Railway established in the 1980’s as a unique Tasmania’s capital for the sights and ‘retail
• Gallery Museum in the Imperial Hotel residential development. All houses in therapy’ or maybe just rest up in your
• Gordon River Cruise on the Spirit of the Wild Grindelwald have been built in Swiss style, motel room. Dinner tonight is at your own
• Cradle Mountain National Park with wide eaves, flowerboxes, window expense and provides you with a chance to
shutters and balconies. The settlement is explore the many fine restaurants located
fringed with glassy lakes and views of the in Hobart
Tamar Valley and is your accommodation Day 6 - Sunday 29 March BD
- 2020 Dates and Prices - Hobart - Richmond - Hobart
for the next two nights.
14 Days Stay: Tamar Valley Resort, 2n After a leisurely breakfast travel to the
historic town of Richmond that boasts
Departing 24 March 2020 Day 3 - Thursday 26 March BLD more than 50 Georgian buildings. Many
Beaconsfield - Beauty Point - Grindelwald have been beautifully restored and now
$POA Adult Twin Share per person This morning visit the Mine & Heritage operate as cafes, restaurants and galleries.
$POA Single Supplement Centre in the gold mining town of The town’s most photographed landmark is
$ 500 Non Refundable Deposit p/p Beaconsfield. The centre is the site of the the Richmond Bridge. Built by convicts in
the 1820’s, it’s the oldest bridge in Australia. through Tarraleah Gorge, site of early Wild, you will experience quiet cruising with
Visit the Richmond Gaol that is also the old- hydro-electric installations and pause atelectric motors while taking in the tranquil
est gaol in Australia. Standing inside the “The Wall in the Wilderness”, a work in surrounds of the Gordon River. Cruise across
stone cells gives an eerie insight into the progress depicting the history of the region,
Tasmania’s majestic Macquarie Harbour to
hardships and brutality of convict life in early beautifully carved in Tasmanian timbers. Hells Gates and then on to the Gordon River.
Van Diemen’s Land. Not so confronting is the Cross Lake Burbury and descend through the
Enjoy the chef-prepared buffet lunch, visit
Hobart Town Historical Model Village where ghost towns of Linda and Gormanston to the
the penal colony on Sarah Island that pre-
you can learn about the life of settlers in copper mining town of Queenstown, your dates Port Arthur and take in the beauty of
Hobart in the 1820’s. Return to Hobart to accommodation for the next two nights. the rainforest and see Huon Pine trees on
wander through the Royal Tasmanian Botan- Stay: Comfort Inn Gold Rush, Queenstown 2n the Heritage Walk. On return to Strahan,
ical Gardens that covers 14 hectares and there will be opportunity to explore the
Day 9 - Wednesday 1 April BLD
showcases 6500 species and varieties of Queenstown village including the Visitor Centre and Huon
plants, including over 400 Tasmanian Today, take a steam train journey through pine sawmill.
