The travel time between Melbourne and Tasmania on the ferry The Spirit of Tasmania is 10 hours. However, the ferry does not travel to Hobart, instead docking at Launceston, in Tasmania's north.
No. One must travel from Melbourne to Tasmania by the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, across Bass Strait, then drive from Devonport (where the ferry docks) to Hobart.
The Spirit of Tasmania departs Davenport, Melbourne nightly at 9pm, arriving 7am.
No. You can only catch the "Spirit of Tasmania" ferry that runs between Melbourne and Tasmania.
It is about an hour's flying time from Melbourne to Hobart, and ten hours on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.
Not unless you have an aqua car. If you have an aqua car, can I have one too? You can take your own vehicle on the ferry (Spirit of Tasmania) across the Bass Strait from Melbourne to Davenport, then drive to Hobart. The driving distance from Davenport to Hobart is approximately 280 kilometres.
The state of Tasmania and the city of Melbourne are not connected physically, but the Spirit of Tasmania vehicular and passenger ferry makes daily trips between the two.
Tasmania is one of Australia's states, so there are many flights from main airports on the continent to the larger cities in Tasmania. In particular, the capital city of Hobart has a major airport. Tasmania can also be reached by the "Spirit of Tasmania", a large passenger and vehicular ferry from Melbourne. The ferry takes around 11 hours from Melbourne.
Quite simply, it is far more straightforward for the Spirit of Tasmania to dock in Devonport. It is a shorter journey straight across Bass Strait than for the ferry to go south, then negotiate its way through the harbour to Hobart. Taking a car or hiring one in Devonport is a more direct and cost-effective option.
Tasmania is part of Australia.The Spirit of Tasmania takes 11 hours to travel from Devonport on Australia's island state of Tasmania to Melbourne, on the mainland.
Tasmania is directly South of Melbourne and isaccessible by either one of the many shortcommercial flights between Tasmania and the Mainland or on the overnight Spirit of Tasmaniaferry from Station stpier in Melbourne to Devenport.
The Spirit of Tasmania takes ten hours to make the 429 km crossing from Melbourne to Tasmania.
uhh, airplane?? much faster than the Spirit