Some Top Sights To See in Tasmania

Today I looked up a list of top spots to see in Tasmania; to get a feel for the island and to get my interest piqued as to the amazing sights we’ll see there.

1. Sullivan’s Cove, Hobart
The old waterfront scenery of Hobart is left almost intact from the 1800s, that early period of British colonialism that we have heard to much about in class. These are the buildings in which Hobartians met in and talked at the time of the destruction of the indigenous populations, the buildings that the whalers and sailors that are so important in Tasmania’s history frequented. The buildings were made from prison labor, and now house bookstores and art galleries and a whole host of modern shops and sights.

2. Hike to Wineglass Bay
One observes Tasmania’s white sand beaches and lime green waters on this hike, as well as the high green mountains. It looks something like a tropical island, except that the temperature will convince you that this is anything but tropical. “The landscape may look like an antipodean version of Hawaii, but throw yourself into the waves and you quickly realize that this is definitely the deep south, where the currents flow directly north from Antarctica.”

3. Cradle Mountain
Of course this wild dolerite mountain is essential to every visit to Tasmania, and we shall certainly go there. Cradle mountain is only one of four peaks above the cold Dove Lake.

4.The Gordon River
The battle to stop the damming of the lower Gordon river “became Australia’s most significant environmental test”, and the site today is protected as a world heritage site.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-top-10-places-to-see-in-tasmania-68338530/?no-ist

-Zheng