species. View the largest public conifer the remote rainforest to the incredible King Day 12 - Thursday 4 April BLD
collection in the southern hemisphere River Gorge. As you travel through the west Cradle Mountain National Park - Smithton
including Wollemi pines, the peaceful coast’s cool temperature rainforest, you will Travel to Zeehan that was known as the
Japanese garden and stunning Conservatory. ascend steep wilderness mountains under “Silver City” due to the silver and lead
Breathe in the perfume of the traditional the power of the revolutionary Abt rack and discovered by Frank Long in the late nine-
herb garden and visit the Tasmanian pinion system - technology that transformed teenth century. Continue north through
Community Food Garden. See rare plants the fortunes of the west coast during the rainforest and mineral rich mountains, cross-
from Macquarie Island in the Subantarctic late nineteenth century, and the only ing the Vale of Belvior and alpine cattle
Plant House and stroll along historic Arthuroperating Abt rack and pinion railway in the country to reach Cradle Mountain National
Wall, designed to be internally heated to Southern Hemisphere. Stop at historic Park. Board the shuttle bus to Dove Lake at
grow exotic plants in Tasmania’s cool stations, traverse the deep chasm of the the foot of the crags of Cradle Mountain and
climate. King River Gorge, and see the places where visit Waldheim, forest home of pioneer
Day 7 - Monday 30 March early west coast pioneers lived and worked
BD Gustav Weindorffer. Enjoy lunch and the
Tasman Peninsula - Port Arthur - Hobart to create this extraordinary railway. During visual delights of the Wilderness Gallery at
your experience, your guide will share
Travel via Sorell and Midway Point for a full the Cradle Hotel before following the high-
day tour to the Tasman Peninsula. Take in stories of the determined and visionary way through mountains and button grass
the magnificent views from the look-out people who carved out their fortunes in one plains to the North West Coast and touring
above picturesque Eaglehawk Neck and of the most difficult and remote landscapes east along the scenic coastal route. Pass
imaginable. You will hear tales of scandals,
Pirates Bay. Continue on to the historic Port through the port city of Burnie and onto
extravagant railways, and two feuding
Arthur Convict Settlement where within its Smithton where you will stay overnight.
Irishmen, whose rivalry and determination
40 hectares of landscaped grounds lies a rich Stay: Tall Timbers Hotel, Smithton
led to the creation of the richest copper
history of Australia’s past. Included in the
mining company in the world. On return to Day 13 - Friday 5 April BD
entry is a guided walking tour, a short cruise
Queenstown, take time to view the historic Burnie - Devonport - Bass Strait
across the harbour, access to the Visitor
railway station and its museum. This morning travel to the North West coast
Centre and Interpretation Gallery as well as
Day 10 - Tuesday 2 April BD of Tasmania pausing at Burnie to view the
more than 30 buildings, ruins and restored
Queenstown - Strahan Maker’s Workshop that honours Burnie’s
gardens and houses. Explore as you wish This morning visit the Gallery Museum that history, makers, innovators and artists.
before departing the Historic Site to visit the
is housed in the original Imperial Hotel, built Continue to Devonport for a 30 minute train
Tasmanian Devil Park to come face to face in 1897, the gallery hosts more than 1000 ride along the picturesque river bank of the
with the endangered Tasmanian Devils at photographs. There are 30 rooms of Don River. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant
the newly re-vamped Tasmanian Devil “un historical items including cameras, theatre before boarding the Spirit of Tasmania for
zoo”. Your entrance here will directly sup- projectors, household items, gems, minerals, your overnight crossing of the Bass Strait.
port the efforts in saving this endangered military, emergency services and mining Stay: Spirit of Tasmania
animal through supporting the small colony artefacts. Take the time to view an extensive
of devils that are being protected in the hills
Royal Family memorabilia collection from Day 14 - Saturday 6 April B
nearby the zoo. Continue to Hobart for Queen Vitoria to the present. This afternoon Station Pier - Melbourne - Mt Gambier
dinner at the Wrest Point Casino. travel to the seaside port of Strahan where Sadly, today is the last day of your
you will be staying for the next two nights. Tasmanian adventure. Rise early to take in
Day 8 - Tuesday 31 March BD
Stay: Strahan Village, Strahan 2n the views of Melbourne as you traverse Port
West Coast - Derwent Bridge - Queenstown
Day 11 - Wednesday 3 April BLD Phillip Bay on your way to docking at Station
Departing Hobart this morning, tour the
Strahan - Gordon River Pier. Travel out of Melbourne and head on
picturesque Derwent Valley through New
This morning cruise the incomparable your way home by coach, taking in the views
Norfolk to climb onto Tasmania’s Central
Gordon River into the heart of Tasmania’s while remembering the sights, smells and
Plateau. Follow the Wild Way through lakes
wilderness and the edge of World Heritage. tastes that are Australia’s island state .
brimming with trout, mountains and gorges
Cruising on the newly launched Spirit of the
and the Wild Rivers National Park. Pass
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