[QUOTE username=PL1 userid=8628896 postid=1331811277]@Bushguide Not to be argumentative but "the apparently freezing cold state of Tasmania" isn't so cold. My daughter is at school in Melbourne, Vic. and she gets no sympathy (from me) when she tells me it was 5C, "and so cold!"
The issue for us people living in COLD climates is you never warm up and the only time I thought seriously, I could die, was a night in Fort Mac, northern Alberta when I couldn't get my rental car to start. At the other end of the temperature range, in the mid-East and central Australia you depend on heavy duty A/c. That's why I think a cold weather package, or a hot weather package should be an option.
BTW Melbourne is a great city to visit. I've never taken the ferry to Tassie though. Should I?[/QUOTE]
Be careful visiting Tasmania.
I went down for two weeks holiday back in 1987 and didn't leave until 1992.
Got married, had two kids, built a house.
Absolutely beautiful place and lovely people.