Tasmania's east coast: Hobart to St Helens with a caravan or motorhome
Tasmania's east coast runs 254 km from Hobart to St Helens. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 4 h 15 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Hobart · Orford · Swansea · Bicheno · St Helens
Is Tasmania's east coast OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 2 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 9% uphill on Tasman Highway, at km 50.
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 254 km | 254 km |
| Driving time | 4 h 15 min | 4 h |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 2 km | 2 km |
| Total climb | 1,910 m | 1,910 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 58 km | 58 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 0 | 0 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
Caravan parks on the way
- Barilla Holiday Park · km 13
- Hobart Airport Big4 Caravan Park · km 17
- Sorell Council Self Contained RV Park · km 26
- Triabunna Caravan Park · km 85
- Swansea Holiday Park - Schouten Beach · km 134
- Swansea Beach Chalets · km 136
- Big 4 Bicheno Cabin Park · km 179
- Seaview Holiday Park · km 179
- Scamander Sanctuary Holiday Park · km 235
- Scamander Kookaburra Caravan Park · km 237
- Hillcrest Tourist Park · km 251
- BIG4 St Helens Holiday Park · km 252
- and 1 more in the app
National park and other campgrounds
- Ye Olde Buckland Inn · km 61
- Triabunna Takeaway Campground · km 85 · fees apply
- Mayfield Bay · km 120
- Swansea Backpackers Lodge Camping · km 136 · fees apply
- Denison Rivulet campground · km 194
- Lagoons Beach Campground · km 208
- Trout Creek · km 237
- Shelley Point · km 239
- Dianas Basin · km 246
- Diana's Basin - St Helens Point State Rec Area · km 246
- and 4 more in the app
Rest areas
- Airport · km 17
- McGees Bridge · km 24
- Spiky Bridge · km 127
- Four Mile Creek Foreshore Reserve Scenic View Lookout · km 222
Fuel stops
- Ampol · km 0
- Shell · km 0
- Caltex · km 2
- U-Go Self Serve · km 5
- Buckland Roadhouse · km 61
- East Coast Power Equipment & Service Centre · km 85
- Ampol Depot · km 86
- United Swansea · km 135
- Scamander supermarket & newsagency · km 237
- United St Helens · km 254
- and 8 more in the app
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp AUS? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.