Can anyone offer advice on going to Tasmania?

July 12, 2004 8:23 PM

I want to head to Tasmania. Anyone been there?[momo]

Granted i'm not going there any time soon, i'd just like to visit, and most likely live there at some point. It's supposed to be pretty nice, so i'm wondering if anyones been there.

posted by bob sarabia to travel & transportation (4 comments total)

Cold. Wet. Beautiful. Cheap.
posted by dg at 12:55 AM on July 13, 2004

that's all i needed to know, tg! sounds like my perfect paradise. i like places that are: really cold, cheap, underrated, especially cold. i like cold, 24/7
posted by bob sarabia at 1:51 AM on July 13, 2004

Yeah, I've been there. Arrived in 1968,* stayed for two and a half weeks, no, years, no, decades. Been back a few, okay, several, okay, dozens of times. What do you want to know?

*Also, coincidentally, the first time I visited Earth.
posted by rory at 3:03 AM on July 13, 2004

By the way, if you want cold, go between June and August. Outside the winter months it's not particularly cold. In summer it's as hot as most of Australia's south-east; goes over 30°C often, and sometimes hits the high 30s. dg is from Queensland, so he probably reckons anything under 30 is cold! :)
posted by rory at 10:07 AM on July 14, 2004