Tasmania
Blisters, rats and leeches: Surviving the Overland Track in your 50s and 60s
It’s clear early on, that we may have chosen the wrong trek. By lunchtime, we’d already lost one walker, and would finish our first day trekking in the dark.
- by Carmel Sparke
Nine must-do highlights of Tasmania in winter
Once shunned, now shining, Tasmanian winters have become a thing to embrace.
- by Andrew Bain
Striking Hobart stay takes inspiration from its chilly neighbour
The sparse Polaire Suite, a frosty-toned ode to Antarctica, walks a fine line between austere and cool.
- by Andrew Bain
Tasmanian farm stay making waves for its clever, high-spec design
Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay, a little-heard-of budget accommodation in Tasmania, has just been shortlisted for an important international architecture award.
- by Julietta Jameson
Acclaimed Tassie hotel gets $65 million update, but rooms still a bargain
At Wrest Point you can get a big, luxurious hotel room with amazing water views at less than half the price of similar stays in Hobart.
- by Jim Darby
Remarkable landscape includes one of the best beaches no-one knows about
A hike in southern Tasmania takes in spectacular capes and a beach that should be in Australia’s top 10.
- by Jim Darby
Cold-water therapy on a Tasmanian Wild Wellness Method retreat: Cold comfort
My hands again feel like they're being crushed in a vice, but the rest of my body is adjusting to this new cold life.
- by Andrew Bain
Best road trips: Australia's 10 most unforgettable highways
Long and monster-sealed; these are Australia's most dramatic feats of road engineering.
- by Brian Johnston
10 underrated Hobart highlights most visitors miss
A tower that was once the tallest building in Australia is one of the attractions in Hobart and its surrounds that most tourists don’t know about.
- by Andrew Bain
