Tasmania 2010

Our options are to fly and hire a car, or, use our car and take the ferry over to Tasmania.

If we fly and hire a car, we are then also locked into staying in motel style accommodation. Whereas, if we take our own car, we can also take our camper trailer. This will provide some options as we are travelling with elderly parents.

At most caravan parks the cost of a powered site is the same as paying for an extra two adults in a park cabin. The problem with park cabins is that most have a double bed and 2 sets of double bunks. Having the option to sleep in our camper trailer will give us a more comfortable sleep.

Taking all the above into account, we've decided to take the ferry.

As at 24 May 2010 the cost to travel on the Spirit of Tasmania would be $699 each way ($1,398 Return).

Having had a family conference where a number of holiday destinations were discussed it was finally decided that we would holiday in Tasmania. We plan to be in Tasmania during October 2010.

We will be on the Apple Isle for around ten days. Over the following weeks we will be develop our itinerary and fine tune it.

Getting to and from the island we will be travelling on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.

We intend taking our 4WD and camper trailer on to the island.