Tassie holiday - need your input

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First Name
Bruce
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2000 Galant; metallic dark blue; manual; Recaros; Momo steering wheel; and sunroof!
I'm planning on spending a couple of weeks holidaying in Tasmania. Will arrive in early March next year.

I'll probably hire something like a Mazda MX-5 to go through what I hear are some fantastic driving roads.

Can some Tassie locals comment on my planned itinerary below - additions, deletions, anything I should see in particular etc?


Day 1: Leave Sydney and arrive in Hobart. Overnight stay in Hobart.

Day 2: Visit Salamanca markets. Visit Tahune Forest Air walk. Overnight stay in Hobart.

Day 3: Leave Hobart for Strahan (4 hour drive). Overnight stay in Strahan.

Day 4: See penguins on Bonnet Island. Trek to Wild Rivers Nartional Park. Overnight stay in Strahan.

Day 5: Take West Coast Wilderness Railway journey between Strahan & Queenstown. Leave Strahan for Cradle Mountain (2 hour drive). Overnight stay in Cradle Mountain.

Day 6: Trek to Dove Lake. Overnight stay in Cradle Mountain.

Day 7: Leave Cradle Mountain for stop over in Penguin (1.5 hour drive), then to Launceston (1.5 hour drive). Overnight stay in Launceston.

Day 8: Visit Cataract Gorge. Overnight stay in Launceston.

Day 9: Leave Launceston for Freycinet (2.5 hour drive). Visit Wine Glass Bay. Overnight stay in Freycinet.

Day 10: Visit Douglas Apsley National Park - swimming hole in the forest about ten minutes walk from the carpark at the southern end of Apsley Gorge in Douglas Apsley National Park. Overnight stay in Freycinet.

Day 11: Leave Freycinet for Hobart (2.5 hour drive). Visit Bruny Island or Huon Valley. Overnight stay in Hobart.

Day 12: Leave Hobart for Sydney.
 
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