CARAVAN TASMANIA! | Everything You Need To Know About Getting To Tasmania | Episode 77
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2023
- Taking your car or caravan to Tasmania can be an exciting but nerve-wracking experience. Join us as we take you along for the journey and give you all our tips to make your adventure as smooth as possible.
We cover everything from where to stay the night before you board, when to travel, booking tips, what to take on board and what to expect. This is your one-stop guide to your Tasmania holiday.
We've included some resources below to help you plan your journey to Tasmania. Whether you're travelling with a caravan or your car, we've covered you.
Wikicamps Sites We Recommend:
Bunjil's Lookout (great free camp for the night before you sail or after you arrive in Geelong)
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Forth Recreation Area (great donation camp for the night before you sail or after you arrive in Devonport)
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What you need to know before you board the Spirit of Tasmania:
Booking Information: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/s...
Pre-sailing Checklist: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/s...
FAQ's: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/c...
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Welcome to Tasmania and hope yous have an amazing time while you are here
Cheers!
Thanks your video. Tassie is spectacular, we got back from the east coast couple of weeks ago. We have already booked another couple of weeks in Tassie for the end of this year. We sailed at night, and will sail at night again. As, if you haven't got a caravan travelling during the day means you pay a nights accommodation when you arrive, and you lose a day travelling, also you are asleep for the rough part. We asked our 15yo son of he prefers the theme parks of QLD, or Tasmania, he chose Tassie. The key to Tassie is you need to take or hire a car to really enjoy Tassie. Third time for us (last time was 15years ago), but first time taking a car and going by ship. If you want to take a car but some of you get sea sick, someone told me they take the car on the ship, and the rest of the family fly across and get picked up at the airport.
Thanks Michael, and thanks for sharing!
Loved Tassie so much we moved here from NSW 4.5 years ago. Have been on the spirit countless times and done both day & night. Highly recommend going by night, just like you we get on have dinner go to bed, get up, get off. We always get a cabin as having your own bathroom is a whole lot nicer than sharing the public bathrooms with all the sea sick people.
Cheers Libby! Great to hear we made the right call!
thankyou for your very informative video
Great video,thanks!
You are welcome!
Loved the video guys! At the campground right now! Was meant to go to another one but was going to go past geelong! This worked out perfect
Awesome! Thank you!
Great information Guys thx, cant wait to see the rest of the trip
Our pleasure!
enjoy your vids , enjoy my state so many spots to go ,
Cheers, Alan. We're loving it so far 👍
Have a great few months on Tasmania, looking forward to your weekly post. Safe travels cheers 🍻
Thanks, you too!
We are thinking of going at some point, so great tips, as usual, thanks heaps !
Our pleasure!
Great vid guys, we are heading over in early March for three months so super keen to follow your travels in Tas.
Cheers Andrew & Lisa
Thanks guys. Have a great trip
Great video, entertainment and good information in equal measure. Look forward to your next instalments as fellow Zone owners keen to go to Tassie.
Cheers, Geoff
Night crossings are the best. Thanks for that stopover on the way to Geelong. Was a pity we couldn’t get to meet you as we were half a lap of Tas away from you when you arrived. Hope to meet you maybe on your trek east to west of the mainland.
Great vid guys. Heading over in September with the van and family. I’ve heard it’s a good experience but good to get your view.
Looking forward to your vids in Tasmania👍.
Have fun!
Really interesting guys. Love your work. You’re my new fave vloggers. Thanks for reminding me we might need to give our dog a sea sickness tablet when we go over. Have fun in Tassie!
Aw, thanks Sue. Glad you're enjoying our vids.
Great vid, welcome to Tassie! Definitely night sailing for us, even with older kids. Haven’t done it with the van yet, but hopefully 2023 is the year. Look forward to following your Tassie tour and collecting some tips. As a local there’s so much we haven’t seen and keen to explore more hidden gem off grid camps. Safe travels!
Awesome! Thank you!
Speaking as a grey nomad, I have done the crossing a few times both day and night. Perfer night crossings provided you get a cabin and don't have too many beers if it's likely to get a bit rough 😀
Thanks for the info!
I did this crossing in 1989 during the airline pilots strike on the old Abel Tasman in 6 metre swells to get home on leave from the RAN. We’d been through Bass Strait in 10 metre swells less than a year before on a much smaller ship, about 2700 tons compared to something like 20,000 tons. AT had a spew trough in the heads! I remember the bar being empty apart from myself, one of my shipmates going home as well, and the barman!
