Hobart & Surrounds

Hobart & Surrounds Hobart and Surrounds – 4 Days (I) Hobart and Surrounds – 6 Days Day 1: Hobart Day 1: Hobart • Arrive Hobart • Explore Sullivans Cove and Salamanca Market • Take the ferry to the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) (Saturdays only) • Visit Lark Distillery for a whiskey tasting • Take a walking tour of historic Hobart, or a relaxing Old Pub Tour of Hobart’s colourful and historic pubs • Overnight Hobart • Drive or take a tour to the summit of Mt Wellington for Day 2: Hobart to Port Arthur spectacular views – 1 hr 30 mins/95 km • Overnight Hobart • Take a Tasman Island Cruise Day 2: Hobart to Huon Valley – 1 hr 15 min/100 km • Visit Port Arthur Historic Site • Visit Hastings Cave and swim in the thermal pool • Go on a Port Arthur Ghost Tour (evening) • Walk in the tree canopy at the Tahune Airwalk in • Overnight Port Arthur Geeveston Day 3: Tasman Peninsula, Richmond, Hobart • Take the ride of a lifetime on the Huon River jet boat – 1 hr 30 mins/95 km • Overnight Geeveston • Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park Day 3: Geeveston to Hobart – 55 min/60 km • Visit Tasman National Park and the Tessellated Pavement, Tasman Arch, and Blow hole • Stop at the Tasmanian Wooden Boat Centre at Franklin • Stop in the historic town of Richmond for afternoon tea • Taste some award winning cheese at Grandvewe Farm Cheesery • Overnight Hobart • Lunch at the award winning Peppermint Bay restaurant Day 4: Hobart to Mt Wellington Summit with spectacular views to Bruny Island – 30 mins/20 km • Overnight Hobart • Drive or take a tour to the summit of Mt Wellington for a spectacular view of Hobart and the mountains of the Day 4: Hobart - Tasman Peninsula – 1 hr 30 min/95 km South West Wilderness in the distance • Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site • Take a cruise or board the Lady Nelson for a sail on the • See the varied landscapes of the Tasman Peninsula Derwent River • Join an evening ghost tour of the Port Arthur Historic Site • Depart Hobart. • Overnight Port Arthur Day 5: Port Arthur to Richmond – 1 hr 18 min/94 km • Take a cruise to Tasman Island • Soak up the village atmosphere of Richmond • Explore the southern wine region • Overnight Richmond Day 6: Richmond to Hobart – 28 min/26 km • Take a flight to the Southwest Wilderness ex Hobart • Depart Hobart. .

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Groundwater, Mineral Resources and Land Stability in the Tasman Peninsula. 1. Groundwater from Fractured Rocks
1979/3. Groundwater, mineral resources and land stability in the Tasman Peninsula. W.C. Cromer, R.C. Donaldson P. C. Stevenson V.N. Threader Abstract Groundwater prospects, mineral deposits and land stability are discussed to provide information for a planning study of the Tasman Peninsula. INTRODUCTION This report was written at the request of the Commissioner for Town and Country Planning, and is the result of a map compilation, a search of records and field work during the period 20 - 24 November 1978. 1. Groundwater from fractured rocks P.C. Stevenson The amoun~ of water that may be obtained from the hard rocks of the Peninsula by boreholes is controlled by the composition and conditions of weathering and fracture. The amount of direct information is limited because only eight bore holes have been recorded, all at Koonya, Premaydena or Nubeena, but exper ience in other parts of the State enable some general comments to be made. The geology of the Peninsula is shown in Figure 1. The Jurassic dolerite, which forms many of the most rugged and remote parts of the Peninsula, has not been drilled for water but is regarded throughout Tasmania as an extremely poor prospect; very hard to drill, almost always dry and where water exists it is hard and saline. It cannot be recommended. The Permian mudstone and fine-grained sandstone have not been drilled in the Peninsula, but elsewhere are reliable producers of good quality groundwater. yields of 20 to 150 l/min and qualities of 200 - 600 mg/l of total dissolved solids are usual.
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Tasman Peninsula
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GRAVITY SURVEY and STRUCTURE of the FORESTIER PENINSULA, SOUTHERN TASMANIA by David Leaman
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734 Tasman Peninsula to Hobart
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