DESTINATIONS ACTIVE & ADVENTURE | TASMANIA
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OF THE BEST
Tasmanian experiences
Pair with a stay at Stillwater
Seven in Launceston (also sold through Audley Travel). The boutique riverside hotel, set in an 1830s flour mill, has a
restaurant serving Tasmanian produce and wines.
stillwater.com.au
Cultural Attractions of
Australia has commissionable art and dining experiences at the quirky Mona (Museum of Old and New Art), accessed from Hobart by ferry. These
start from £261 for Mona Like a Rockstar, which includes art invigilator commentary, plus a cocktail breakfast and wine-paired lunch.
culturalattractionsof
australia.com
Book a scenic seaplane flight over Tasmania’s
remote southern wilderness with Above and Beyond flights, which take off from Hobart waterfront.
aboveandbeyond.flights ABOVE: Wallabies on coastal heathland on the wukalina Walk PICTURE: Tourism Tasmania/Rob Burnett Conversations over dinner aim to create shared
understanding and connection. We learn about some of the atrocities Aboriginal people in Tasmania endured under British colonial rule, and some of the injustices they still face today. Despite the confronting subject matter, Mel’s attitude is inspiring, telling us that she simply wants people to share the joy of reconnecting with the land here, where the palawa people lived for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. “People always say you’re so positive, after
NEED TO KNOW
E The wukalina Walk lasts four days, with two nights at krakani lumi and the third night in a house at the Bay of Fires/larapuna.
E Sell to clients with moderate fitness levels who are comfortable carrying what they’ll need for four days. Backpacks are provided.
E Recommend waterproof footwear and gaiters as groups may need to walk through shallow water.
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everything. With all that adversity, it actually makes me stronger. I think, ‘Look at us go’,” she says. “It makes you more proud of your culture. I want people to feel what I feel when I’m back here on country – grounded.”
TO THE BEACH Breakfast is scrambled eggs with samphire and basil pesto, along with steaming mugs of coffee, which we linger over before taking the short walk to see sand covered in kangaroo, wombat and all manner of bird tracks. Nathan points out red-capped plovers, oystercatchers and cormorants as we follow a headland round to a rockier area, with a mound of shells piled high on a sand dune – the only sign that, until around 250 years ago, this was a site of human habitation. This community could have been there for 10,000 or more years, Nathan tells us.
As we pause for meditation and breathwork on the beach, toes in the sand, eyes closed and the sun on our faces, Nathan begins to play a pair of wooden clapsticks, a hand-carved wooden percussive instrument. He invites us to imagine people living and enjoying themselves here all those years ago, with children running wild, and to feel gratitude for the time we’ve spent in this place. As the meditation draws to a close and we walk
barefoot to the water’s edge to share a flask of fragrant, herby kunzia and round leaf tea, we spot a pod of dolphins out at sea. The beach is practically empty aside from us, the air so clean in this corner of the world. It feels such a privilege to be learning about one of the world’s oldest cultures first-hand – especially in a place as beautiful and remote as this.
BOOK IT
Audley Travel offers an 18-day tailor-made trip, Australia’s great walks: Tasmania & Western Australia, priced from £9,815 per person, including the four-day guided wukalina Walk, plus accommodation in Hobart, Launceston, Margaret River, Fremantle and Perth, based on two sharing. Price includes flights, transfers and excursions, for departures in 2025.
audleytravel.com
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