Tassie's pretty interesting - small towns, bush walking, sea kayaking, cycling, beaches, surf. There's a few things that you can't see anywhere else in the world - Devils mostly. And a few things that you'll see only in Australia: kangaroos and wallabies, eucalyptus (except southern California), white bellied sea eagles, kookaburras, wombats, etc.
But, everything I did, there was always something I'd done someplace else that was a little better and that I'd recommend ahead of coming to Tassie:
Birds: try the Chitwan in Nepal
Bushwalking: try Colorado, or Utah canyon country, or Nepal
Walking on the beach and watching waves: Oregon coast, or better yet - Tofino on Vancouver Island
Southern Hemisphere rain forest: South Island of New Zealand
Cycling by the ocean: New Zealand, Western Isles of Scotland, central coast of California, northern California and Oregon, and best of all: Newfoundland - pack ice, icebergs, whales, caribou, moose - all visible from the bike.
Mountain cycling: Colorado, Canadian Rockies, Morocco
Exotic cycling: Vietnam (don't do Saigon to Hanoi like we did. Stay 4-5 days in a few different towns and ride the back roads around the towns - fat tires on a cross bike.) Morocco.
History while cycling: Great Britain - do the End-to-End or shorter rides.
Sea Kayaking: Sea of Cortez, California Channel Islands, Vancouver Island, San Juan Islands, and again best of all: Newfoundland - icebergs and whales!
All of these are trips I've done - and there are lots more I'd like to do. All of these that I've done, I'd do again in a minute. But, Tassie is fine and interesting and if you're here, there's enough to do. But, I'd never make the trip back again - there's so much more and better closer to home.
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