Tasmania Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Tasmania? Check out our Tasmania Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Tasmania.
Top Places to visit in Tasmania:
Three Capes Track, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Yarns Artwork in Silk, Cradle Mountain, Marion's Lookout Walk, Maria Island National Park, Gunns Plains Caves, Dove Lake Circuit, Freycinet National Park, Mount Amos Climb, Mount Wellington, Mawson's Hut Replica Museum, Cataract Gorge Reserve, Bay of Fires Conservation Area, Wings Wildlife Park
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Best of Tasmania, Australia.!
Come with me on my fourth official trip to the beautiful Island state of Tasmania. Day 1 - Tahune Airwalk/ Mount Wellington Day 2- Brickendon Estate Day 3- Hobart Cruise Day 4- Gunns Plains Cave Day 5- Strahan/ Sarah Island Day 6- Stanley / Dip Falls.
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Gunns Plains
A tour through the beautiful valley of Gunns Plains Tasmania with Cradle Coast Tours.
Tasmania Devil Feeding Time @ Wings Wildlife Park
Our visit to Wings Wildlife Park in Gunns Plains, TAS included a Tasmanian Devil feeding demonstration. Special thanks to all of the animal handlers for their presentations and for taking care of all the critters there. For more info on this wildlife park, visit:
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) got its name from early European settlers who upon hearing mysterious unearthly screams, coughs and growls from the bush decided to investigate further. Finding the dog-like animal with red ears, wide jaws and big sharp teeth led them to call it The Devil.
However the famous gape or yawn of the Tasmanian devil that looks so threatening, can be misleading. This display is performed more from fear and uncertainty than from aggression. Although they do have an impressive and frighting screech!
Aboriginal people also had several names for them, one of which is “purinina”.
Description
The world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, the devil has a thick-set, squat build, with a relatively large, broad head and short, thick tail. The fur is mostly or wholly black, but white markings often occur on the rump and chest. Body size also varies greatly, depending on the diet and habitat. Adult males are usually larger than adult females. Large males weigh up to 12 kg, and stand about 30 cm high at the shoulder. In the wild Tasmanian devils live up to six years.
History
Devils once occurred on mainland Australia, with fossils having been found widely. But it is believed the devil became extinct on the mainland some 3,000 years ago - before European settlement. Devils probably became extinct there due to increasing aridity and the spread of the dingo, which was prevented by Bass Strait from entering Tasmania.
Today the devil is a Tasmanian icon but this hasn't always been the case. Tasmanian devils were considered a nuisance by early European settlers of Hobart Town, who complained of raids on poultry yards. In 1830 the Van Diemen's Land Co. introduced a bounty scheme to remove devils, as well as Tasmanian tigers and wild dogs, from their northwest properties: 2/6 (25 cents) for male devils and 3/6 (35 cents) for females.
For more than a century, devils were trapped and poisoned. They became very rare, seemingly headed for extinction. But the population gradually increased after they were protected by law in June 1941.During 1996 it became evident that Tasmanian devils were again under threat – this time from the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD).
Distribution
Anecdotal evidence suggests that devil numbers were quite variable over the past century, but were at historic highs about 10 years ago. They were particularly common in forest, woodland and agricultural areas of northern, eastern and central Tasmania.
These numbers have dropped since the 1996 identification of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) - a fatal condition in Tasmanian devils, characterised by cancers around the mouth and head.
There has been a 64 per cent decline in spotlighting sightings since the disease emerged. In the north-east of the State, where signs of the Tasmanian devil disease were first reported, there has been a 95 per cent decline (approximately) of average spotlighting sightings from 1993-95 to 2002-05.
Habitat
Despite the decline in numbers since the early 1990s, populations of Tasmanian devils remain widespread in Tasmania from the coast to the mountains. They live in coastal heath, open dry sclerophyll forest, and mixed sclerophyll-rainforest – Devils also take advantage of the interface between native habitat and agricultural paddocks, where their favourite prey species are often found.
Diet
The Tasmanian devil is mainly a scavenger and a hunter feeding on whatever is available. Powerful jaws and teeth enable it to completely devour its prey - bones, fur and all. Native animals such as wallabies, possums and wombats are favourites and various small mammals and birds, are eaten - either as carrion or prey.
Reptiles, amphibians, insects and even sea squirts have been found in the stomachs of wild devils. Carcasses of sheep and cattle provide food in farming areas. Tasmanian devils maintain bush and farm hygiene by cleaning up carcasses. This can help reduce the risk of blowfly strike to sheep by removing food for maggots.
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Discover Tasmania!
Video 1: The island of Tasmania, long renowned for its unique geology, pristine landscapes, and delicious food and wine, is also home to five newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Join the AIA at San Francisco's City Club January 25, 2011, to explore Tasmania's many layers of history and to experience its cultural and culinary wonders. More info:
Review Capricorn Caves Australia
The Capricorn Caves are located North of Rockhampton in Australia. Top Tips Before You Go! Here you can explore spectacular caves set in a limestone ridge and even spot fig tree roots and bats. The sounds in the Cathedral Cave are astonishing!
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Naracoorta Caves National Park, Limestone Coast
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2016 Tasmania Nature world
Visit to rescue center for Australian animals in Bicheno, Tasmania.
4 days road trip across Tasmania
Day 1 -we hiked towards Cape Huay trek which was 4 hours return trip at Tasman National Park from Fortescue bay camping ground and explore around remarkable cave and Tesselated pavement on our way back to Hobart.
Day 2 -we drive almost 5 hours to reach at Cradle mountain. the weather was not in our favour as it was rainy and windy, so we waited an hour for the rain to ease. As the rain stop (periodically), we rushed to hike a short route to see dove lake and lake Lilla without taking a camera because the rain was likely to start again and didn't want to soak my camera from rain. the weather began to calm down we hiked another short circuit for half an hour where we were lucky to encounter several wombats feeding on the grassland (we saw around 7 or 8 wombats, not just one ). sunset was not dramatic so we headed back to the AirBnB to call it a day. There was no phone network and wi-fi on the place (Beulah) where we stayed but the home was pretty nice and in remote area full of horse farms around it. The house owner was so nice and friendly, she even gave us Christmas gift which was so kind of her.
Day 3- was time to visit east coast of Tasmania.Our first stop was at wineglass bay lookout. We hiked 4 and half hour return to Mount Amos which was not the easy hike. The view of wineglass bay and hazards beach was very spectacular from the summit of Mount Amos. The water in wineglass bay is so clean and the turquoise colour of it will take every visitor's breath away.After that, we hiked to the shorelines of wineglass bay (further 30 min. walk) and then quick stop over to Sleepy bay, Cape Tourville which is on the same Freycinet national park. we stopped over to Coles bay for sunset photoshoot and then headed around Bicheno for a stay.
Day 4- The main reason to stay at bicheno was for the sunrise photoshoot but unfortunately the morning was mostly cloudy. I woke up at 4:30 to prepare for sunrise shoot but as soon as I saw grey clouds I went back to bed haha. After having a breakfast at 6:30 we went to Bicheno blowhole and did few photoshoot and made our way back to Hobart. We reached Hobart around afternoon and realised we have several hours of free time so we planned our visit towards South of Hobart and went to do some hiking on Hartz mountains. The bushes were full of colourful flowers and looks like we were walking on some sort of garden.It was a perfect road trip + hiking. Absolutely worth it and memorable trip of my life.
The Edge Of The World Tasmania Australia GOPR1338
after 13 months travel I finally reached The The Edge Of The World
lovely & windy place though
North West Tasmania, Australia GOPR1338
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