Australia might be the ultimate far-flung destination. Think about it: a long, long flight and a really big time difference from anywhere in North America—and a huge country, with so much to see. The Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, the vast, endless red expanse of the Outback, and Uluru: These are the places that register near the top for most considering this bucket-list trip.
But for international visitors—and even for many Aussies—Hobart, the capital of the island state of Tasmania, is a city that remains largely under the radar. (Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of the Australian mainland, is roughly the size of West Virginia.) That might seem like a bad thing, until you consider that, at least for the time being, you can have this magnificent place almost all to yourself.
