Shopping

Our fine wood crafts, wilderness photography and wool products make wonderful Island mementos.

Most shops in main centres are open from 9am or 10am to 5pm, seven days a week, while supermarkets and convenience stores are open longer hours. ATMs and EFTPOS facilities are widely available. Most banks are open 9.30am to 4 pm, Monday to Friday.

Artists living in Tasmania will tell you it is the landscape that has inspired their work, and you can find examples of quality furniture, painting, photography, clothing, jewellery and artefacts in private galleries, arts and craft shops and markets.

Tasmanian wool is rated as the finest in the world and you can buy natural spun wool or hand and machine knitted and woven fine garments.

Our produce and wine come from clean soils, pure water and rich soil. So look out for full-flavoured cheeses direct from the makers, plump delicious oysters, scallops, abalone, crayfish and fin fish, fresh from the Southern Ocean. Our berries, apples and stone fruits are juicy and still full of flavour; and our chocolates and beers world-winners.