SAIL & DRIVE TASMANIA ROADTRIP Devonport Ross Port Arthur
TASMANIA ROADTRIP DAY ONE
On this road trip the plan was to roughly follow Highway One in Tasmania from Devonport to Hobart. The highway has a length of just over 300 km and is an inland route.
Sail on the Spirit of Tasmania
Since 2022 All Victorian Bass Strait sailings depart or arrive in Geelong. Corio Quay Road, North Geelong. One hour driving distance from the Melbourne CBD.
I booked a day crossing on the Spirit of Tasmania. Also booked a cabin. Port to port across Bass Strait takes nine to eleven hours. I was concerned if bad weather would effect the crossing and the movement of on ship vehicles. Cars are parked close together on the ship. The crossing of Bass Strait was all calm seas. So no problems. Easy on/off in the Mustang GT. 1400 passengers and 500 vehicles can be carried. Plenty of comfortable seating. Cooked meals are available to passengers.
Devonport is the Spirit of Tasmania disembarkation point in Tasmania. Situated at the mouth of the Mersey River. Devonport has a resident population over twenty-three thousand.
Located at Bluff Lookout Devonport is the controversial Spirit of The Sea. The sculpture is a five metre tall, 700 kg bronze naked statue of Neptune holding a trident in his hands standing on a concrete plinth. The general public use the location as a picnic area with scenic sea views.
Ross is a historic town in the Midlands of Tasmania. The town is 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart. Ross is a very scenic historic town alongside the Macquarie River. Built by convict labour in the early 1800s. The Ross Macquarie River Bridge is the third oldest still in use in Australia. There are 186 carvings by convict stonemasons on the Ross Bridge. Old elm trees line the main street. A field gun from the Boer War stands in the intersection of the main street.
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania. Approximately one hundred kilometres southeast of Hobart.
I booked a three hour wilderness cruise along the spectacular coastline between Eaglehawk Neck and Port Arthur with Tasman Island Cruises. Using custom built 43 seat capacity boats. The cruise follows along cliffs rising for hundreds of feet along the coastline observing sea life. Normally the sea is choppy but this time glassy calm. Calm only a few times per year. Port Arthur historic convict site is the end point for the cruise.
Traveldriven
GOOGLE MAPS
ENTER CLICK/TAP
/Ross+TAS
CURRENT DEVONPORT FIVE DAY FORECAST
DRIVE DEVONPORT TO PORT ARTHUR
SPIRIT OF TASMANIA
CROSSING BASS STRAIGHT
Spirit of the Sea
700 kg bronze statue Devonport
DEVONPORT MALL
THE 'JULIE BURGESS' TALL SHIP, DEVONPORT
SPIKY BRIDGE BESIDE
HIGHWAY TO HOBART
UNDER ROSS BRIDGE
THE FOX AND HOUNDS HOTEL
ON THE ROAD TO PORT ARTHUR
BASKING SEALS,
TASMAN ISLAND TOUR
TASMAN ISLAND CRUISE
TOUR ENDPOINT IS IN PORT ARTHUR
TASMAN ISLAND TOUR
& CRUISE ALONG COAST
