Hobart Hostels - Reviews and Rates

We continued south from Asia, leaving the tropics behind for the temperate latitudes of Australia. After a brief stop in Darwin, at the "Top End" (north coast region), our flight to Melbourne took us right over the heart of the sun-addled outback of central Australia. An intriguing landscape: a mostly flat, empty, eroded, dry plain stretching to...

Hobart had a little more life about it compared to up the coast so it was time to get out to see what the town had to offer, which wasn't much to be honest, don't get me wrong we got to go to a few nice enough bars but it was just kinda quiet. Headed down to the main area the first night and the good oul Irish bar was good for a pint and then it...

7th to 11th Dec 2007 Well I have packed in a lot during the last few days. On Friday I went on a tour to Phillip Island firstly stopping off at a wildlife refuge for orphaned animals. When we got to Phillip Island I decided to go on a helicopter trip around part of the bay - my first trip on a helicopter! It was great fun and a good view of the ...

This past week has been a complete blur. Rowena, Aaron and Hamish kept us moving trying to squeeze in all that they could for our week on the "Holiday Isle". I don't think we could ask for better hosts. Our visit with them started off with a late night pick-up at the airport. For our first day (Oct. 28th), we toured around the area closest to wh...

I started the morning at the Australia Antartic Station. It is from here they stage all Australian expeditions to Antartica. They have a small but interesting exhibit, and I had a spot of tea, while watching the informative DVD. They also had a stuffed emperor penguin, which they encourage you to touch. The outer feathers are very stiff, similar...

9-18-2006 California Time: 2:57 am on Monday 9/18/2006 Tasmania Time: 7:50 pm on Monday 9/18/2006 " Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air's salubrity." -RALPH WALDO EMERSON Today, we left our good friends, newly made in Swansea, Rob and Joan and Ash from the acomodations at Swansea cottages. Having left them after saying good-by...

Visited Russell Falls in the Mount Field National Park, back to Hobart via a visit to a salmon farm where we had great fun watching the fish leap out of the water for food. Went up Mr (sic) Wellington for a great view over Hobart, but hell was it cold and windy up there! Dinner and drinks at my old favourite T42 with Laura.

The 'international' airport in Hobart is small and I really mean small. There is one building, not terminal, but building and one runway; when you take the stairs down walk the 40 feet through the door the luggage carousel is right there. I didn't look around but I don't know if they had another one, so when the bags came off the plane they were...