so, what is there to do?

I'm thinking about heading over for a week or so (maybe more) during about mid-march. Got a friend over there who I may or may not be able to meet up with for at least a portion of the trip (Hobart). Other than that, what should I do?

Thinking so far:
Cadbury's
hopefully do some bushwalking somewhere
Maybe Port Arthur for a day or so

any other suggesitons?
Is there anything interesting at Boags or Cascade breweries?

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im not a fan of seeing factories so i cant tell you from first hand, but apparently the brewery trips are excellent.

lotsa bushwalking opportunities. possibly best in the country. check out the middle of the state for that i think.

you could search for that elusive person dwelling down here with an IQ over 100 (im in a big cream building in the city )

the gorge in launceston is pretty nice.

thats about it, but im not into the travelling & looking at nature kinda things so im sure theres more.

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i remember going to the factory when i was quite young and the sickly sweet smell of warm chocolate in the air became overwhelming and i remember feeling quite sick

that is just a warning !

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make sure you trek through PKCs Mums Bush; it's the biggest tourist attraction Tasmania has to offer, it's quite busy this time of year though and you'll have to brave the many japanese tourists taking pictures of its rugged landscape

tasmania is the real life jurassic park - its like stepping back in time 65 million years

dunno if therez a david boon memorial go to that

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Last edited by Light The Fuse on Feb-14-2006 at 04:10

The Tahune Airwalk is good, on the way back you can stop at Huonville for a ride on some jetboats, and the Taste of the Huon is on 12-13 March

Definitely visit Salamanca, if you go clubbing @Syrup on Friday night and stumble out late enough on Saturday the weekly market will be in full swing

The oldest bridge and gaol are at Richmond, along with a some old churches, a maze and model town (also lots of the Coal River Valley vineyards

I could suggest plenty of other stuff, depends what you're into and how much travel you're willing to do

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Originally posted by Light The Fuse dunno if therez a david boon memorial go to that

Doesn't a memorial happen after you die??
Dunno bout Boonie but I think there's a David Foster musuem someplace

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Originally posted by tathi make sure you trek through PKCs Mums Bush; it's the biggest tourist attraction Tasmania has to offer, it's quite busy this time of year though and you'll have to brave the many japanese tourists taking pictures of its rugged landscape

lol. touche motherfvcker!

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There wasnt too much to see on the Boags Brewery tour, just a factory and you got like 3 small beers in the end.

Definately skip the Cadbury tour nothing interesting there and you get like 1 or 2 chocolates to taste.

If you can make it inland go up Cradle Mtn and/or to Lake St Clair
pretty spectacular places, Wineglass bay is pretty sweet aswell on the east coast.

sounds like you got pretty well ripped off raid, I've been to Cadbury's several times and usually come out of there swearing off chocolate for a week. If you do the tour they allow you into to the seconds shop too.

Don't drink beer so I can't comment on the brewery tour.

The Huon valley airwalk is pretty good, better than the other airwalk in the otways IMO.

And the big gorge in Launceston is good for a picnic or something.

Never been to the cascade brewery, but the Boags brewery was average, the whole town smells like hops.
Cadbury's was good for the shop at the end, thats' about it.
The Antartic Adventure Center (I think that's what its called) right next to the Salamanca market is alright for a couple of hours, some of the shops in that square are pretty good too.

Plenty of places to pick and eat stupid amounts of Raspberries, if that's your thing and the time of year is right, I could spend all day sitting in a berry field just eating, plus to take them home is dirt cheap by supermarket standards.

The mountain (forgotten what its called) is mildly interesting, its got a fancy toilet and a good view. The devilcat was sweet (when it was on time, which was rare), but they don't use that anymore, Bass straight was too rough for it. They make those at a production line on the derwent (sp), but I don't think they do tours, best place to see it from is a river cruise, which isn't bad anyway.

There's some town in the middle somewhere that has an awesome hedge maze, probably the one bec is refering too.

That's basically where my knowledge of Tasmania ends, last time I was down there the taste of Tasmania was on, which is really good. Lots of good food and wine to be had around the country side.

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Originally posted by bec sounds like you got pretty well ripped off raid, I've been to Cadbury's several times and usually come out of there swearing off chocolate for a week. If you do the tour they allow you into to the seconds shop too. Don't drink beer so I can't comment on the brewery tour.

damn we did get ripped off then, this was about 2 years ago, we figured we'd get at least a bit of chocolate but the couple of things we got to try were a major dissapointment, i do remember the 2nds shop but i thought that was opened to everyone

eitherway the natural highlights of tassie are much better then any factory tours

make sure you see that old rocking chair that rocks by itself at port arthur!

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