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Tasmania offers an enviable lifestyle. It is the smallest Australian state, but it has all of the services and facilities needed to make it a safe and relaxing home.
Many Tasmanians enjoy the benefits of a city lifestyle, combined with easy access to beaches, rivers, lakes and national parks.
There are four major population centres - Hobart (Tasmania's Capital City), Launceston, Burnie and Devonport.
Situated on the Derwent River, Hobart offers the benefits of city living without the traffic jams, pollution, crime and overcrowding of larger cities. It only takes 15 minutes to drive from the city centre to the airport and 15 minutes to drive from the city centre to the rainforest trails of Mt Wellington. Hobart has Australia's oldest theatre, a world-class concert hall, cinemas, galleries and a thriving arts community.
Launceston, the State's second largest city, with its graceful Victorian architecture and green parks sits inland of the Tamar River. It is the gateway to Tasmania's premier wine growing region - the Tamar Valley.
Burnie, in the State's north-west, has a population of 20,000. It supports a range of industries including premium dairy processors, mining equipment manufacturers, and paper and pulp industries.
Devonport, on the mouth of the Mersey River, is the gateway to Tasmania for tourists arriving from Melbourne on the Spirit of Tasmania I and II. It lies about 50 km east of Burnie.
Tasmania has a strong sporting tradition, with facilities to match, and a dynamic arts culture, extending from live theatre and music to movies and museums and commercial galleries.
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