Smithton
Smithton is a town on the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Smithton is a town on the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Bass Highway, 85 km north-west of Burnie. At the 2021 census, Smithton had a population of 3,934. Smithton is the administrative centre of the Circular Head Council.
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Getting to Smithton
- Airports
- Hobart (HBA), 297 km
- Stations
- Smithton Airport, 3.6 km
- Hobart (Cambridge) → Smithton297 km · quickest by road, 6h 21m · A$48–65
- Geelong/Melbourne → Smithton334 km · quickest by road, 14h 51m · A$80–105
- Melbourne → Smithton337 km · quickest by road, 14h 46m · A$80–105
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Smithton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Smithton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou could come by a private ferry to Smithton, but then it's a fair walk between Smithton and Duck Bay.
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