Van / Camper Hire in Tassy
Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 at 21:02
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Member - Hughesy (NSW)
G'Day All,
We are planning a holiday to Tassy in Dec while over for a mates wedding.
I thought what a great reason to take the Camper over and have a look around at the same time........that was until I looked up the prices to take a vehicle and camper on the boat!!!!
At just over 11m total length (cruiser and camper) I'm looking at $780 for that and then 2 adults a child and an infant I'm looking at $1132 for accomodation (all return). WOW!!! Now a local might be able to tell me I've calced it wrong??
Considering you can take a cruiser on its own over and back for only $122 - its a huge ($659) extra cost just for the camper!!!
Anyway back to the point of the thread - does anyone know of a place in Tassie you can hire a campertrailer or caravan??
Do you know what sort of $$ they want per week??
Any help would be great.
Reply By: Motherhen - Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 at 22:45
Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 at 22:45
Hi Hughesy
We made it worth our while by staying seven weeks. With mostly
free camping, having our own accommodation and the flexibility to travel with no schedules (apart from the ride
home), it was
well worth it. It cost us $1284 in 2006, Feb - April. Day crossing there and night crossing with porthole cabin for two of us on the return. Our rig was booked in at 12.2 metres.
Marcus makes a good point of using cabins. Three years ago my daughter with
young family plus in-laws did a 10 day fly in tour of Tassie. She had to work out a schedule first to pre book cabins and use a hire car. She found all she needed and booked everything via the Internet. She did know where to go as she had spent a year in Tassie some time back and wanted to take her family to her favourite
places.
She chose to fly in to
Burnie and leave from
Hobart to be able to see more
places in a very limited time frame.
Motherhen
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Reply By: Holden4th - Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:12
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:12
I took my camping gear with me in Dec 2006 planning to
camp where I could. I then discovered that hotels were a very cheap place to stay. To give you an indication, I spent 6 nights at the Bush Inn in
Deloraine at $20 a night in a very comfortable room and they even threw in a a basic continental breakfast. I used this as a base for touring that area and then moved on. The Grand Hotel in
Huonville cost me $30 a night and I stayed there for 4 days and toured the Huon Valley. I also camped (just pitched a tent) in
Richmond) and in
Strahan. Many Van parks have on site vans that you can stay in for a reasonable price as
well and I did this in
Stanley,
Ulverstone and
Devonport.
When you consider also that as
well as having to pay to take your trailer across you will have camping fees on top of this it all adds up. Tasmania doesn't have the opportunities to
free camp that the mainland states do and you have toi know where to go to avoid an angry property owner.
You may also like to
check out
http://www.devilcampervans.com.au/pages/campervans/camper-trailers.htmCamper Trailer Hire
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Follow Up By: Member - Duke (TAS) - Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 21:49
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 21:49
Holden 4TH.
Don,t Know where you got your info on
free camping in Tassie but you are way off the mark. Being a local born and bred( NWCoast) and haveing been on the road on the big Island for 7Yrs. i would have to disagree on there being nowhere to
Camp in tassie. Get a copy of Camps Aust.4 and i think apart from SA being my favourite place from
home you will find there are heaps of spots availible in Tassie for Camping for free or a very modest fee.
Will have to agree though about the cost to get over the Ditch as we do it every year after going
home to catch up with family,
DUKE
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Reply By: Member - Nev (TAS) - Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 17:45
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 at 17:45
Hi Hughsey,
If you google campervan hire tasmania you will get a good choice. Tassie doesn't help itself a lot at times and that boat fee is a great example. There is a mob called Cosy cabins which are pretty good and in a few spots around the state. I hope you do make it as I first came to Tassie in 1989 and have been here since apart from a 2 year stint in
Adelaide. It is a great place to live and has some fantastic scenery.
I just reread your post and that fee you quoted would be prime time sailing which if I remember is a fair rise on off peak times.
Anyway I hope you enjoy yourself and get a chance to travel around. The ExplorOz bookshop has a good book on 4WD tracks in Tassie which I have found excellent.
Rgds
nev
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