Tahune Airwalk and Huon Valley from Hobart

On our previous trip to Australia we spent about a week in Tasmania. So we have seen most of the major sights within a days drive of Hobart; except to the south. On our Australia to New Zealand cruise this December we are considering renting a car and traveling through the Huon Valley as far as the Tahune Airwalk. Is this a doable drive within the 10 hours we are docked in Hobart?

Thanks for the help

It is only 70km to the Air Walk, but the roads are slow. We have been on the Air Walk and frankly I would not categorise it as a "must see".

Have you done the boat trip at Bruny Island? That is fantastic and it is available as a day trip from Hobart. They take passengers by bus to Bruny Island for the 11am (from memory) boat trip.

It's about 1.5 hours drive

Not much else down there but you can drive further to the caves

Hastings.

Easily doable

Hobart is a lively place

A good day trip by car is Richmond and bonbarong animal park then down to port Arthur

A long day but good trip

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On our previous trip to Australia we spent about a week in Tasmania. So we have seen most of the major sights within a days drive of Hobart; except to the south. On our Australia to New Zealand cruise this December we are considering renting a car and traveling through the Huon Valley as far as the Tahune Airwalk. Is this a doable drive within the 10 hours we are docked in Hobart?

 

Thanks for the help

Yes easily doable, around 1.5 hours each way and it is a lovely place to go, I consider it worth going (unless the weather is really bad). The tree walk itself is quite interesting and the views are spectacular.:D

As others have mentioned there is also Bruny island which is a great place to go as well, tours are run from Hobart or from the Island and some include the 'Yellow boat' (Google) down to the Southern Ocean and the seal/penguin colonies.

Thanks for the suggestions. Our biggest challenge is we are docking on Boxing Day, not everything is open, including the brewery. :(

We had looked at Bruny Island, but didn't want to risk getting back to the ship based on the whims of the island ferry. If Celebrity offered this as a shore excursion and waited for us then it would be fine. A 90 minute one-way drive to see a different part of Tasmania sounds like a nice way to relax after Christmas dinner. :)

There is a peppermint bay dinner cruise which will run

It goes around side if bruny

Great cruise and you stop at peppermint bay for eats and to look at art gallery

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Thanks for the suggestions. Our biggest challenge is we are docking on Boxing Day, not everything is open, including the brewery. :(

 

We had looked at Bruny Island, but didn't want to risk getting back to the ship based on the whims of the island ferry. If Celebrity offered this as a shore excursion and waited for us then it would be fine. A 90 minute one-way drive to see a different part of Tasmania sounds like a nice way to relax after Christmas dinner. :)

Like I said previously, it is beautiful down there but if the weather is bad then I would just keep driving around and see the scenery from the comfort of the car.:D