Best family activities in Tasmania

Tasmania's family activities range from the world-renowned Museum of Old and New Art to the wildlife sanctuaries that provide the Tasmanian devil encounters that are among the most requested wildlife experiences by children visiting Australia from overseas.

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary — the wildlife sanctuary 25 kilometres north of Hobart provides the free-roaming kangaroo paddock, the Tasmanian devil enclosure with feeding show, the wombat encounters, and the quoll habitat that make it the best entry point for the Tasmanian wildlife experience. The night tour during school holidays is sold out weeks in advance.

MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) — the Moorilla Estate museum is the most discussed art museum in Australia by a wide margin. The adult content requires parental judgment, but the museum architecture, the interactive digital features, and many of the installations create a genuinely memorable experience for children old enough to engage with the provocative and the strange.

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) — the free museum in Hobart's historic Macquarie Street precinct provides the thylacine gallery, the Antarctic exhibition, and the colonial history galleries that create the educational family experience that provides the context for Tasmania's natural and human history.

Tahune AirWalk — the canopy walkway extending 50 metres above the Huon Valley forest floor, 90 minutes from Hobart, provides the treetop perspective on the Huon pine forest that is unique in Australia and creates the sensory experience that families with older children most frequently cite as their Tasmanian highlight.

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