Yay, Happy New Year! Love Tassie. In 1986 we moved to Tassie with a tandem trailer full of stuff and 4 kids. Luckily my late hubby was a truck driver, port Melbourne was a challenge to say the least. We came back to Vic for family reasons in 95 with an extra son lol. We even braved the devilcat when it was running. Love going by boat and going again in August! Have a great time will be watching to see what you get up to! That extra son now has a family of his own lol...no idea where all that time went 🙄😍
Thanks for sharing, Cheryl. The new Geelong terminal was great.
Yeah I sailed the same night as you guys, night sail for me is the best, shower, sleep there’s nothing to see so makes sense and hit the road to forth, great camp spot. Enjoy your time as well I’m having a great time. Cheers Judy
We agree!
The bunjil looking was one of my sculptural jobs. It is a great free camp and the sunsets can be brilliant. Looking forward to tassie guys. Cheers legends
Oh wow. Nice work! Cheers
Going to Tassie in Aug for 3 mths...so really interested in what you guys are doing and taking notes :) Thanks in advance
Our pleasure!
Well!! So much excitment on your faces. Looking forward to the upcoming episodes. We're crossing from Nth Island to Sth Island in couple of weeks with the caravan. Hope to do three months down there. Safe travels team. 😊
Thanks. Have fun!
Thanks for the tips guys, we are getting on The Spirit on the 28th. Found this very helpful. Might see you on our travels in Tassie, we're there for 2 months. Cheers
Glad it was helpful! Make sure you say g'day if you see us!
very informative. Looking to go in September so might start booking now. Loading and getting off doesn't look hard. Thanks for the video
Thanks. Have fun!
Hi Guys, just watched this video as we are heading over on the 28 Jan.
Great info. I've just subscribed to your channel. I just found you guys really down to earth, so am looking forward to binge watching your past videos and see what you get up to in Tassie.
May see you over there, we are going to be there for 4 months.
We are a couple towing our caravan with our KTM motorbike on back of our Dmax being travelling for 3 years now, and loving it.
Enjoy your time in Tassie.
Sounds great, thanks Karen. Safe travels and make sure to say hi if you see us.
We travelled night over and day back. No kids and booked the recliner chair and luckily we had a smooth sail back. Yes tablets were good for my wife but she took two and was zonked for most of the first day in Launceston. Enjoy your trip. Make sure you get to Devils Gullet.
Happy new year. We are travelling over on the 4 February with a caravan. till the end of March travel both ways night sailing no real plans as yet. Hope you have a great trip.
We might see you over here. Make sure you say hi if you see us 👌
Thank you for a great YT vid 😊 I look forward to seeing your adventures in Tassie.
It is beautiful country.
I lived on the west coast at Queenstown a few years ago. If you pass by that way… check out the West Coast Wilderness railway trip… roundtrip Strahan/Queenstown/Strahan spectacular scenery and entertaining staff. Value for money is the Eric Thomas Galley Museum run by local volunteers at Queenstown.
Happy New Year 🎉😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the tips
Went to Tassie back in 2009 New Year 2010 , loved it definitely on the list to go back to. 💯 do the night sale again both ways . We took our camper trailer then, next time will be in the van with more free/low cost camps and less booking’s
Good to know we did the right thing doing 2 night sails!
Been over four times with a group of mates riding motorcycles. Always night sailing. We ride down from NSW over three days, arrive at Port for night check in. Shower, a few beers and dinner. Off to bed and rocked to sleep by the swell. Wake up early in Devonport, breakfast off the boat and then ride off for the next seven days. Similar process on the way back. It works best when you are packing a lot in to a short trip.
Sounds awesome, Jim. I'd love to do it on a bike one day 👌
Only arrived back from Tassie a couple of weeks ago. We took our van down and had an amazing time. Did a night crossing on the way down and day crossing on the way back. We have done this crossing a few times before and found a day crossing with a cabin booked is the best combo. The cabin is awesome for the quiet retreat it offers. If travelling with a van it is almost essential to get a cabin if doing a day crossing as most seats in public areas will be taken by the time you board.
Sounds great!
Night travel worked well for us on the boat. When they locked the doors to the decks due to bad weather soon after leaving Devonport, we figured best to head to bed after a seasickness tablet. We slept through the rough stuff and woke up not far from Geelong making it a quick trip!
Yeah, night sailing is the way to go!
Good luck with your Tassie adventure. We live just down the road from Forth. Gotta check out the Forth Pub. Great meals. Best to book though coz they are always busy which is obviously a good sign. There are heaps of free camps in Tassie. You won't want to leave.
