Tasmanian Heritage and Hiking Experience with the Henry Jones Art Hotel, Island Cycle
7 day/6 nights with the Henry Jones Art Hotel, Island Cycle Tours, the Freycinet Experience, the Friendly Beaches Lodge, and Avalon Coastal Retreat.
About the Trip
Starting in Hobart, friendly guides from Island Cycle Tours will accompany you for exploration of the Derwent River via sea kayaking and Mount Wellington on a scenic bike ride. Stay in Henry Jones Art Hotel and after exploring Hobart, you’ll travel to Coles Bay. There you’ll explore the exquisite Freycinet Peninsula with guides from the Freycinet Experience while you enjoy accommodation at Friendly Beaches Lodge. Stop along the way to admire the scenery, or visit a local winery, berry farm, or tea room. Experience Swansea’s stunning coastal location and stay at the Avalon Coastal Retreat overlooking the Freycinet Peninsula and Great Oyster Bay.
Includes: accommodation, most meals, guides, local transportation
Starting bid: $ 900
About Avalon Costal Retreat
Avalon sits high on a headland overlooking Tasmania’s Freycinet Peninsula and Great Oyster Bay. This modernists dream house is an experience on its own. Add this to the extrodinary costal setting, the art plu luxurious comfort for an unforgettable experience.
Green Practices:
Avalaon Costal Retreat uses only indigenous landscaping propogated from site and use rain water tanks. They received the Housing Industry Association- Home of the Year as well as the Greensmart Home of the Year as well as the Royal Australian Institute of Architects- Award for Residential Architecture. Every year they support Nying-Jay Projects- assisting students in remote Tibet.
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About Freycinet Experience
Lodge Based walks covering the entire length of the Freycinet Peninsula but returning to the comfort of the lodge each night. The walks include Schouten Island, Cooks Beach (optional over Mt. Graham) to Wineglass Bay and Bluestone Bay to Friendly Beaches- all with only a light daypack. Guests will be accompanied by excellent guides. Delicious Tasmanian food and wine are included. Fishing options available.
Green Practices, Awards, Travelers Philanthropy:
The Friendly Beaches lodge uses solar power and composting toilets, and received the National Architecture Award. The Directors make substantial contributions to environmental organizations including: The Australian Bush Hertiage Fund, Wilderness Society of Tasmania, Tasmania Conservation Trust and Tasmanian Land Conservancy.
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About Henry Jones Art Hotel:
The winner of the “Best Overall Hotel in Australia” at the 2005 AHA National Awards for Excellence, Henry Jones consists of a row of historic warehouses and a former jam factory transformed into and enthralling and luxurious five star experience on the edge of Hobart’s waterfront. The hotel itself is a fusion of art, heritage, technology, and tradition focused on tailoring its services to each guest that enters its door.
Green Practices, Awards, Travelers Philanthropy:
Henry Jones has won much acclaim for the environmental design and natural cooling and heating systems in public areas and convention spaces. The hotel follows strict standards for best practices for waste storage and removal, power, chemical and water usage and while minimizing the use of large air conditioning systems. The hotel climate control system uses computer controlled louvres and circulation fans in the “atrium space” to regulate the direction of hot and cold air to control the ambient temperature of corridors and the “atrium space” as opposed to using traditional air conditioning units. For this system, the hotel was recently awarded the Royal Austrailian Institute of Architects Award fro Environmental Design in 2005. The Henry Jones ASrt Hotel is also accredited by the Tourism Council of Tasmania.
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