[iceman (Mike)]

Hi guys

We're thinking of planning a family holiday to Tasmania, and need some advice.

We'll have 3 young kids (10, 8, 5) so keep that in mind.

1) What's the best time of year to go?

I know how cold Tasmania can get so we don't want to be there in the middle of winter. But if there's snow on some high mountains that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Spring? Summer? Autumn?

2) What's the best way to get there and get around?

Fly and hire a car or camper?
Drive our own car and take the ferry/cat across?
What are the costs/advantages of each?
Having our own car there would mean no car hire costs, but the extra travel time to get there, cost of the ferry etc?? vs cost of flights for a family of 5 and car hire costs?

3) Best things to see and do while we're there?

We'd love to do some walks and tours and stuff, and the kids are fine to walk up to 5-6 km's but wouldn't want to push them any much further than that in a given day.

What are the best tourist things to do for a family?

Thanks in advance.