Cradle Mountain is one of the top tourist destinations in Tasmania, attracting many visitors to the mountain and the national park which surrounds it. As well as enjoying the views of the impressive Cradle Mountain, you can hike the famous Overland Track, enjoy the lakes, and the plentiful flora and fauna. About Cradle Mountain-Lake St [...]

Having headed back along the north coast of Tasmania, Devonport was a good place to stop for another night as there are a good many hotels here to choose from. We were ultimately heading towards Cradle Mountain but had heard about some interesting little towns along the way which we decided to visit after spending [...]

On leaving Stanley you have a couple of options. Either travel further along the west coast to the last town, Smithton. From Smithton you can then head up to the furthest point on this coast, Cape Grim. You can also head through Smithton and south west to the west coast and the settlement of Arthur [...]

One of the last towns on the north-west coast of Tasmania is Stanley. Stanley has some interesting scenery and is the main fishing port on this coast as well as being a popular tourist destination. Stanley was founded in October 1826 by English settlers who were employees of Van Diemen’s Land Company. They named the [...]

Of all of the national parks in Tasmania, Rocky Cape is one of the smallest and so it’s often discounted by visitors rushing past on their way to somewhere else! Like all of Tasmania’s other national parks, Rocky Cape is definitely worth visiting and what intrigued us the most was the fact that this park [...]

Leaving Devonport on the coastal road to the east there are numerous towns to travel through and places to see on the way up to the Rocky Cape National Park. Penguin The coastal drive through Ulverstone and on to the town of Penguin is another of Tasmania’s many scenic coastal areas. As you might expect [...]

Having spent a day exploring the caves of the Mole Creek Karst National Park we had several options for which direction to head in. We will be visiting the next national park on our list, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Claire, but decided that heading north back up to the coast and to the city of Devonport [...]