While coach services and airport shuttles are excellent and may meet all your needs, your own vehicle will give you the freedom to visit communities off the main routes and explore the Island’s more remote and wild natural attractions.

Tasmania is 315 kilometres (189 miles) west to east and 286 kilometres (175 miles) north to south, and is comparable in size with the Republic of Ireland, West Virginia (USA) and Hokkaido (Japan). It covers an area of 68,331 square kilometres (26,376 square miles).