Hobart Self-Drive

Richmond: Explore country Hobart - Coal River Wine Region via Berridale (Moorilla Winery, and must do - Museum of Old and New Art, (MONA)), Granton, Bridgewater (causeway, vertical lift bridge over the River Derwent), Brighton, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary ( hands on zoo - Tasmanian Devils, wombats, birds, quolls, koalas and wandering kangaroos for you to feed), Bagdad, (Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary), Day Dawn (historic 1916 home built for son of Chauncy family who was away at WWI open 1st Sunday of each Month), Campania (Campania Hills Vineyard, pretty country farms on rolling hills), Richmond (finest Georgian Village in Australia), Richmond Gaol (Australia's oldest gaol - stand in a cell where fence Ikey Solomon stayed then became Charles Dickens' inspiration for the infamous Fagin), Catholic Church - St John’s (picturesque building and pretty graveyard) famous Richmond Bridge (elegant convict built bridge over the Coal River, picnic besides the river with ducks as guests),original churches, courthouse, country pubs, elegant cafes with super-duper fresh foods, restaurants, wineries, Coal River Valley Wineries (welcoming cellar doors - 572, Richmond Rd, Clemens Hill, Charles Reuben Estate, Craigow, Coal Valley Vineyard, Ese Vineyards, Kraanwood, Meadowbank, Morningside, Milford Vineyard, Pooley Wines, Palmara Vineyard, Stoney Domain A, Woodlands Wines and Tolpuddle) .

Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula: Follow the Tasman Highway, hugging the Queens Domain (Hobart Botanical Gardens), cross the River Derwent, high above, on the grand Tasman Bridge (some 60 m tall, 1.359km long, 5 lanes), Montagu Bay, Cambridge, Pittwater Bluff, Midway Point, (tidal wetlands, birdlife), Orielton Lagoon (migratory wading birds), Sorell (early, historic town, important grain processing point in colonial times, historic early/mid 18th century buildings, the Old Post Office, Bluebell Inn, the Old Rectory, the Sorell Barracks and St George’s Anglican Church, Sunday Markets, cafes, restaurants, fresh fish cafes), rolling verdant hills and fertile farmlands, orchards and wineries, Sorell Fruit Farm (PYO and Devonshire tea), Copping, Dunalley ( fishing village on isthmus, craft and gallery, Denison Canal), Copping Colonial and Convict Exhibition Museum ( convict antiques and memorabilia,19th century car - made in Australia), Murdunna, Eaglehawk Neck (fierce dogs guarded the narrow point - the only escape route via the isthmus to prevent convicts from Port Arthur from escaping) country pub overlooking the bay, excellent photo shoots, afforested bay, walk paths), surfing, diving and dive sites, massive kelp forest, seal colony), walk to the Tessellated Pavement (unusual natural occurrence of rocks fractured over the eons to look like well placed floor tiles), Pirates Bay Lookout, Tarana, Federation Chocolate (factory with free tastings) Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park (Tassie Devils quolls, wallabies, eagles, wombats and owls in animal rescue centre, Tassie Devil feeding), Port Arthur (small, friendly bayside village) Port Arthur Historic Site (beautiful site of historic colonial penal colony for recidivist deportees from Britain, some 30 buildings on 40 ha of rolling green hills and dales, avenues of ancient oak and other trees, magnificent colonial gardens, spiralled church, sandstone factories on an elegant bay, walkways, excellent interactive museum - who will you be? - guided tours with knowledgeable guides and cruises, cafes, shops, excellent picnic grounds), Port Arthur Memorial Garden (honouring the victims (35 dead) in the 1996 Port Arthur atrocity), Nubeena, Premaydena, Koonya (excellent ocean views, winding mountain roads).