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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Tasmania (Lutruwita)

Australia's island state — Gondwanan wilderness, Cradle Mountain, MONA, Port Arthur and the Tasmanian devil.

42.000° S146.600° E
site access marine
Hobart Airport (HBA); Launceston (LST)
Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)
Port Arthur Historic Site
Formation
Dolerite-capped continental fragment of Gondwana; glacial Central Plateau lakes.
Population
575,800
Water
South Pacific Ocean
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Tasmania (Lutruwita).

Fly to Hobart (HBA) or Launceston (LST); Spirit of Tasmania vehicle/passenger ferry Geelong–Devonport.

  1. 01
    Hobart Airport (HBA); Launceston (LST)

    Nearest recorded air access

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  2. 02
    Water crossing

    Spirit of Tasmania ferries Geelong–Devonport (day/night sailings).

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  3. 03
    Entry check

    Australia visa/eVisitor/ETA as applicable; no internal permits for general travel.

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Australia's only island state (68,401 km² incl. offshore islands), 240 km south of Victoria across Bass Strait. Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (~20% of the state), MONA, Salamanca, Port Arthur, Cradle Mountain, Wineglass Bay; ~576,000 residents.

Aboriginal home for tens of millennia; Tasman 1642, Cook 1777; British penal settlement at Risdon Cove 1803; Port Arthur convict era; responsible government 1856; Federation 1901; hydro-industrialisation and green politics since.

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Coordinates
42.00° S · 146.60° E
Sovereignty
Australia · part of country
Nearest mainland
Victoria, Australia across Bass Strait (~240 km)
Best recorded window
December–February (warmest); autumn colours April–May; snow on highlands June–August.
Permits / entry
Australia visa/eVisitor/ETA as applicable; no internal permits for general travel.
Languages
English

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