Hobart highlights - citybreaks

The island state has much to offer - from sensational scenery to some of the finest gastronomic delights you'll ever taste. With flights and ferries getting ever cheaper from mainland Australia, you have no excuse not to visit.

Travel now to catch the autumn colours in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart, which have English-style plant and tree layouts and a Japanese garden with its own miniature Mt Fuji. While you’re in Hobart, visit the Tasmanian Transport Museum, with its operating steam locomotives from the beginning of the last century to the early 1950s, and its restored trams. Winter is a great time to shop for handmade local knits and to enjoy all the colourful sights at the Salamanca weekend markets. If you have a sweet tooth, check out the fudge factory at Island Produce Tasmania.

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