Cradle Country & The West
Unique and impressive, Pumphouse Point occupies a three-tier hydroelectric pump house built in 1940 atop Lake St Clair, accessed via a narrow pier, as…
Must-see hotels in Tasmania
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Tasmania
Self-contained accommodation doesn't get any better than this. Perched on a working farm on the picturesque slopes of broody Mt Arthur, these two well…
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The East Coast
Rolled across a green hillside 1.5km south of town, this park has plenty of family-centric amenities (games room with cinema, jumping pillow, playground)…
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Tasmania
Few hotels can match the setting of this classy country-house hotel, which offers 10 stylish rooms (opt for a downstairs deluxe suite) in a pastoral 1828…
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Hobart
Sweet home Alabama! This old art-deco boozer – once a grim, sticky-carpet lush magnet – has settled into a new life as a boutique budget hotel. None of…
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Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village
Cradle Country & The West
Cleverly camouflaged in the bush, the 45 cabins here are clean, comfortable and well equipped. All have TV with DVD player and the top-of-the-line cabins…
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Hobart
Old Macquarie Wharf No 1 is now MACq 01, a sassy waterfront hotel with 114 rooms that are all wood panelling, concrete and jaunty angles. The waterfront…
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Tasmania
Hadspen's unreservedly gorgeous 1844 Red Feather Inn offers French Provincial–style boutique accommodation, with rooms ranging from attic doubles to a…
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Launceston
Peppers is one of Launceston’s newest and most ambitious hotels. Filling the city's former silos (together forming Launceston's highest building), it's…
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Tasmania
Set in 8 hectares of landscaped bushland on the edge of Smithton, this impressive resort offers facilities including a sports bar with pool tables, bistro…
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The East Coast
Down a hawthorn-hedged driveway, 4km south of Swansea, these 21 stylish stone cabins fan out from an old farmhouse close to the sea and beside a lagoon…
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Tasmania
Occupying a handsome Federation-style house surrounded by apple and pear trees and a manicured garden, Jensens has a communal lounge with an open fire,…
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Cradle Country & The West
Built in 1898 for the general manager of the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co, this National Trust–owned mansion commands the loftiest position in town. All…
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Low Head Pilot Station Accommodation
Tasmania
Low Head’s historic pilot station precinct and lighthouse offer nine smartly refurbished, self-contained cottages sleeping between two and nine. The…
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Cradle Country & The West
Built by Frederick Ormiston (Strahan’s founder), this handsome red-brick mansion dating from 1899 now offers B&B accommodation in five well-sized, antique…
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Launceston
Launceston's best self-catering accommodation, super-stylish Two Four Two is wrapped around one of the cafes on the hip Charles St strip. Two double…
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Cradle Country & The West
Talk about a room with a view! Perched above the town centre, this pair of swish town houses has wrap-around walls of glass framing a jaw-dropping view…
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Hobart
Classy Islington is one of Hobart's finest hotels, but it might also be the city's second-best art gallery – those are indeed works by Hockney, Matisse,…
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Tasmania
Boutique hotel chic comes to Burnie at this centrally located property. Situated on the 1st floor of a city-centre heritage hotel, it subscribes to the…
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The East Coast
This brick-and-sandstone 1844 mansion was built by convicts, and was the centre of 'Great Swanport' before the action shifted a little further north…
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The Southeast
Atop a private peninsula, beyond some steely gates and a long wiggly driveway, this stately old farmhouse now exudes 21st-century luxury. Asian-chic…
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Hobart
Many Hobart hostels are cheap remodellings of old pubs, but Montacute – a renovated house in Battery Point – sets the bar a mile higher, with immaculate…
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Hobart
Super-swish HJs is feeling fresh after an 18-month refurb. Inside the restored waterfront Henry Jones IXL jam factory, with remnants of jam-making…
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Hobart
‘Vues’ from the best rooms at this tastefully restored 1906 mansion take in a broad sweep of the Derwent River, or kunanyi/Mt Wellington in the other…
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Hobart
With no signage, this tastefully renovated terrace house will make you feel as though you’re part of the neighbourhood. On a residential street tracing…
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Tasmania
Housed in a grand former bank building on the beachfront, this friendly and well-managed boutique hotel offers six well-sized rooms with comfortable beds…
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Tasmania
Built in 1899, the highly regarded Grand is just that – a well-located, large and extremely handsome mansion, offering five elegant antique-filled rooms,…
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The Southeast
This family-run guesthouse near the wharf is a rustic, verandah-encircled homestead, built in 1876 for the local sawmill boss. Rates include full cooked…
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Tasmania
Surely the best panoramas around Lake Barrington are to be had at Eagle’s Nest Retreat, comprised of three isolated and opulent holiday houses with wall…
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The East Coast
Tasmanian travel glamour lives here. This architectural, gastronomic and wallet-slimming marvel has 20 luxe suites, with the curvaceous main building…
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Launceston
The entire ground floor of this 1870s former doctor's surgery is given over to lovely Apartment Sixty Six, sleeping up to six in three bedrooms. Interiors…
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The East Coast
Painted cream and navy, this mid-century beach shack has been reborn as a contemporary holiday house, with three bedrooms, an open fire and a little deck…
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Tasmania
There are four upstairs guest rooms in this handsome, renovated 1885 mansion, all with period-style furniture, comfortable beds and modern bathroom with…
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Tasmania
Keep cute company at this property built to carry Tasmania’s first telephone link to the mainland. Little penguins come ashore within walking distance and…
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Tasmania
This must be one of the prettiest and friendliest caravan parks in Australia. Located right by the beach, its grounds are meticulously manicured and…
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The Southeast
Any more waterfront and this lovely shack would be a houseboat. Almost the last in a long row of quirky little beach shacks, it's a cream-coloured…
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The East Coast
What a beauty! Like something out of a James Bond movie – all glass and steel and endless ocean views – this is possibly the most luxurious beach house in…
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Tasmania
What’s been done within the bluestone walls of this 1840s warehouse near the port is quite incredible. The ultra-hip boutique offering has two suites and…
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The Southeast
Two amazing handmade straw-bale-and-stone studios, complete with composting toilets, recycled timbers, spa baths, lofty ceilings and brilliant D…
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The East Coast
Excellent free camping at the southern end of Wineglass Bay (keep it hush-hush, or everyone will be here). It's a long trudge along the beach sand,…
