100% agree with you. I live in Tassie and absolutely love it to bits. Came over for a holiday nearly 30 years ago and never left

Tassie is an absolutely beautiful place.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 29 Jan 2015 , 1:49 pm

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  Thanks again for sharing; feeling inspired!

I cannot wait to get the chance to go to Tasmania on the boat and take the car over. Would be such a great trip with lovely scenery.

You’ve won me I’d love to come to Tassie

Tassie is home to my fondest childhood memory, I have always wanted to go back for a holiday there

I have heard it is beautiful and yes you are correct, I have always thought that it is a cold place as that is what you hear. Thank you for sharing and I will put it on my to do list on my holiday destinations.

Yes cold does come to mind when I think of Tasmania……but it’s a beautiful place which I so want to see. My sister in law just recently came back & loved it. Thinking of doing a ferry trip & a driving tour. Not sure what to do first the north or south part of the island?

i actually really want to take my family to tassie i would love to see the beautiful views and heritage there.
thanks for reminding people that there is another part of australia that they should really see.

Kylie, I so agree with you. I live in a small country town near the north-east coast of tassie. We manage holiday homes in a beautiful town of St Helens, The Game Fishing Capital of Tasmania. The weather is nowhere near as bad as what the mainlander’s think. I have heard so many guests say how wonderful the area is. It is beautiful, so close to beautiful National Parks, only 12 minutes to the stunning Bay of Fires. We are on 2 acres one street from the main street, walking distance to the school, shops, everything we need. The only thing we had to get used to is the supermarket closes at 12 midday on Saturdays, and don’t open until Monday morning, but we have specialty shops that stay open. If you travel to Scamander or St Helens, the supermarkets are open. The areas are beautiful, stunning and the best place to bring up your kids. My son is now bringing his 3 daughters up here.

The name of our business is East Coast Bookings, we have 3 x Pet Friendly, Fully self-contained holiday homes. Quite cheap and family orientated. Tassie and St Helens are well worth the visit. xxx Dee

I have been to Devonport prob 50 times, I’m 43. My nan lived there. I have never however, gone much further so would love too. I remember taking my children for a holiday there in Jan, the weather suburb every day. It’s on my bucket list, whether to boat or fly as I’ve not boated it

Haha we just moved to Tassie from QLD (loving it so far) and I have to say it is a bit hard getting used to the cold. Not that it’s intolerable but we’re not used to it being so cold so early in the year! But my husband and I love the cold so I don’t think it’ll take long to get used to

Tassie has always been on my list of places i really would like to visit some day It looks so beautiful!

We visited Tasmania in 1999. I loved the cool, crisp climate and the many fantastic attractions. Cradle Mountaln was a definite favourite as well as Hobart city and surrounds. I definitely recommend Tassie to all those who have not been there – it makes a great holiday.

You certainly make Tassie sound very attractive.

I don’t think of Tassie as being cold, from everything I have seen on websites and friends talking about it, I think it is a beautiful friendly place to visit or leave. My husband and I actually considered moving to Tassie a couple of years ago, but thought we would be too far away from aging parents. I think Tassie has the most comfortable weather in the country and I have mentioned in other areas of this site how much my faimly would love to take a holiday in Tasmania, we just haven’t had the time to do. And when I think of “cold” I always think of Canberra, the last time we were there it snowed!

I must admit when I think of Tassie I think COLD! Good to know that its not much different to VIC where I am, makes it much more appealing! Other than Cradle Mountain and the Cadbury factory (all the school trips seem to go to these two!) what are the best places to take kids?

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  • • dee lindsay replied
    • 25 Apr 2014 , 3:23 pm

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  Hi, I noticed you were looking for the best places to visit in Tassie. Come and stay with us at East Coast Bookings, we have 3 x Pet friendly, fully self contained holiday homes in St Helens, close to George’s Bay. St Helens is on the North-east coast. Many of our guests who stay with us, use our homes as a base. Pyengana, 20 mins north has the best cheese factory with the bestest of real milkshakes, up the road is the Pub in the Paddock, with a pig that drinks beer, then a little bit further is St Columbia Falls, They are the biggest natural waterfalls in the Southern hemisphere. There are walking tracks for all types of people – whether disabled, or elderly, or fit to walk the bigger walks.

  About 12 mins east of St Helens is the stunning Bay of Fires and beautiful beaches, the bluest of bluest water with crisp white sand that squeaks when you walk on it. If you contact any of the Visitor Information centres in the state, they will give you leaflets of different places to see. Depending on what you want, there is so much to do. You can drive down the east coast to Bicheno, and keep going to Port Arthur, and Do Town where all the homes are named with ‘Do’ such as ‘Do well’, ‘Do it now’, ‘Do drop Inn’, etc. The national parks all around Tassie have beautiful walks, whether you want a 10 minute walk or a 2 day walk. Cradle Mountain has wombats walking around in the wild. You may even have a visit from a possum in your van at night. Tasmazia is a great place with Mazes, fantastic fun there. That is near Cradle Mountain. ZooDoo is near Hobart at Richmond, they have Tigers as well as heaps of other animals. You can see feeding of the Tassie Devil, and the list just goes on and on. If you decide to visit the east coast, visit our website http://www.eastcoastbookings.com and we may be able to assist you in finding great accommodation. Lots of happiness from tassie xxx

We went to Tassie a few years ago, had an awesome time, would like to go back there again soon.

Canberra is not that bad!! Our Winters can get quite cold but the rest of the year its perfect

Always has been on my list of places to go! Would love to see the amazing natural scenery and eat oysters

We would love to visit Tassie again. Looked into it recently and it would have cost about $1000 for two of us and the car on the spirit of Tasmania. It was more expensive than we thought.

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  • • dee lindsay replied
    • 25 Apr 2014 , 3:38 pm

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  Hi sweetie, I know exactly what you mean. Last year my hubby and I, both pensioners, wanted to go on a holiday to the Mainland Australia to visit all our grandkids, we had 4 there that My hubby had never met, 2 that neither of us had seen. When I first looked at the boat, it was going to cost us over $1000 on the Spirit. We looked into other options, like flying over and renting a car or motor home, then I went back to the spirit, they bought in a special, which was around April/May and it only cost us just over $600, I think I saved $480, so that was much better, but it was booking fast. Just a thought for you. No matter what time of year it is, it is nice to visit tassie. xxx dee