Thanks Brian. We had a few bevvies at the Forth pub
I travelled to Tasmania in 2011, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was on an 18 day 4WD tag along trip which was fabulous. It was just me and my Suzuki Vitara. I did the day crossing, which was ok, though when I do the crossing again, (which is definitely going to happen) I would do the night crossing.
Great to hear!
Happy New Year, Lots of history in Tassie, Our family from Tassie, so a lot of history for me, Burnie, Sheffield, The Nook, Railton, It's been so long since we travelled to Tassie I think it was a Sailing Ship ,🤣🤣🤣, Not quite, 1978, Panel Van, 900 Kawasaki, 750 Suzuki, Also a loan bike in Tassie 1000 Kawasaki, new bike them days , 4 man tent, very leaky, 9 of us travelled Tassie for 4 weeks , Long hair just like you , Those were the days, Hope to travel down there again, looking forward to your adventures, I just remembered it's been 45 years since in Tassie, Cheers, have fun , Bevan from Sapphire Central Queensland 🤠❤️🦘🦘🇦🇺
😆😆 Thanks for sharing, Bevan. Cheers.
We are heading to Tassie in Feb 2024 for 3 months. Following with interest. We are grey nomads with only a rear wheel drive tow vehicle so our journey may well be different than yours but will pick up some helpful tips I'm sure. Thanks for posting.
We took our van over ten years ago, we had to drive up a great big ramp and turn a hairpin corner at the top, it was hard not to take out their sign with the van. Did you have to go up a ramp? It's exciting watching your videos as we will be on the ship Feb 14, you are exactly right about booking early, we were trying for a night sail but had to wait a couple of hours for friends to decide, hence after that short period all of the night sails were gone. Oh well, It will be nice to experience both, we booked recliners. See you on our travels we are there for six weeks 😊
Sounds great Jenny. No ramp for us, we were down on the bottom level.
as a person who lives in tassie, i cant believe they tried to bring in from the rest of Australia the rubbish fruit and so called honey , the best honey is at the honey pot in huonville
After a motorcycle circumnavigation back in 1986 when an opportunity arose in 1994 to relocate from Melbourne to Devonport (we actually settled in Ulverstone) we jumped at the chance. Back then there were only 3 night crossing a week but after the demise of timber harvesting and paper manufacturing the state really took a turn for the worse. Then in the mid to late 90s a deliberate push to attract tourists began and (coupled with the reversal of ridiculous anti-gay laws, etc. and recognition that high powered guns do not have a place in civlian life - after the 'Port Arthur Massacre in 1996) a survey in Sydney found that residents in that city thought Tassie as "The Poor Man's New Zealand".11:25. So many things to see and do in Tassie (although the winters can be 'Challenging') do not hesitate to come down. You won't regret it (although I did meet an Italian Man who married a Queensland Lady on the Gold Coast who said that he worked on Dam Construction Tassie's West Coast when he first came to Austraya and experienced his only 'White Christmas').
Thanks for the share!
We went to Tasmania in mid-Feb 2020 … right before COVID hit. What was to have been a 3-4 month trip ended up being cut short mid-Mar after all of tourists were kicked off the island. Nevertheless, it remains 2nd top of the list to go back to. When we travelled down, we went without kids so factor that in however we did a day-crossing. We booked 4 lounges (we were 2 couples) which are then allocated for our exclusive use - you can wander off and look around the boat if you wanted to. We also took up a small esky containing some drinks and nibblies which was good. We were able to sleep in the lounges (basically airplane seats that reclined a little further from memory - definitely not bed flat though) and then, when we arrived in Devonport, headed straight for the Forsyth Valley Recreation Ground too. Our trip home was different in that it was forced and, due to quarantining, we were allocated a twin single room for the day crossing. Although comfortable enough, if it weren’t for the whole COVID bit, I would have preferred the lounge again. If it were a night-crossing though, a room would definitely have its advantages - even things like being able to all leave your stuff and go to the bar or the restaurant as a group rather than someone having to stay behind to watch over your valuables. Looking forward to following your trip for next time we get there.
Thanks for sharing!
The wife and I did a day sail to pick up our van... Never again, when we cross with our kids we strictly book night sails. (We're Tasmanians).
Super keen to see where your ventures in the state take you.
Thanks for sharing!
Sorry this maybe too late but when your down that way again you need to call into Latrobe and visit Reliquaire, dust something a bit different,enjoy your stay cannot wait for next videos
Thanks for the tips!
If you are travelling during the day get a cabin . Even if you dont all have a bed it is still worth it. Last time I travelled during the day some of us were a bit unwell in the rough seas and to be able to lie down was good. Taking travel sick tablets can make you tied too.
