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Smithton
Town in Tasmania, Australia

Smithton

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.

How locals move

Getting around Smithton the local way

  • Get inYou could come by a private ferry to Smithton, but then it's a fair walk between Smithton and Duck Bay.

From Wikivoyage: Smithton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Raimond Spekking (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.