Tassie is cool, but really cold! Back in September, I went to Tasmania with my friends for a week. It was a life-changing trip, as there so many bucket list checked. If you wanna know more what I did and places I went, keep on reading!

DAY ONE
We arrived on a Saturday morning, and right after we put down our stuff in the hostel, we went to check out Salamaca Market, which is walking distance from the city. This market is really well-known, one of the biggest market in Australia. There are food, art crafts, bakery, skin care products...we spent almost 2 hours walking around the market. Even it was raining and cold, there're still a lot of people. The market only opens on Saturday, so if you wanna visit the market, make sure you plan a Saturday in Hobart.
Salamanca Market
Every Saturday (0830-1500)
Address: Salamanca Pl, Hobart TAS 7001
Website: https://www.salamancamarket.com.au/Home

DAY TWO
We slept pretty early on the first night because today we need to catch the tour at 7:30am. After a 2 hours drive towards the west coast, we arrive Mount Field and Fanklin-Gordan Wild River National Park to hike around and see the waterfalls.
DAY THREE
We continue our journey in the west coast in Strahan. We hop-on to a cruise which bring us around Gordon River and Sarah Island. Sarah Island was a former British penal settlement, that isolate convict and avoid them to escape. The whole cruise tour is around 5 hours, include lunch and island guide. After that, our tour guide brought us to a random beach near Strahan. It was so amazing to see tons of bubble on the beach (even though it's toxic).
At that night, we went out at 8pm to see the stars. We are so lucky and able to see the milky way and tons of stars, just on the street.
DAY FOUR
Today is the highlight of the trip - Cradle Mountain! We spent 3+ hours to walk around Dove Lake. The weather wasn't that clear and good at the beginning, but we finally able to see the whole snow mountain at the end. I think the weather was perfect for hiking, not too sunny, little bit of rain, and still able to see some snow on the ground! And really vibrant rainbow when the rain drizzle.
DAY FIVE
We stopped in Launceston the night before, and this morning we visited Cataract Gorge. It is a popular hike place because it really close to the city. The scenery was amazing and we can even see peacock walking around.
Then we drove towards east, to visit Bay of Fires and have lunch over there. The rock there are bright orange, and the people thought it's on fire, that's why it's called Bay of Fires.
We then went to see Tassie animals in East Coast Natureworld. We got to see Tassie Devils, Wombat, birds and of course, kangaroo.
At night, we decided to catch the aurora, since the index was quite high. We went to a cliff, facing the south, which was able to see a bit of aurora. The camera did catch the greenish light behind the mountain. It wasn't perfect, but it's so cool to able to see aurora in person!
DAY SIX
Last day in the east coast, we visited Wineglass Bay. There're two route - beginner and challenging, most of the guys took the hard way and the girls walked the easy one. It was about a 45 minutes walk to the lookout. If you took the challenging one, will take 3 hours to return, but you'll get a better view. Since we finish much earlier than the others, we also visit Honeymoon Bay, which is a really cute curved bay. We then had lunch there, and met up the others to head back to Hobart.
DAY SEVEN
The last full day in Tassie is a trip to Port Arthur. Port Arthur is a former penal settlement, and is now a open historical museum. The whole area felt like Europe. I can't imagine it was a prison in the past...The ticket includes a 20 minutes boat ride and free guide. I recommend not to follow the guide, just walk around by yourself is much time-saving and fun.
The last night we had dinner in Hobart city. This dessert place was crowded and look really nice!
Honey Badger Dessert Cafe
Address: 7 Salamanca Pl, Hobart
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hbdessertcafe

The next day we had a early flight back to Brisbane and that wraps up our Tassie trip. It was definitely a life-changing trip! Tasmania is really gorgeous, definitely wanna return to visit places that I missed out this time. If you don't drive, highly recommend to join a local tour, 5-6 days tour that bring you around the island. Flexibility is much lower, but at least someone drive for you and plan for you, if you're too lazy to plan and book everything haha.

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cherry xoxo