Tasmania (Books)

Volume 1 *NEW 3rd Edition* 90% new images updated maps updated essays updated Abels tables 352pp Covers Sections 1-5 available as paperback or hardcover options Volume 2 | Part A 384pp 130pp of academic essays Covers Sections 6 and 7 - The Mid West...

The 60 Great Short Walks offer the best of Tasmania's walking opportunities. Whether you want a gentle stroll or a physical challenge; a seaside ramble or a mountain vista; a long day's outing or a short wander, Great Short Walks has plenty for you....

Need some Tasmanian hiking inspiration? John Chapman's Day Walks Tasmania book will certainly have you heading for the door, pulling on your shoes and heading for the hills. This book describes 40 walking areas around Tasmania with a total of 98 day walk variations....

The sixth edition was a major upgrade from earlier editons - the guide has 224 pages (fourth edition had 192) and has 141 colour photographs (previous edition had 75 black and white photos). New additions are colour topographic maps for all major tracks and...

This is the second edition. The text has been fully revised and changed where necessary.  Contains comprehensive track notes for walking the South Coast Track in Tasmania. The guide has  9 -1:50,000 colour topographic maps of the entire track, 50 colour photographs plus gradient profiles...

Overland TrackISBN: 9781920995096Publication Date: 1 May 2012 This is Australia's best known multi-day walking track. It traverses the Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair National Park, a large wilderness area replete with spectacular scenery. The track passes rugged mountain ranges, meanders beside alpine lakes and...

  This is the most comprehensive resource on the Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair and Walls of Jerusalem areas of Tasmania's alpine regions.   The guide, the 6th edition, covers all the marked tracks and most of the unmarked tracks and routes in the Cradle...

Waterfalls of Tasmania - Day Trips to Waterfalls is a hiking guide that visits over 50 waterfalls. Containing 36 hikes with a duration of 1 hour or more, Day Trips to Waterfalls contains hiking notes, maps and advice to safely visit some of Tasmania's...

Across mountains, down rivers, along coasts, through forests: Tarkine Trails / takayna makuminya, with its splendid photographs and maps, is the definitive guide for adventurers to the Tarkine as well as browsers at home wanting the pleasures of wild Tasmania on their coffee table. Here...

This guide describes 31 walks that range from 0.5 to 2.5 hours in length in the southern half of Tasmania. Walks range from Bicheno on the east coast, Maria Island, across to Hobart and south to Bruny Island and Cockle Creek and west across...

Day Hikes Tasmania takes readers, hikers, and explorers to every corner of Tasmania on an epic hiking adventure. Scramble to the top of Hartz Peak, walk along clifftops and beaches to the edge of the world, be immersed in the extreme wilderness of takayna/Tarkine,...

This guide describes 31 walks that range from 0.5 to 2.5 hours in length in the southern half of Tasmania. Walks range from Bicheno on the east coast, Maria Island, across to Hobart and south to Bruny Island and Cockle Creek and west across...

The Camping Guide to Tasmania by Boiling Billy Publications is in its 5th edition and features over 180 campsites including free and paid sites. Experience the very best camping destinations in Tasmania with this full-colour, fully updated and detailed directory to over 180 campsites....

Waterfalls of Tasmania - Waterfalls for the Family is a guide to visiting over 50 waterfalls, many which are suitable for families. The waterfalls featured in this book are completely different from the waterfalls in our first book. 100% Tasmanian Proudly developed and printed...

New edition! A rock climbing guide to 1,280 routes at Tassie’s 35 best crags. The ultimate guide for visitors. A concise guide for locals. Review by Simon MentzFor an old jaded climber like me, seeing the latest edition of Climb Tasmania was the shot in the...

An essential guide to the Overland Track - Australia's premier long-distance alpine bushwalk through the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Overview The Poimenas, a natural progression from the Abels (mountains over 1100m high with a drop of at least 150m all around them), are a superb collection of day walks to amenable hills and knolls throughout Tasmania. The walks cater for young children through...

A beautiful collection of photos of the flora and fauna found at the Abels, Tasmania. 

Inside Lonely Planet's Experience Tasmania: Unique experiences to string together an unforgettable trip Inspiring full-colour travel photography and maps throughout Highlights and trip builders to help tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests Fresh perspectives to surprise you with things you hadn't thought of, as well as fresh takes on the well-known sights Insider...

Overview A GUIDE TO NORTHERN TASMANIA'S MOST POPULAR SPORT CLIMBING AREA. A comprehensive rock climbing guide to all 186 routes at the unique volcanic cliffs at Hillwood, one of Tasmania’s most popular and easily accessible sport climbing crags.   

Of the old-growth forest that existed in Tasmania prior to European settlement, less than one quarter remains today and one fifth of that lies outside of conservation reserves. This book is about high conservation-value forest that is not in national parks or reserves. An...

Classic images of beautiful Freycinet with text by Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick 64 pages Hard Cover

Overview Our dramatic sea cliffs and remote mountains have been the stage for some extraordinary climbs on some of the most improbable rock features in the world. CLIMBING WILD brings to life the history of Tasmanian rock climbing with many  stunning images and tales of...