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Tasmanian Day Trips: Peninsula, Wine, and Parks Within 2 Hours
From the Tasman Peninsula to the Huon Valley, the Coal River wine region, and Mount Field National Park, here are Hobart's finest day trips.
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Hobart's compact geography means that some of Tasmania's most extraordinary natural landscapes are within 30-90 minutes of the city centre, with the Tasman Peninsula (Port Arthur, Cape Pillar, Cape Hauy), the Huon Valley apple and wine country, the Coal River Valley wine region (Richmond, Campania), and Mount Field National Park all accessible as exceptional day trips. Tasmania's natural beauty and the relatively small distances involved make Hobart one of Australia's finest day-trip cities.
Tasman Peninsula and Port Arthur (90 minutes south-east), the Tasman Peninsula provides Hobart's most historically significant and scenically dramatic day trip, with the Port Arthur Historic Site (a convict penal colony UNESCO World Heritage Area), the Tasman National Park coastal cliffs (Cape Hauy and Cape Pillar are among the world's most dramatic sea cliff formations), the Tessellated Pavement, and the Remarkable Cave providing a full-day program of colonial history and extraordinary natural scenery. The Three Capes Track (4-day guided walk) begins on the Tasman Peninsula.
Huon Valley and the far south (60-90 minutes south), the Huon Valley apple and cherry country provides Hobart's finest agricultural day trip, with the Huon Valley Apple and Heritage Museum (Grove), the Willie Smith's Apple Shed cidery and restaurant (Grove), the Tahune AirWalk rainforest canopy walk (Geeveston), and the heritage port town of Franklin providing an excellent combination of food, history, and forest in the Huon pine landscape.
Coal River Valley wine region and Richmond (30-45 minutes north-east), the Richmond heritage village (the Richmond Bridge, built 1823, is Australia's oldest intact bridge) and the Coal River Valley wine region (Pooley Wines, Frogmore Creek, Puddleduck Vineyard) provide Hobart's closest and most accessible wine day trip, combining colonial heritage with cool-climate pinot noir and riesling of world-class standard.
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