Plans for this year’s Christmas break began way back in April when I thought I had best book flights if we wanted to go to Hobart at the end of the year.
Last year I left it until October and found that there were no flight  available.  We did end up going to Tasmania but had to fly into Launceston

This year we have decided to have a week in Hobart city, then a few days north at Bicheno  and a few days south in the Huon Valley.
We do not have many plans at all, with the only attraction we have booked being a day cruise around Maria Island.

Given that we know Hobart city well enough, we decided that we will not hire a car for the first week.  Hobart airport has the Skybus to the city, so I simply looked at where the bus stopped and chose accommodation from that list.  We will then get the Skybus back to the airport and collect a hire car from there and head north.

Our Maria Island cruise leaves from the town of Tribunna, about 100km’s south of Bicheno. The plan is to leave Bicheno early, have the day on the cruise and stay at the Triabunna Cravan Park for the night before heading south to the Huon Valley.  On our last night, we have chosen to stay at the Shoreline Hotel to be closer to the airport as we have an early morning flight.  Much better than needing leave the Huon Valley SUPER early to get to the airport.