The North West Coast
MELINA PARKER, FARMER - The North West Coast
Melina is passionate about the beautiful produce of the North West, the wildlife and its beaches. There is much more you can see and do in this corner of Tasmania.
You know you’re onto something good when you arrive at a beach and there are more locals than tourists. Boat Harbour Beach is one of those gems, a place Tasmanians choose to holiday with the family. Here, lush green hills tumble down to the edge of Bass Strait, the crystal waters beg to be snorkelled and Jolly Rogers Cafe serves up chilled Tasmanian brews right on the beach.
Head further west and you’ll feel you’ve reached the edge of the world. It is here you can breathe some of the world’s cleanest air and watch as the mighty waves of Marrawah, attracting surfers from across the globe, pound against our shores.
While you’re on this windswept coastline, book in for a wildlife tour at Kings Run. Where else can you cosy up by candlelight in a rustic fisherman’s hut while watching the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil, feast on dinner just outside the window?
The north-west of Tasmania brims with these types of one-off experiences and invites you to create your own. From a chopper ride over historic Stanley to an unforgettable Tarkine journey into one of the most significant tracts of temperate rainforest on earth to a cruise out to a coastal seal colony- you’ll want to be sure you’re here for a while.
