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Convicts made the bricks to make their own prison.

The notorious Australian site where cruelty was an art form

Visiting this Tasmanian World Heritage-listed site can be an eerie, unsettling experience.

  • Riley Wilson
The Douglas Mawson’s guests are the first cruise ship passengers to visit Three Hummock Island.

Our arrival on Australia’s untouched ‘most magnificent’ island is a game changer

The two caretakers on this Tasmanian island are only used to eight visitors at a time. So it’s a big day when 120 come calling at once.

  • Julie Miller
Hiding in plain sight – the George Hotel  Launceston.

Cool, upscale new hotel is hidden beyond a three-star classic

When the Uber pulls up, I wonder if I’m in the right place. But through the lobby of a three-star Tassie classic is a standout new property.

  • Natasha Bazika
Maria Island, and the isthmus that separates its two parts.

Hiking a wondrous, isolated Aussie island where dreams lived and died

Dark-eyed Diego Bernacchi is the doomed optimist consumed by a fantastical vision to transform this forsaken place of exile into an empire on the east coast of Tasmania.

  • Anabel Dean
Strahan Village overlooks the wild waterfront.

A cosy stay on Australia’s ‘edge of the world’

Epic views abound at this hotel on the edge of the country’s second-largest natural harbour.

  • Riley Wilson
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For adventure lovers … the Douglas Mawson.

New Australian ship is a perfect match for our wildest waters

The first cruise of Aurora Expeditions’ Douglas Mawson was meant to circumnavigate Tasmania, but wild weather led the expeditioners on a different, but just as eventful, route.

  • Julie Miller
Kata Tjuta.

Australia’s 100 all-time greatest destinations

Natural beauty, cultural hotspots, amazing food and wine: it’s not hard to find 100 amazing places in our own backyard. The tricky bit? Deciding what to leave out.

Sativa House Hotel Review.

You’ll be surprised how these new Tasmanian villas were created

Saving the planet isn’t always comfortable or practical, but Sativa House manages both.

  • Kate Allman
The Bay of Fires Lodge and its twin pavilions.

Off-grid masterpiece the ultimate base for a Tassie wilderness escape

There’s hiking, kayaking, eagles and a little luxury to be had on this long weekend on Tasmania’s Bay of Fires coast.

  • Jim Darby
Bicheno’s Gulch, with Governor Island to the right and the white buildings of Waubs Harbour Whisky to the left.

A tiny Tasmanian town has transformed from sleepy to buzzing

Once a sleepy seaside secret, this town is now buzzing with new creativity, driven by locals determined to bottle its essence.

  • Jim Darby