Example
Custom Travel Planning Itinerary for Tasmania
This page
is designed to give you an example as to how our Custom Travel Planning
itineraries are presented.
Please note
that what follows is meant to be an example of the STYLE of itinerary that we
will produce.
It is not
necessarily exactly what your planner will suggest for you while in Tasmania.
Your complete itinerary will be set up from scratch and will, we hope, reflect
exactly what you want from your trip.
Read
through what follows. It will give you a very good "feel" for the
itinerary we will produce. Please note that this is only a 3-day
"snapshot" of the STYLE of the itinerary we will present for your
consideration.
Day 1.
Private
City, Salamanca Place, St David's Park and Battery Point Tour - Included.
Accompany
your guide on a 3 hour tour of the City, Salamanca Place and St David's Park,
and Battery Point. His local knowledge of the area will ensure that you get to
places otherwise not available to the traveling public.
Salamanca
Place and St David's Park.
Explore
Salamanca Place and the waterfront. There are many excellent galleries, gift
and curiosity shops housed in the restored whaling warehouses of Salamanca
Place. The warehouses were built in the early 1800's, back in the days when
whales ventured into the Derwent Estuary and Hobart was a thriving whaling
port.
At the
North end of Salamanca Place are the Houses of Parliament, the seat of
Tasmania's State Government. Directly opposite the Houses of Parliament are the
Supreme Law Courts, and beside the Courts is the lovely St David's Park.
St David's Park is situated on the site of the first cemetery for the
colony of Hobart Town, and has many of the tombstones of the first settlers, as
well as those of some settlers who arrived on the First Fleet in 1788.
The fine old trees and the landscaping make the park well
worth visiting.
Battery Point.
Kelly's
Steps lead from the southern end of Salamanca Place to the narrow, winding streets of historic
Battery Point and are a reminder that the seafarers who worked from the
waterfront had homes just nearby.
Hampden
Road winds its way
through antique shops, coffee houses and colonial cottages and your guide will
point out many points of interest. Arthur's Circus, with its 16 cottages from
the 1800's set around a central green, evokes the mood of last century.
Mt
Wellington (Well
worth the drive if the top of the mountain is not in cloud).
We suggest
a drive up a picturesque back road (approximately 20 minutes from downtown
Hobart) to the summit of Mt Wellington (1,270 Metres, 4,166 feet high) for panoramic views of Hobart, the Derwent
Valley and the south of Tasmania. Full driving instructions will be in your
confirmed itinerary.
The Eating Establishments of the
Wharf area - Information.
There are
many restaurants in and around the wharf area of Salamanca Place and in Battery
Point. Some cater to the coach tour crowd, but when we are in Hobart, we find
the following places to be where the locals and travelers in the know like to
eat. When we book your accommodation, your hosts will also have information on
the better places to eat and can help you with selection.
Your final
itinerary will include specific restaurants and reservation information.
Accommodation
is recommended at a small private hotel in the heart of the Historic Battery
Point area.
Accommodation.
Accommodation is included in a beautifully restored apartment
right in the heart of Historic Battery Point. The building in which it is housed built back in the early
colonial days of the 1800's, and the owners have done it up with modern
amenities, but have kept a feel for the dimensions of the original building to
make a most comfortable, centrally located accommodation. Laundry facilities
are available on site.
Day 2.
Drive to
New Norfolk.
Leaving
Hobart, drive to New Norfolk. Driving time is about 40 minutes. Our confirmed
itinerary will include full driving directions.
The Township of New Norfolk.
Settled in
the early 1800's, New Norfolk is a pretty historic township on the banks of the
Derwent River, 35 Kms (20 miles)
upriver from Hobart. Suggest as stop at the Oast House, a renovated hop kiln
dating from the turn of the century. The Oast House contains a craft market and
the Hop Museum. Breakfast and lunch is available 7 days a week.
Drive to
Mt Field National Park.
From New
Norfolk drive to National Park.
Driving
time is about 40 minutes.
