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Shucks! Tasmania's record-breaking seafood cruise 6 minutes to read A day of indulgence, perhaps over-indulgence, in Tasmania's marine bounty, deserves a wish-list place, writes Stephanie Holmes How many oysters do you think you could eat in one sitting? Half a dozen? A full dozen? More? On a Seafood Seduction cruise with Hobart's Pennicott Wilderness Journeys, you'll have to go a long way to beat the current record. Local legend has it that one woman once ate 124 of the slippery suckers in one six-hour journey. Over the top? Perhaps. But you certainly won't be judged by owner Rob Pennicott,...

Meet volunteer keepers: Donna Butchino and Kittie Harrison. As the current live-in keepers, Butchino and Harrison are responsible for maintaining the lighthouse and its grounds. Beyond replacing the beacon lightbulb once every couple of months, keeper duties include landscaping, painting and in non-COVID times — lighthouse tours and gift shop duties. For now, they give keeper talks instead, which provides visitors with the history of the lighthouse, without the actual tour. The keepers live in the two-bedroom lighthouse for one month, and then a set of new volunteers take their place. Ha...

Letters to Traveller in recent weeks regarding expensive hire car costs brings to mind a brilliant Hobart stay, where we decided to ditch booking a car and just do daily tours after visiting the city's information centre. It halved the cost and we didn't have to worry about where to go and what to do. Here's what we did. Day 1: Took a local bus around town, including Battery Point to get our bearings (and do some shopping). You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter Traveller Newsletter Get the latest news and updates emailed stra...

Property by Annie McCann Premium Content Subscriber only Some houses in Tassie's streets have garnered attention for reasons ranging from their grandeur to their quirkiness to their eerie sense of mystery or even horror. Some of the homes are just as recognisable as their owners, while others are garnering attention in the media and among buyers simply for their rumoured links to celebrities. Here are some of Tassie's most famous houses, including the rich, the bold and the downright disturbing.     BATTERY POINT'S GRAND DESIGN This property ros...

Property by Annie McCann Premium Content Subscriber only Some houses in Tassie's streets have garnered attention for reasons ranging from their grandeur to their quirkiness to their eerie sense of mystery or even horror. Some of the homes are just as recognisable as their owners, while others are garnering attention in the media and among buyers simply for their rumoured links to celebrities. Here are some of Tassie's most famous houses, including the rich, the bold and the downright disturbing.     BATTERY POINT'S GRAND DESIGN This property ros...