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Tour Tasmania for 5 days and witness
great scenery, cultural experiences,
World Heritage areas and quality
food at an affordable price.
Highlights include a cruise on the
Gordon River, exploring the stunning
Cradle Mountain National Park and
sampling delicious handmade cheese
at the Ashgrove Cheese Factory.
Day 1:
Derwent Valley, Mt Field National
Park, Lake St Clair
Leave Hobart and enter Mt Field
National Park to view Russell Falls.
Then enter some of Tasmania's
highest country, Cradle Mountain
Lake St Clair National Park. Enjoy a
stop on the shores of Lake St Clair
to admire the view before travelling
through World Heritage listed
wilderness to Strahan, on Macquarie
Harbour. West Coast Wilderness
Railway Option - Choose to ride the
West Coast Wilderness Railway from
Queenstown to Strahan (own expense).
Available during daylight savings
time only.
Stay: Strahan Village Hilltop.
Day 2:
Strahan, Gordon River Wilderness
Cruise with Lunch, Sarah Island Tour
This morning board the luxury cruise
vessel, the Lady Jane Franklin II,
for a cruise across the tranquil
Macquarie Harbour and along the
World Heritage Gordon River. Cruise
to the former penal settlement of
Sarah Island. Enter the Franklin
Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and
stop at Heritage Landing before
enjoying lunch on board. Later,
depart Strahan for World Heritage
listed Cradle Mountain National Park.
Stay: Cradle mountain Chateau.
Day 3:
Cradle Mountain, Dove Lake,
Sheffield, Stanley and 'The Nut'
Tour Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair
National Park and explore the
Visitor Centre before travelling out
to Waldheim Chalet. Nestled among
the myrtles and King Billy pines,
the chalet is a replica of the
original guest chalet built in 1912
by Austrian migrant Gustav
Weindorfer. View Dove Lake, with the
craggy peak of Cradle Mountain as
its backdrop. Later, visit Sheffield
where many of the town’s buildings
are decorated with murals depicting
the region’s history, while the
local school children have painted
mini murals on the town's garbage
bins. Journey to the charming
fishing village of Stanley, rich in
maritime heritage. Stanley is set in
the shadow of ‘The Nut’ a striking
rocky outcrop that soars 150 metres
from the sea.
Stay: Smithton, Tall Timbers
Hotel/Motel.
Day 4:
Ashgrove Cheese Factory, Great Lakes
Plateau, Crayfish Dinner
Visit Ashgrove Cheese Factory,
makers of delicious handmade cheeses
for a tour and tasting. Ashgrove
uses traditional recipes and
techniques to produce superior
cheeses try their 'farmstyle'
English cheeses, vintage cheddars or
a unique cheese with Tasmanian
native pepperberry flavours.
Traverse the Great Lakes Plateau
before passing through Poatina and
continuing to Launceston. This
evening, enjoy our farewell crayfish
dinner with new found friends (fresh
seafood outside cray season).
Stay: Launceston, Commodore Regent.
Day 5:
Tamar River Cruise, Seahorse World,
Home
Take a morning cruise up the Tamar
River and enjoy morning tea. Arrive
at Deviot and follow the Tamar River
Valley to Beauty Point to visit
Seahorse World then transfer to the
airport for your flight home. |