Mount Field
National Park and Russell Falls.
The Mt.
Field National Park is one of the oldest in Australia, being proclaimed early
in the 1900?s.
Just inside the entrance to the
Park, a short 15 minute walk from the road, the spectacular Russell Falls are
reached by way of a well maintained track (handicapped access) that leads
through the old growth rainforest and groves of man-ferns.
Drive to
Hamilton.
From
National Park drive into Hamilton. Driving time is about 40 minutes.
The
Township of Hamilton.
In the
heart of the Derwent Valley is the historic township of Hamilton. Originally
one of the stage coach stops on main West Coast road, it is now a sleepy hamlet
of fine colonial buildings set among farmland.
Glen Clyde House.
Stop in
Hamilton and visit Glen Clyde House, circa 1840, for the opportunity to
purchase quality Tasmanian made handcrafted products by over 120 leading
Tasmanian craft workers. Glen Clyde House has been the winner of Tasmanian
Tourism Awards for four years, as well as winner of the Australian Tourism
Award of Excellence.
Return
to Hobart.
Continue
south through the Derwent Valley through New Norfolk and along the Derwent
Estuary to Hobart. Driving time from Hamilton to Hobart is about 1 hour. Accommodation is included again in
Battery Point..
Day 3.
Drive to Richmond.
From Hobart cross the Tasman Bridge and drive into Richmond. Driving time from Hobart to Richmond is
about 30 minutes. Full driving
directions will be in your confirmed itinerary.
The Township of
Richmond.
Richmond was first settled in the early 1800's, immediately after
Hobart was established. It quickly
became a centre for farming and an important stop on the way to and from Port
Arthur, though the Richmond Jail, in fact, predates the penal settlement on the
Tasman Peninsula.
Richmond boasts some of the best Tasmanian hand crafted ware,
including garments hand made from local properties and wood turned by Tasmanian
Artisans. The Saddler's Court
Gallery, in particular, is worth a visit.
Drive to the Tasman Peninsula and Eaglehawk Neck.
From Richmond drive east across the Richmond Bridge and follow the
road to Eaglehawk Neck.
Eaglehawk Neck /
Blowhole / Devils Kitchen / Tasman's Arch.
At Eaglehawk Neck turn east and drive to the incredible coastal
formations at the Blowhole, Tasman's Arch and the Devils Kitchen.
Waterfall Bay Walk.
There is a delightful 1-hour round trip walk to Waterfall Bay from
the Devils Kitchen parking lot.
The track passes along the edges of the cliffs and the views are
spectacular. There will be full details on the walk in your final itinerary.
Drive to Accommodation.
From Eaglehawk Neck continue to your accommodation.
Accommodation.
Accommodation is included at a delightfully renovated Colonial
Historic Accommodation about 18 Kms (12 miles) from Port Arthur. You will stay in an individual stone
cottage from the early 1800's - it is, in fact, part of the old Penal Probation
Station between Port Arthur and the Salt Water River Coal Mines.
The cottage is an
authentically restored and renovated convict building with colonial decor,
period furnishings, central heating and private bathroom facilities. Today, the accommodation is part of a
working farm and you will enjoy the rural nature of the area ... staying here
is an unusual experience, one not enjoyed by the run of the mill tourist! Laundry facilities are available at
this accommodation on request.
Restaurant Options in the Port Arthur/ Eaglehawk Neck Area -
Information.
Your confirmed itinerary will have detail as to restaurant options
available around the Port Arthur Historic Site and the Eaglehawk Neck area.
Private Spotlighting for Wildlife - Included.
Since
most Tasmanian wildlife is nocturnal, it is a real thrill to go out in the bush
at night with powerful spotlights to look for animals in the bush. Your hosts will take you up on the
hills behind the property on a night-time expedition on which you are likely to
see kangaroos, wombats (really huge ones!), wallabies and possums - this will
be experiencing Tasmanian wildlife in the wild.
Your
complete itinerary will present your trip in the style of the above.
We are
looking forward to working with you.
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