Best Landscape Photography Locations in Tasmania

Tasmania, Australia's island state, combines temperate rainforest with rugged, exposed coastline. Away from Hobart, its skies are dark enough and its latitude far enough south to make it one of the more accessible places to attempt aurora australis photography, alongside more conventional landscape work.

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Cape Pillar

Cliff Coast
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 147 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Bay of Fires sunrise, Binalong Bay, Tasmania

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 8 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Flowers Convict Settlement Maria Island, Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 5 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Ronny Creek, Cradle Mountain

River
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 866 m elevation
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Haystack Rock, Eastern Tasmania

Landscape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 3 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Port Arthur looking through a window Tasmania

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 20 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Kelvedon Beach boat ramp hut Rocky Hills Tasmania

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 3 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Bruny Island southern Lighthouse Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 83 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Low Head Lighthouse, Low Head, Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 11 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Poppet Head and Mountains, Zeehan, Tasmania

Mountain
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 217 m elevation
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Binalong Bay

Seascape
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 1 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Moon set Table Cape Lighthouse, Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Elevated terrain · 150 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Sleepy Bay

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 58 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Kelvedon Beach Boathouse and winch Tasmania

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Spring Bay Mill, Triabunna, Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Lake Hanson

Lake
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 1,062 m elevation
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Shot Tower Kingston, Hobart, Tasmania

Woodland
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky · ≈ Bortle 4 with nearby skyglow
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 101 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Lake Pimsoll

Lake
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 537 m elevation
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Rock formation, The Nut Stanley, Tasmania

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Russel Falls, Mt. Field NP, Tasmania, Australia

Waterfall
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 181 m elevation
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Nelson Falls

Waterfall
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Valley or low-lying terrain · 348 m elevation
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Jetty Sunrise Morse Bay, Strahan, Tasmania

Coastal
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 3 m elevation
  • On the coast
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Sunrise Spiky Beach Tasmania

Beach
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 0 m elevation
  • On the coast
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South Esk Pine Reserve

Woodland
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky
  • Flat or gently rolling terrain · 9 m elevation
  • 8 km from the coast
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Through the clouds Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania

River
  • Bortle 2 — excellent to rural dark sky · ≈ Bortle 4 with nearby skyglow
  • Elevated, dramatic terrain — ridge or summit position · 1,235 m elevation
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Planning a night out at one of these locations? Use the free Milky Way Calendar to check moon phase and dark-sky windows, or read the Blue Hour & Star Trail Photography Guide for how to plan the shoot itself.

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