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South_Aussie_Hiker
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No Cars in Tasmania?

Sun 21 Mar, 2021 8:52 pm

Hi BW community!

So I have a six day Tassie trip to do a bit of walking booked from Easter Sunday until the following Friday. Just jumped online to sort out a hire car - NOTHING!

Apparently all the car hire companies in Tasmania sold all their cars due to COVID, and now borders have opened, it's impossible to find anything. Visitors have been BUYING cars for a week and then selling when they leave :shock:

Any ideas from the brains trust? If someone in Hobart has an unused car, PM me and maybe we can work something out.

What a disaster!

SAH
wander
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Mon 22 Mar, 2021 2:30 pm

Do you need a hire car?

I have used taxi's for out of season walking access. Best was taxi to Scott's Peak.
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Tue 23 Mar, 2021 7:52 am

How much was the taxi from Hobart to Scotts Peak Dam?
wander
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Tue 23 Mar, 2021 11:14 am

It was few years ago now, a couple of hundred.

From memory there was a fare calculator on one of the websites and all the quotes I got were within a few dollars of what the calculator said.
ILUVSWTAS
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Tue 23 Mar, 2021 11:55 am

wander wrote:It was few years ago now, a couple of hundred.



Sheesh I'll drive you down for slightly less than that!
wander
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Tue 23 Mar, 2021 2:47 pm

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Quote from just now.
South_Aussie_Hiker
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Wed 24 Mar, 2021 2:03 pm

Sheesh I'll drive you down for slightly less than that!


What’s your price to Cradle Mountain :lol:
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Re: No Cars in Tasmania?

Wed 24 Mar, 2021 3:46 pm

UberX $224.44. Leaves in 3 minutes from Astor Hotel.
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