Tasman Peninsula
The Tasman Penisula is one of Tasmania's most beautiful places; it's rich in history with its world heritage listed convict sites, remnant coal mines and local tales. Its a destination showcasing an array of spectacular scenery from breathtaking coastlines, bursting blowholes, waterfalls and deep-sea caves to dense forests and bushland inhabited with amazing wildlife such as the little brushtail possum, wombats, wallabies, bandicoots, and not to mention the endangered wedge-tailed eagles!
And suppose that doesn't have your GPS headed there, you may be curious to know that this sought after holiday destination with its soaring cliff heights of 300 metres making a deathly frightening drop into its freezing waters and its thin isthmus just 30 metres wide once guarded by dogs was where the famous port Arthur prison once functioned as it created an ubiquitous escape to its prisoners. According to locals, many ghosts are still stuck there lurking the grounds and like to do the occasional haunting! So if a scary evening is something you desire look no further then wandering the grounds after the sun goes down with a Port Author ghost tour! If you want to be delighted by day, then take a breathtaking cruise that allows you to admire the Penisula from the water and be enriched with marine life such as seals, penguins, dolphins, migrating whales! Or perhaps you would like to see it from the sky's above on a helicopter flight over the Three Capes Track? There are numerous Walking tracks to set out on an adventure whether you are after a strenuous adventure or a short family-friendly bushwalk.
