Its landscapes are ideal for outdoor adventure

All that great outdoors is best seen on two feet, especially as Tasmania is home to some of Australia’s best bush walks. The headliner is the Overland Track, which runs from the jagged backbone of Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair and takes six days to complete, camping in basic facilities en route.

The Overland Track, a strenuous six-day journey through the Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park that travels more than 40 miles through glacier-carved valleys and aromatic eucalyptus woods, is one of the most well-known hikes in Tasmania. The park also offers simpler day treks to Cradle Summit and Crater Lake. The Freycinet Peninsula, where a two- or three-day, 17-mile Freycinet Peninsula Circuit offers views of the ocean and sandy beaches in addition to the craggy Hazards mountain range—as well as incredible panoramas of stunning Wineglass Bay—is another location that combines a strenuous hike with scenic beauty. Once more, day hikes are also an option.