Regional Information

North West Tasmania

Tasmania


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Distances

Burnie - Queenstown.............196km
Burnie - Devonport...................54km
Devonport - Launceston..........98km
Devonport - Hobart................278km

 

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Getting Around

Local buses in Devonport are run by Tasmanian Wilderness Transport and/or Hobart Coaches. Mersey River ferry service links central Devonport with East Devonport.


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How To Get There

The airlines that fly to Devonport and Burnie from Melbourne are Kendell Airlines and Aus-Air. Qantas and Ansett fly to Tasmania from most Australian state capitals. Redline has daily buses from Launceston while Tasmanian Wilderness Transport buses run between Launceston, Devonport, Scheffield, Lake St Clair and Cradle Mountain. There are plenty of cheap car rental firms and all the major car rental companies have desks at the Spirit of Tasmania terminal.