Outdoor and Adventure | Discover Tasmania

A kayaker floats out into the middle of a wide river, with the reflections of trees in the water.

THINGS TO DO

Find your adventure.

Mountains tower above walking tracks. Bike trails descend from mountains to sea. White-water rivers carry rafts into wilderness.

Find deep caves. Tall forest. Bouts with trout. Find your adventure.

Breathtaking and vibrant image of person on top of the mountain, hiking around cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

Walks and hikes

Wide of Ocean Dunes Golf Course, with the Great Southern Ocean as the backdrop. Golfers play in the foreground.

Golf

Fly fishing on St Patricks River

Fly Fishing

A cyclist stands by their bike by the water at Wild Mersey Mountain Bike Trails

Mountain Biking

Incredible image of a person in crystal blue hollow wave at Martha Lavinia Beach, King Island.

Surfing

Roaring 40s Kayaking

Kayaking

Stunning image inside cave of Newdegate Cave, surrounded by intriguing geological formations including large stalagmites from the roof.

Caving

Two scuba divers in full gear swim along above seaweed in the ocean water. Streams of bubbles are rising from them.

Snorkelling and diving

Intense image of four people white water rafting in rough waters on the Franklin River.

Rafting

Jaw Dropping image of a person rock climbing up Totem Pole, Cape Hauy. A stunning landscape of mountains and ocean surround them.

Rock climbing and abseiling

Sailing and cruising

Best mountain bike networks

Australia’s undisputed mountain biking capital, Tasmania is threaded with purpose-built tracks through rare landscapes. Picture descents from mountains to sea, rainforests blanketed in moss and marathon-length trails to white-sand beaches.

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Cyclists on the The Clarence Mountain Bike Park clifftop track, located in the Meehan Range on Hobart’s eastern shore. — Meehan Range, Clarence MTB Park (Clifftop Track)

Flow Mountain Bike

Top fly fishing spots

In Tasmania, fly fishers can choose from expansive estuaries and swift rivers, creeks and crystal-clear lakes and remote tarns set in World Heritage landscapes, all within easy travelling distance of Hobart and Launceston.

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Fly fishing on St Patricks River — Fly fishing on St Patricks River

Adam Gibson