Tasmania route: 9 places from Hobart to Cape Grim
Explore Tasmania's most iconic destinations from Hobart's waterfront and Mount Wellington to the dramatic Three Capes cliffs and Port Arthur's historic penal settlement. This route traces the island's natural wonders and colonial heritage across its distinctive southern peninsula.
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- Places
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- Kunanyi / Mount Wellington & Hobart
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- Wildlife of Tasmania
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- 9
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Stops on this route
- Kunanyi / Mount Wellington & Hobart — Iconic 1,271-meter peak overlooking Tasmania's capital city, offering panoramic views across the Derwent River and surrounding landscape from its summit.
- Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur — Historic convict penal settlement ruins surrounded by dramatic sea cliffs, revealing Australia's colonial past through preserved buildings and fortifications.
- Three Capes — Remote coastal region featuring Cape Pillar and Cape Hauy with some of the southern hemisphere's tallest sea cliffs, rising nearly 300 metres of columnar dolerite above the Tasman…
- Bruny Island — Pristine island sanctuary separated into north and south by a narrow isthmus, renowned for abundant wildlife and rugged coastal scenery.
- Freycinet & Wineglass Bay — Coastal national park featuring a perfectly crescent-shaped beach framed by pink granite mountains, creating one of Australia's most photographed seascapes.
- Bay of Fires — Stunning north-east coast stretching miles with white sand and turquoise water contrasting fiery orange lichen-covered granite boulders, named for Aboriginal fires by 18th-century…
- The Tarkine / Takayna — Ancient Gondwanan rainforest wilderness in northwestern Tasmania, preserving primordial vegetation and indigenous heritage within remote, largely untouched terrain.
- Cape Grim & Edge of the World — Southwesternmost clifftop location where sheer rock faces plunge into the Southern Ocean, representing Tasmania's most isolated and windswept coastal extremity.
- Wildlife of Tasmania
Useful for your trip
- Transport
- Hobart is one of the most remote capitals on Earth; its harbour opens directly onto the Southern Ocean with waters stretching to Antarctica.
- Tip
- Drive the winding road to the summit of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington to see the whole island unfold beneath you, including the city, silver river, ranges, and ocean horizon.
- Transport
- Tasman Peninsula is 90 minutes south-east of Hobart, connected by a narrow neck of land barely 100 metres wide.
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- Port Arthur is one of Australia's first great heritage sites and is now protected by UNESCO; walk at dusk to feel the full weight of the island's human story.
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- At Three Capes Track, sea cliffs drop almost 300 metres into the Tasman Sea; walkers spend days tracing cliff edges where land stops, with sea eagles, seals, dolphins, and migrating whales visible.
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- Bruny Island is two islands joined by the Neck, a thin ribbon of dune and sand; at night, little penguins struggle ashore in darkness and waddle to their burrows.
- Food
- On Bruny Island, local oysters are pulled straight from the cold, clean channel; they are available fresh at the island.
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- Wineglass Bay requires a steep climb to the saddle between peaks; the walk down to the sand is steep and swimming is bracing, but the beach is often nearly empty.
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- Bay of Fires stretches along the north-east shore featuring white sand, turquoise water, and orange lichen-covered granite boulders; you can walk for hours meeting almost no one.
- Timing
- Cradle Mountain is alpine country where snow can fall in any season and mist rolls in without warning; plan for changeable weather at all times of year.
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- Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain has a walking track looping the entire shore through ancient forest; on still mornings before wind rises, the water becomes a perfect mirror.
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- The Tarkine (Takayna) is the largest tract of cool-temperate rainforest left in Australia, covering hundreds of thousands of hectares with over 90 percent still untouched.
Video on this route
TASMANIA: Australia's Lost World | 4K Travel Documentary