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I'm considering relocating to Tasmania and looking for advice/opinions about where might be suitable for meeting these requirements:
- COOL summers ((average mid-high 20's),
- Local crag/s (within 30 min drive) well-endowed with variety of good routes (preferably adventure style more than bolted) & bouldering,
- other cliffs with good climbing, etc within day-trip/weekend driving range,
- Realistic chance of low cost rental property out-of-town (preferably 20-30 min drive);
- Away from big cities but small one/s okay (big enough to have College/Art School facilities),
- other people interested in climbing/outdoors,
- active arts community
Any suggestions most welcome.
Cheers, Caela
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Jon Nermut
Hi Caela,
Both Hobart and Launceston pretty much fit the criteria.
Both have very good local climbing and big outdoor scenes. Hobart is a bit bigger (200K vs 100K) and more cosmopolitan (more arts etc), Launceston has a bit better weather.
I don't think too many of the parochial residents of either city could argue with that
Cheers,
Jon.
Al Williams
Caela, I agree with Jon.
Tassie is pretty small and almost all of the establised climbing areas can be reached from hobart or launceston within a 2-4 hour drive and are accessible for day trips or weekends (hobart and launceston are only a 2 hour drive apart).
As far as after work climbing goes (in summer it doesn't get dark until 9:30pm);
Hobart
Launceston
Cheers,
Alan