Scenic Coastlines

OVERVIEW

Drive along an immensely scenic coastal highway in northwestern Tasmania, stopping on occasion for photos and to take in the stunning natural beauty. You will follow the Bass Highway, a meandering coastal route named for a colonial-era surgeon that sailed aboard a sloop that made the first recorded circumnavigation of Tasmania in 1798. The landscape hasn’t changed all that much over the centuries, as you will discover while pausing for photos at the most picturesque lookouts. Most of the scenery will be rocky shoreline, forested rolling hills and brilliant blue seas, all of it pristine and picture-perfect. However, on the outskirts of Burnie, you will find fertile agricultural areas. Chances are, you will pass potato farms and fields of poppies, which are grown to supply the pharmaceutical industry with raw material to manufacture medicinal products.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Drive the spectacularly scenic Bass Highway, a coastal route across northwestern Tasmania.
• Pause for photos at the most picturesque lookouts
• Gain an understanding of the region’s history through the guide’s commentary.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.