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. For each walking area, one walk is described in detail and a series of variations based on the main walk are also given if appropriate.
Areas covered range from Apsley Gorge, Wineglass Bay, Cape Raoul, Cape Huay, Mt Wellington (3 walks), Hartz Mountains, South Cape Bay, Mt Field (4 walks), Mt Anne (2 walks), Cradle Mountain (6 walks), Ben Lomond, Mt Arthur, Cataract Gorge, Asbestos Range (2 walks), Liffey Falls, Meander Falls (2 walks), Mersey valley (4 walks), Mt Roland, Black Bluff, Dial Range and Rocky Cape (2 walks). The book is a full colour production with colour topographic maps. Map sizes range from half page to 1 and a half pages for each walk and standard metric scales of 1:25 000 or 1:5 000 are used. The guide also includes a 2 page key map of Tasmania and a 6 page Walk Index designed to assist with selecting a walk.