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Beating to Windward | Greg Clarke | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

Surely Robert Louis Stevenson or Jules Verne conjured the scene that greets me: an unreconstructed beach, sand almost as white as Hollywood teeth, a brigantine moored in a sheltering cove

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Bothwell Grange | Susan Miles | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

Call it vanity, self-indulgent, even slightly ego-stroking, but it is hard to pass up the opportunity to stay in a historic guesthouse with a room named in honor of my own great-great-great-grandfather

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Rafting the Franklin | Cameron Wilson | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

Such is the challenge of expedition rafting and the truth is, I was loving every minute of it.

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Round the World 9 | Sarah Anderson | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

After 25 years of running The Travel Bookshop in west London, Sarah Anderson sold up and took off around the world with books for company. This e-mail is from Tasmania

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Summer Escape in Cradle Mountain | Susan Miles | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

Spectacular coastal drives, enticing wineries, enthralling convict folklore and a rich menu of locally grown produce all combined with small town warmth and friendliness to make Tasmania an inspired summer destination

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Tasmania: Australia's 'Other Half' | John Borthwick | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

Perhaps because of Tasmania's reduced scale, things Taswegian seem to have clearer definition: the oysters are more luscious, the cheeses taste sharper, the air seems tangier, the peaks more gothic, the past darker

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Tasmanian Wildlife | Richard Newton | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

"My uncle...now there's a story," says Bernard Atkins, tramping across a sloping field in twilight. "He picked up a platypus and whammo: dose of venom in the hand. He was crook for months. Nearly died twice."

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The Light Fan-Tassie-Tic | Clive Tully | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

In the early 1980s, this area was the centre of world attention when David Bellamy and other environmentalists descended on it to protest at the appalling threat to a unique wilderness.

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Walking Maria Islands | John Borthwick | Australia, Tasmania, Tasmania

We're soon striding south along one that must be a finalist in the Best Least-Known Beach Anywhere category. There's no one but us to revel in the three and a half kilometre curve of bone china sand and crystal waters

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