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Tasmania Travel Notes
February 11-27, 2025
About the Trip
Visas: We used Australia's Online Visa System
Travel Arrangements: We made most of the trip's arrangements ourselves online. (Google Flights, Airline websites, Booking.com, Agoda, Klook, Trip Advisor, etc).
Attached is a PDF of our overall plan.
DIY Travel:
Tasmania was easy to travel in. We used a car booking site
(not the big name car rental companies) to book a small car for the trip.
Then (mostly) Booking.com to book our overnights, starting and ending with a
hostel in Hobart.
Best Time to Go to Tasmania: Their summer is northern winter, so anytime from about Oct-March. We did not want to go over Christmas, as we assumed that would be high season, and everything booked up.
Time Zone: Tasmania is on Australian Eastern Daylight time +11 UTC.
Money: All Australian dollars (AUD). ATMs in airports and every town. Credit cards accepted everywhere. The USD is worth about 1.25 AUD.
Cell Sims & Internet: We got our sims on layover in Melbourne Airport.
Booking Hotels: We mostly used Booking.com, unless someone gave us the name of a recommended hotel, and then we would search for a direct booking site online. (ie, the hotel's own website). The booking sites take around 15% of the booking price, and control your interaction with the hotel (ie, you must communicate thru the app, not directly). This control issue can get problematic, and a direct booking gives more of your $$ to the actual hotel owner vs the advertising site.