Good advice!
Excellent tips! Thank you! How’s the car going? Have you needed to service it yet? I haven’t watched in awhile but I’m back with this part of the trip! It’s where we are planning our big trip!
Thanks. The Ranger has been pretty reliable overall. We're quite happy with it. Welcome back!
Thanks guys for the info, just what I needed. Will be doing same trip as you in a year or so and interested to see if the 3 months is the right amount of time. Any chance of dropping the ferry/ship costs for car and caravan for a return trip? Think the overnight is the better plan! Loving all your content so far. Great job.
Our pleasure! Ours was about $2500 return. Depends on time of year and your overall length though.
Hi Martin and I are @Alphabet Bus we are currently in Tassie and enjoy the night sail however our return ticket is a day sail this year as I did not book a return ticket so had to take what was available, might regret that decision lol. Might see you around depending on your travel plans as we are still here another month n a half :-)
Sounds great!
Did a day and night sail with 2 kids under 6 and definitely would only do night sail next time. Day is so long and the ship is very expensive for food drink and entertainment, so a day sail cost a couple of hundred dollars extra. We still needed a cabin on the day sail home as the kids still needed a day sleep.
That's a great point about the day sail working out more expensive, something we hadn't considered 👍
Thanks guys ! Will be on the boat soon and hope to meet you down there. Question: i think you have a composting toilet ? how did you go with it through quarantine given has working bacteria etc ?
Will be day sail over & night sail first class cabin back but it is only the 2 of us so a bottle of wine and a book will see the time pass quickly.
Sounds great! No issues with the compost toilet, they never asked about it.
Happy travels in Tasmania. One thing I would of loved to see was a detailed map of the last 5km into the port in Geelong. I did see glimpses of coming along the front of ship and then going down the side. I have a Google map showing my trip north in June 2023 and adjusted terminal to end of N Shore Rd. Is this correct
It's pretty straight forward once you arrive, just follow the signs to the passenger terminal. We use Google Maps for navigation and had no trouble finding it. Have a great trip!
Looking forward to seeing the rest of this journey. Quick question. Did you leave your fridge on gas or was it completely empty and everything turned off for the journey over?
Thanks Donna. We don't have a gas fridge so we just left it running. I'm not sure the best way to go with a gas fridge.
We will have to catch up somewhere…. Jenny #suncoastcaravanservice
Great to see you both today. Good chance we'll bump into you again somewhere soon 👌
Top info and tips showing people what to expect the process and the after affects lo ( pills 💊 take the pills 💊) , hope you have that front cracked windscreen fixed before it costs ya a motsa the local establishment ,boys in blue will ping ya for it as it’s a structural defect. Looking forward to ya posts on the crutch of Australia 🇦🇺 🤪🤪
Thanks Paul. Had the windscreen replaced in Devonport after we arrived, copped a stone on the way to Geelong 🙄
Night sail is the go. Day sail run out of things for kids to do.
That's what we were worried about as well
Planning on doing the trip ourselves in March from Geelong. Love to know where the Banjo campground is, can’t find any reference to it anywhere or the town it’s in. Plan on staying in Winchelsea ourselves prior to our day sailing.🇦🇺
Have fun! It's Bunjil's Lookout 👍
Going to enjoy your episodes now. We love Tassie. We did a day sale with no room and there was so many people and no sitting room on Boxing Day. Never again. On return booked a room and it was soooo much better. Can I ask what the costs were now?
Thanks Julie. Ours was about $2500 return
Thank you. Last time we were about that. Awesome. Keep enjoying over there.
Omg...reading back I wrote sale instead of sail. Soz!! Lmao 🤣 I'm blaming bad eye sight or auto correct...lol (both)🥰😜
Hi, there I was a truck driver and I was on a day sale and I would not do it ever again all you see is just the Bass strait.
Great love the info Hopefully will get there late next year
You'll love it!
Better have a good Navman or GPS as there is very very little signage as to how to get to the new Terminal.
We used Google Maps and had no problems 👍
"Probably doing a night sail back"... If you haven't booked your return voyage yet. Good luck.
......... No1 tip.. Make sure you book a return passage before coming over or you might be "stuck here" for 6 months. Much worse places to be. 🤔
Yeah not a bad place to be stuck at all. We have booked the night sail but were considering changing it. We're sticking with the night though.
Definitely. We normally do night. Only done 1 day time sail and still get a cabin. Most people arrive after a long journey or a busy time in Melbourne and a daytime knap is always welcome.
Looking forward to your next post. You may have driven past our place when you went to Cradle.