Tasmania

Touring Tasmania, an island paradise for 4x4ing

Exploring high and low into the farthest corners of Little Australia

Tassie detours: Hobart to Cape Portland

Ditch the five-hour bitumen drive from Hobart to the north-east tip of Tassie, and follow the dirt tracks through forests and farmlands for a four-day journey of discovery with a difference

4x4 Adventure: Western Explorer, Tasmania

Tasmania's Western Explorer Highway traces the world-famous Tarkine Wilderness area. Depart this road and you'll enter the wildest of 4WD country

Isuzu I-Venture visits the wilds of Tasmania

The Isuzu I-Venture team attempts its toughest challenge yet: Tasmania's brutal Climies Track.

Touring Tassie's tough tracks and wild beaches: Part 3

If there is one thing Tassie is known for, it's mud ... and wild beaches.

Touring Tassie's west coast wilderness: Part 2

From the rocky trails of Mount Wellington, to the southern-most point you can drive to in Australia, and then upwards to the Central Highlands.

Touring Tassie's untamed beaches and rugged cliffs: Part 1

From the beaches, mountains and forest of the north-east of Tasmania to the great cliffs of Freycinet NP, you’ll be surprised at what our smallest state has to offer.

A quick stop at Tassie's Pub in the Paddock

The Pub in the Paddock in Pyengana is one of Tasmania’s oldest.

4x4 Trip to Stanley, Tas

It’s been called the Road to Nowhere, but one place Tasmania's Western Explorer Highway does lead is this north-west coastal village, home of The Nut.

4x4 road trip to Tasman National Park, Tas

Once a place from which inhabitants were desperate to flee, the spectacular Tasman Peninsula is now a popular holiday destination.

4x4 road trip around the Bay of Fires, Tas

The Bay of Fires has been described as “the world’s top travel destination”. Find out why.

Western Tasmania: Part 2

We continue up Tasmania’s west coast, through one scarred mining town and countless natural wonderlands

Western Tasmania: Part 1

Tasmania’s west coast is one of the least explored places on earth, but with tourism opening up in the area, that won’t last long.

Freycinet National Park, Tasmania

The 11,000-hectare Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania is a tourist’s delight at any time of the year with its orange boulders, white sand and turquoise water

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania

Australia enjoys abundant natural beauty, but the magic wilderness of north-west Tasmania, typified by Cradle Mountain, is the jewel in the crown.

Freycinet National Park information

The 11,000-hectare Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania is a tourist’s delight at any time of the year with its orange boulders, white sand and turquoise water.