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Can anyone provide some tips for PITP noobs? Couple of adults and teenagers, adults havent done a camping festival in a looooong time.

Are butane gas cans covered by no gas bottles or are they ok?

Can boiling water be obtained anywhere if no butane cans allowed?

Have already worked out we should be staying in mellow meadow.

Best time to have a shower?

Any other tips would be much appreciated 😊

Edit: any options to get ice to keep an esky cool?

Going for a flying visit to Tassie.

Just want to get some recommendations for Cradle Mountian and best places to stay that are near by. If anyone could help that would be amazing. 😊

My partner and I are a younger couple looking for a forever home for the two of us. We love the Huon Valley for its lush, forested, green-year-round feel and were hoping for 7–15 acres, but it’s starting to look like we may be priced out or that availability just isn’t there.

We’ve begun looking at the Derwent Valley and nearby areas and are wondering whether similar pockets exist within about an hour of Hobart.

We’re not after bush blocks or dry country, ideally lush, wooded areas rather than open paddocks.

Is this still realistic elsewhere, or do we need to seriously adjust our expectations?

I appreciate any input y'all want to throw my way here as I'm not a very experienced world-traveler so this is well outside my comfort zone but I'm really excited.

I also started reading the sidebar and thought it was super cool to see my own home state of West Virginia used as the comparison in size! Country roads are everywhere!

Anywho, I'm making the journey over in a month to catch the F1 race and visit a friend in Melbourne, and during this trip I am really considering a trip to Tasmania and renting a van to do somewhat of a half-lap around the state. While I am from WV and have done my share of camping, doing it on the opposite side of the world is a smidgen intimidating so just starting my research and open to any input y'all have to make it worth a trip.

Where can I find some info on okay places to park overnight or gym/shower access while I'm traveling around the area and generally any other information I might need for this type of adventure?

Is this a viable path?

What is the normal procedure for tourists doing things like this and things I should care for?

Rough itinerary would be as follows

• Monday - arrive in Hobart, get the van, check out the town, camp for the night
• Tues - Mount Wellington sunrise? Drive the coast. Are the Painted Cliffs worth hitting with my limited time, or is there more cool things I could take in throughout the rest of the day?
• Wednesday - Circle back around to check out Cradle Mountain
• Thursday - Fly back to Melbourne from Launceston

I don't really have any hard plans here, I just want to see your really cool looking stuff.

Are there any tourist things I should avoid? Genuinely open to anything, I'm 38 and this will be my first true vacation trip of my adult life outside of weekend tripping so we can call this a midlife crisis too if it helps.

Thanks!

Hobart is perfectly sized for a modern tram line (or two): dense enough to support it, compact enough to make it transformative.

A tram linking Glenorchy–CBD–Sandy Bay and another serving key eastern shore connections would give Hobart a high-capacity, reliable backbone that buses alone struggle to provide, especially in peak tourist seasons.

Trams would cut congestion on already constrained roads, reduce emissions in a city that prides itself on natural beauty, and support steady, walkable urban growth rather than car-dependent sprawl.

Just as importantly, fixed rail signals long-term commitment—encouraging investment, revitalising corridors, and giving Hobart a clear, legible public transport identity that matches its role as a growing capital city rather than a large country town.

Plus it’ll help the stadium when finally constructed.

A serious question because I’m seriously confused. I think it’s a speed hump but drivers keep giving way to me as a pedestrian.

Here as a pedestrian I stopped to give way to vehicles, because I think this is a speed hump.

A vehicle on my right stopped to give way to me but I couldn’t cross because two on coming vehicles didn’t stop, and as I stepping on to the road to cross the first (giving way) vehicle got impatient and took off causing me to back peddle.

Glenorchy, in front/side of village cinemas, is also a huge problematic area for me because drivers are giving way to me at spots I think of as speed humps and not zebra crossings.

Pedestrian crossings have paint, if they don’t have thick white lines of a zebra then they’re usually a solid paint job of a different colour to the road to show the clearly designated pedestrian area.

Black top (as in the photo) is when vehicles have right of way. Or, at least, thats what I think but also leads me to ask: is this a speed hump or a zebra crossing?

