11.4.3 Places of interest in Tasmania
Description
This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.
11.4.3 Places of interest in Tasmania
[JL] Things I would look at:
The Gorge in Launceston
Hellyer Gorge on the West Coast
Ocean Beach at Strahan
day walks at Lake St Clair (overnight if you're set up)
SW rainforest (might be difficult - check out adventure tours out of Hobart)
scuba diving at Bicheno
fishing on the East Coast
Tas Redline Coaches, who have some sort of Tassie Pass for out of
state travellers (008 006 006). However [MP] Just be careful to
investigate the Red Line Tassie Pass a little more carefully. I spent
several weeks in Tassie and loved it with one exception: actually
getting around. The Pass doesn't even go to certain parts of the
island and when it does it's usually once a day, every other day, and
things like that. It's possible to rent a VW bug for A$25 per day or
something which really works well if there are two or three of you.
Four, five or six might be pushing it a little. Simply drawing out
your itinerary beforehand and then pricing it on individual tickets
actually competes with the Pass within a few dollars believe it or
not!
[CP]
Location
Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia
Description
Bicheno is a small fishing community located on the East Coast
of Tasmania. The dive shop and other locals are trying to
get the bay declared an Under Water Park. They ask that you
please not take any shells or game. You will appreciate why
they want to keep it the way it is. You can buy fish, crab,
lobster, at the local fish market fresh from the fishing boats
at a more-than-reasonable price. A camp ground is located
close to the dive shop or you can stay at the dive shop itself, or
you can stay at one of two hotels in town.
Service
Bicheno Dive Centre
4 Tasman Highway
Bicheno, Tasmania 7215, Australia
Phone: International+ (003) 75-1138
Rental Equipment is in very good condition.
Charter Boats
Bicheno Dive Centre
General Information
Site Rating:
Excellent, Very Unspoiled
Best Time of Year to Dive:
Best visibility is in winter-spring (July-November).
Summer is not really bad but you may get plankton bloom
and more people show up.
Water Temperature:
Average 50 F, Use 1/4 inch or 7mm wetsuits
Types of Diving:
Boat, Shore, Cave, Night, Deep and Shallow
Remarks
My wife and I really enjoyed Bicheno. The dive centre is run by
an Ex-Abalone diver who says he has dove every inch of Tassie.
You can really appreciate how professional and smooth the diving
is set up, you really feel safe diving with them. We stayed at
the dive centre in our own private cabin. We would leave our door
step, suited up, get on the boat dive for 30-40 minutes and be back
taking a warm shower in about an hour. We would usually do about
2-3 dives per day. The night dives were really incredible,
Sea Horses with 8-12 inch body length, Octopus.
For most of the 10 days we were the only people on the boat.
We thought it was a lot like Monterey, CA use to be like (about
150 years ago).
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