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TRAVEL TIPS

MELBOURNE WHEN TO GO VISAS & PASSPORTS
Depending on what you want to do in Tasmania, A passport valid for 6 months beyond the intended
Cape
Wickham there’s always a good time to go! This small island stay is required. A visa is not required for New
boasts a multitude of microclimates including Zealand passport holders. Travel advice is available
King HOBART rainforest, mountain and maritime. Depending on from the New Zealand Government Ministry of
Island Flinders
Furneaux Group
Island where you visit, on any given day, you may need Foreign Affairs and Trade at safetravel.govt.nz.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT more than one outfit to suit the weather!
REGIONAL AIRPORT
Currie  Spring and summer are a great time to visit when TIME
Whitemark Lackrana ATTRACTION the weather is milder and more conducive to Tasmania is 2 hours behind New Zealand Standard
SPIRIT OF TASMANIA Time (NZST). Daylight Saving Time is observed from

Grassy Strzelecki Lady Barron outdoor activities like hiking. Tasmanian summers
National Park ROADS have been known to exceed 30 degrees, so the first Sunday of October until the first Sunday of
watersports like surfing and kayaking are popular April when their clocks are turned forward by 1 hour.
during this time, especially along the east coast.
BASS STRAIT Cape Barren Island CURRENCY
Three
Hummock Autumn is a stunning season, when the trees Australian Dollar (AUD).
Island begin to change colour and the falling leaves
Hunter Clarke
Island Island make colourful carpets. Hiking is particularly ELECTRICITY
popular at this time of year, especially in Cradle
Cape Grim 240V 50Hz. No adapter required.
Robbins Mountain and Freycinet National Parks. Crowds
Island Swan
Cape Portland Island tend to dwindle at this time of year and the lower
Stanley temperatures during the day make for pleasant SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 2021/22
Smithton
Rocky Cape outdoor activities.
National Park Mt William Tasmania
National Park 2 – 20 Apr, 3 – 18 Jul, 25 Sep – 10 Oct,
West Boat Table Cape Winter turns parts of the island into a snowy
Point Wynyard Gladstone 17 Dec 21 – 8 Feb 22
Harbour Eddystone Point wonderland and surprisingly, this is a great time
Arthur Burnie Hawley Beach Kelso Bridport Ansons Bay for festivals and events like Dark Mofo or for curling
River Ulverstone National Park George Town Bay of up by the fire with a glass of local whisky. Best of New Zealand
Narawntapu
Devonport Scottsdale Fires all, with the exception of the West Coast and the 17 Apr – 2 May, 10 – 25 Jul, 2 – 17 Oct,
Port Sorell highlands, rainfall in Tasmania is low year round,

Latrobe Beaconsfield Lilydale Binalong Bay so umbrellas and raincoats are not always needed. 18 Dec 21 – 30 Jan 22
Savage River Rosevears
National Park Sheffield Grindelwald St Helens
Nietta
Sandy Cape Lake Barrington Roland Elizabeth Bridgenorth Launceston  TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL
Town
Moina Gowrie Park Hagley Scamander Hobart J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ben Lomond
Deloraine Evandale National Park Four Mile Creek
Cradle Mole Creek Karst Longford St Marys Ironhouse Point Temperature (max ºC) 23 23 19 17 14 12 11 13 14 16 18 21
Valley National Park Golden Average rainfall (mm) 40 30 50 30 30 40 40 50 40 40 40 50
Lake Fingal
Mackintosh Cradle Valley Cressy Douglas Chain of Launceston J F M A M J J A S O N D
Tullah Mountain Lake Apsley Lagoons Temperature (max ºC) 25 25 23 19 16 13 13 14 16 18 20 23
Lake
Pieman Rowallan Avoca National Average rainfall (mm) 46 30 39 51 65 69 78 86 66 50 53 47
Rosebery TASMANIA Park
Cradle Mountain Cradle Mountain J F M A M J J A S O N D
- Lake St Clair Walls of Bicheno
Zeehan National Park Jerusalem Great Temperature (max ºC) 16 17 14 10 8 5 4 5 8 10 13 15
National Park Lake Campbell Town Freycinet
Arthurs Average rainfall (mm) 149 121 149 204 275 270 315 301 270 252 205 181
Miena Lake Lake Ross Cranbrook National Stanley J F M A M J J A S O N D
Park
Queenstown Lake St Clair Bronte Sorell Temperature (max ºC) 20 20 19 17 14 12 12 13 14 15 17 19
Park Swansea Coles Bay
Great
Strahan Lake Derwent Lake Oyster Wineglass Bay Average rainfall (mm) 42 47 50 76 92 105 117 103 86 86 65 62
Echo
Cape Sorell Burbury Lake Bridge Bradys Lake Tunbridge Tooms Bay Freycinet Strahan J F M A M J J A S O N D
Frenchmans Cap King William Lake Crescent Lake Peninsula Temperature (max ºC) 21 21 20 17 15 13 12 13 14 16 18 19
Franklin - Gordon Tarraleah Oatlands Schouten Average rainfall (mm) 104 66 105 150 155 167 180 189 160 140 115 120
Island
Wild Rivers Swansea J F M A M J J A S O N D
Bothwell
National Park Melton Mowbray Tunnack Temperature (max ºC) 22 22 21 19 16 14 13 14 16 18 19 20
Macquarie Harbour
Prince of Wales Range Mount Field Kempton Colebrook Orford Spring Darlington
Average rainfall (mm)
43
40
57
60
54
48
52
46
51
50
51
50
Ouse
Triabunna
Hamilton
Maria Island
National
Wielangta
National Park
Campania
Maria
Lake Gordon Park Gretna Brighton Richmond State Forest Beach Island
Bridgewater Tea
Strathgordon Maydena Tree Sorell
Glenorchy Cambridge
Southern  Hobart • Dunalley TASMAN SEA
Lake Pedder Mt Anne Forests Grove Kingston Lauderdale
Low Rocky Ranelagh White Eaglehawk Neck
Point Tasmanian Wilderness Huonville Howden
World Heritage Area Dennes Pt Beach Fortescue
Bay
Southwest Port Huon Cygnet Kettering Port Arthur Tasman
National Park Historic Site National Park
Hartz Mtns Cape Pillar
Bruny
Federation Peak National Park Island Cape Raoul
Dover Alonnah
Port D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Davey Adventure Bay
Southport Lunawanna
Cloudy South Bruny
Bay National Park
Cockle Creek
South West Cape
Maatsuyker
Group South East Cape
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