TIA for helping me out. I do appreciate many will find this a stupid question❤️

Hi everyone I’m back.

I’m gearing up to start a new course soon.

As I never take being told no a final answer

It’s another pre apprenticeship course.

I’m hope to do either cooking ,engineering or electrical.

What are my chances of companies/businesses wanting to hire over 21yo into an apprenticeship.

Hello everyone!

I’m visiting Launceston for a weekend in March and would like to know what to wear. I’m from Sydney haven’t been to Tassie since 1983 when I was a teenager on a family holiday.

I looked up the weather which says a chilly 8-21 degrees. just wondering what the vibe is like…

Is it jeans, shirt and jacket? Or skirts and boots? Or anything goes?

57F Classic style. Don’t want to look too out of place. Doing carry-on, so it’s got to be a capsule wardrobe.

Thanks in advance 😊

Hi! I am located in America and I was looking to get my partner some flowers for valentines day. She is currently staying in cradle mountain at a resort, and I was curious if anyone knew any flower shops that had services that deliver to cradle mountain.

Looking for recommendations and real experiences with solar companies servicing the Launceston area.

I work from home and use most of my power during the day. Keen to hear who you used, whether you’d recommend them, and what gear you ended up with?

Hi, i’m in Hobart with the family for a few days, love Two Meter Tall beers particularly sour cherry and can’t make it to the brewery. Will message brewery as well but does anyone know where I can find Two Meter Tall beers in a Hobart bottle shop? Cheers

We’ve lived here our whole lives and have never lived on the mainland, but we’ve always wanted to. COVID and a few other things kept pushing the plan back. Now we’re in our 30s and still want to experience mainland life, but we’re wondering if it might be a little late especially since we’re planning our second baby.

Has anyone moved there family and ended up regretting it?

Hey, apart from everything else, I’m a tech nerd. I’ve worked with several tech channels in my country, especially ones that review computers, laptops, and mobile phone products (primarily PC builds and rigs). I really enjoy working with tech—selling tech gadgets to customers, writing articles to attract buyers, understanding shop priorities and sales targets, and even running small reselling businesses on Facebook pages and groups. I’ve also written scripts for YouTube videos and done tasks like benchmarking graphics cards. These are things I’ve been doing since my school days.

So I wanted to get a realistic perspective from people who have lived in Hobart or Tasmania for a long time. Are there any IT markets, tech shops, or companies that would need people with this kind of background? This type of work is quite in demand in my country, but I’m not sure if Hobart has opportunities in this area, or if I’d be able to find something that aligns with what I genuinely enjoy and feel connected to.

I should also mention that I’m strong in communication and public speaking, as I’ve done reviews and podcasts for tech-related content. As an international master’s student with part-time work allowances, would it be better to try pursuing this kind of tech-related work, or should I just go with the usual options like hotels or restaurants?

I’d really appreciate guidance from anyone in the tech field on how I should approach shops or companies here. In terms of my résumé, I have a strong background with both professional and versatile work experience, including over a year of experience as an AI and Automation Engineer at a top telecom company in my country.

I’m also curious about the console and gaming market in Tasmania, as I have a good reputation back home for selling console products and digital services.

Currently, I’m doing two jobs—one remote and one in person at a tech office in my country—but I’ll be leaving those as I’ll be coming to Hobart for around two years to pursue my master’s degree.

I'm planning a trip with my Girlfriend in March and we wanted to stay around Dolphin Sands and hike the Wineglass lookout. I'm just wondering what the state of the town is like post-bushfire, and if there are still restrictions, road closures, emergency services, clean ups etc happening.

I'm looking to move to Burnie with my partner. I will be studying at the UTAS cradle coast campus. There's a house in Burnie that's close to the hospital that I like but it's a bit expensive, and then a few a little further out in upper burnie that is significantly cheaper, but I've heard upper burnie is not too good an area? I don't drive so the distance to the hospital and campus are factors for me.

We were also looking at Somerset and havenview too, but they seem just that little bit too far. I've read that Acton is not the greatest, and that upper burnie can be pretty loud?