©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd The Southeast Why Go? Kettering . .104 The quiet harbours and verdant valleys of Tasmania’s south- Bruny Island . 105 east have much to off er, particularly if you enjoy snacking leisurely from roadside produce stores. Once the apple- Woodbridge . 110 producing heart of the Apple Isle, the southeast is now Cygnet . 111 abundant with cherries, apricots, Atlantic salmon, wines, Huonville & Around . 113 mushrooms and cheese. Geeveston . 115 The fruit-fi lled hillsides of the Huon Valley give way to the Hartz Mountains sparkling inlets of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, and Bruny National Park . 117 Island awaits enticingly off shore. Hartz Mountains National Park is not far inland, and further south the South Coast Dover . 117 Track kicks off at magnifi cent Recherche Bay. Southport . 118 French explorers Bruni d’Entrecasteaux and Nicolas Bau- Hastings Caves & din charted much of the region’s coastline in the 1790s and Thermal Springs . 119 early 1800s, Entrecasteaux arriving a good decade before the Lune River . 119 Brits hoisted the Union Jack at Risdon Cove near Hobart Cockle Creek . 120 in 1803. The wide Huon River remains the region’s lifeblood. Courtesy of the southern latitudes and abundant waterways, Best Places to Eat the southeast is also known for its rainbows. » Bruny Island Smokehouse (p 109 ) When to Go? » Red Velvet Lounge (p 112 ) Summer – from December to March – is defi nitely the time » Lotus Eaters Café (p 113 ) to visit the southeast. The Huon Valley will be jam-packed » Franklin Woodfired Pizza with fresh produce, including juicy cherries and crisp ap- (p 114 ) ples, and the cool southern waters around Bruny Island will » Post Office 6985 (p 118 ) be more inviting in the summer sunshine. January is the time to be in funky Cygnet for the annual folk music festi- val, and birdwatching fans should wing it to Bruny Island Best Places to Stay in October for the island’s annual Bird Festival. » Beachfront on Bruny (p 108 ) » Woodbridge Hill Hideaway (p 111 ) » Old Bank B&B (p112 ) » Huon Bush Retreats (p 114 ) » Jetty House (p 118 ) A6 Kingston 103 Lower To Hobart Weld Longley Ranelagh (11km) River River Huonville Margate South Arm Huon A6 Pelverata North Tahune Falls Electrona West Tinderbox Forest Reserve Snug Bay Dennes Point & AirWalk Franklin Snug Falls B68 Coningham Cradoc West Creek Castle Lookout Cygnet Folk Forbes Bay r Kettering Oyster Barnes Big Tree Glaziers Festival Cove ive Bay Lookout R Bay Arve Rd Port Huon Nicholls Hartzview Keogh's Cygnet Rivulet Vineyard Peppermint Geeveston Creek Walk uon Petcheys Bay Woodbridge B66 Arve River H Bay Waratah Picnic Area Huon Gardners Birchs Bay Lookout C639 Arve Falls B68 Bay Great Bay Lake Osborne Lymington Cygnet Flowerpot THE SOUTHEAST SOUTHEAST THE Deep Lake Surges Bay Hartz Pass Hw Bay Middleton North Esperance Port Police Bruny Hartz y Point Randalls Bay Peak Isthmus (1255m) Desolation Bay Hideaway Gordon Bay Hartz Bay Mountains National A6 Surveyors Verona D'Entrecasteaux Park Bay Sands Channel Adventure Bay Adamsons Dover Peak r Raminea Alonnah e (1226m) Port Fluted Riv Strathblane Esperance Cape Hastings Caves & Lunawanna Thermal Springs Bruny Picton Ida Bay Adventure Railway Partridge Island Southwest Island Bay National Park ne Riv Hastings Lu er Great Lune River Southport Taylors South Bay Bruny Southpor South t Bruny Deep Hole National Cloudy Mt La Perouse Bay Park Bay (1157m) Southport Lagoon Cape Bruny Pindars Tasman Peak Gilhams Beach Head Recherche Bay Catamaran Fishers Pt T A S M A N South S E A Coast Track Cockle Creek South 0 20 km 0 10 miles South Cape Bay Cape South East Cape Southeast Highlights 1 Forgetting the offi ce, 4 Tuning in to the twang, Hartz Mountains National courtesy of a couple of days on shimmy and stomp of the Park (p117 ) Bruny Island (p105 ) Cygnet Folk Festival (p112 ), a 7 Spelunking into the 2 Paddling a sea-kayak over funky January jamboree subterranean gloom at D’Entrecasteaux Channel 5 Inspecting a Huon pine hull Hastings Caves & Thermal (p104 ) under construction at Franklin’s Springs (p119 ) 3 Conjuring up images of Wooden Boat Centre (p114 ) 8 Riding the Ida Bay French explorers’ tall ships 6 Smiling at your refl ection Railway (p119 ), Australia’s anchored in remote Recherche in an alpine moorland tarn at southernmost railway, to the Bay (p119 ) end of the line.