Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Tasmania (Lutruwita)
Australia's island state — Gondwanan wilderness, Cradle Mountain, MONA, Port Arthur and the Tasmanian devil.
- 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.
- 01Hobart Airport (HBA); Launceston (LST)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Spirit of Tasmania ferries Geelong–Devonport (day/night sailings).
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry 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.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- 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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