If you plan to use The Point as a base to explore south-east Tasmania, you might find yourself stymied. So arresting is its hilltop position, amid 20 hectares of farmland overlooking Frederick Henry Bay and with access to a coastal walking track and beaches, and so tempting its features – firepit, stone bath with ocean views, floor-to-ceiling windows – that everything else seems beside the point. The house, just 20 minutes from Hobart, is an adults-only escape with beds for six.

Occupying the entirety of an Art Deco bank building, the simple exterior of Secret Bank Society, around 90 minutes from Launceston, belies a drama-filled interior with fireplaces, curated artworks and a 16-seat antique dining table. The visitor book has useful information – a woman who delivers handmade sourdough; Josh the butcher next door has the best meat in Tasmania’s north-east. Make this your secret hideaway.

Wear your walking shoes and pack light – you won’t need much more than a flannie, food, drinks and a good book where you’re going. Olive is a teeny little box of cosiness in a lush valley located in Winnaleah, a 10-minute drive north of Derby. To get to your small but perfectly equipped abode, it’s an 800-metre hike from where your car is parked. Should you feel the need to explore further afield, the photogenic turquoise water of Little Blue Lake is just a 20-minute drive away.

Stillwater began with a much-lauded restaurant and continues with seven pitch-perfect rooms upstairs in the former flour mill, each with views of the kanamaluka / River Tamar. There’s a choice of Premium or Deluxe suites or the pet-friendly Courtyard Suite with its private patio. A bar stocked with local small-batch spirits, Tasmanian wines, board games and house-made pastries on the first floor is just for guests.

Tasmania’s burgeoning wine scene is reason enough to head to the Coal River Valley but  Aquila Glamping makes another good case for the region. It’s an easy 30-minute drive from Hobart, then settle in on the deck of one of Aquila’s off-grid Eco Pods or the luxe Glamping Tent. You’ll be in the perfect position to gaze at rolling hills and vineyards with a glass of something local and sparkling as the sun sets.

A grand rural residence occupying 12 hectares of green pasture and charming gardens, Calstock is a former racing stables that produced Malua, a thoroughbred that won the Melbourne Cup in 1884 (check out the Deloraine & Districts Folk Museum’s memorial). Visitors can choose from the Stables Suite, a two-bedroom apartment within the historic stables, or the two-bed Woolstore Loft overlooking the stables and gardens. A sumptuous bedroom in a wing of the manor house is also available for one-night stays.

Much mythologised, the beach shack is part of a sepia-tinted Australian dream. But not owning your own coastal retreat needn’t prevent you from living that dream. Allow us to propose Chambls. It’s an eclectic little 1970s shack fronted by floor-to-ceiling windows on Verona Sands beach (one hour south of Hobart) that sleeps five. Spot seals, read in the window seat and snooze on the sofa. Make it an annual booking.

If the romantic name of this retreat has captured your imagination, think how you’ll feel submerged in fresh mountain water in a woodfired hot tub, midway up Mount Mangana, gazing over Cloudy Bay at dusk. Through rising steam you might spot wallabies, pademelons and potoroos fossicking and as the sky darkens – if you’re in luck – the aurora australis light show in the sky begins. There are two cabins, each with outdoor tubs.

Paradise Road Farm is a 40.5-hectare working farm in northern Tasmania, a part of the island where rain falls heavily and often so be sure to bring wellies, raincoat and woolly socks for padding around one of two cosy cabins. The current owners have adopted regenerative farming principles to raise their Angus-cross cows. Areas of remnant bush are also being regenerated and platypus now make their home in the creek.

With beach shacks, a 32-tent glamping field and the Ridge Quarters offering 12 double rooms with private bathrooms, Spring Bay Mill, about an hour and twenty minutes’ drive north-east of Hobart, is designed for events – think weddings, business conferences and even school camps (lucky kids!). It does allow bookings even without an event, though, so gather a group and occupy four or more tents to enjoy the clean air and views to Maria Island.

Just north – about five minutes, in fact – of Bay of Fires Bush Retreat are the rust-red boulders, long stretches of blazing white sands and ice-blue water of the larapuna / Bay of Fires area. Location: tick! Now to the accommodation. Here the Bunk House comfortably accommodates six, while there are 10 Bell Tents that each sleep up to three and the King Room is a more traditional arrangement. Double tick!

Move over, glamping, there’s a new eco-stay in town: the geodesic dome. Luna Lodge, about forty minutes north-east of Hobart, has two of these dome homes, each with king bed, kitchen, walk-in shower, barbecue and outdoor stone tub. The Tranquility Dome has a deck; the Castle Dome includes a four-poster bed and secret door. The main drawcard of dome life, though, is those views from within your geodesic cocoon – and just a short drive away are fruit farms, vineyards and southern beaches waiting to be explored.

A renovated two-bedroom fishing shack 10 minutes’ drive from Strahan, Seaforth is cosy, comfortable and cute. There’s a topnotch kitchen, plenty of records and games, a fireplace and even an outdoor heated shower (don’t worry, there’s one inside, too). Set among four hectares of bushland, the shack comes with soothing sea and mountain views and water access via a track.

Morning is heralded with a screech from the resident white-bellied sea eagle at this sleek, three-bedroom Avalon Coastal Retreat. She’ll pass by early – heed her call. The purple dawn brightening to peach is particularly spectacular from the massive floor-to-ceiling glass panels enclosing two sides of the house, overlooking Great Oyster Bay.

This Huon Valley farmstay will delight young visitors with its animals – ranging from chooks to a Highlander bull called Thor – apple orchards, blackberry picking and native wildlife. The kids can feed the animals, collect eggs, dig for potatoes and roast marshmallows around a campfire. The Barn has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fireplace and laundry facilities. Nearby, there are wineries, Cygnet’s gallery-strewn main street and chef and farmer Matthew Evans’ unmissable Fat Pig Farm (book ahead).

Here’s one for the lovers. Set in a clearing 45 minutes’ drive west of Launceston, Naivasha Tiny House has everything you need and nothing you don’t. So no reception and no TV,  but there is a cosy loft bed, a wood fire, a window seat, a claw-foot bath and a skylight for stargazing. Outside you’ll find a woodfired hot tub. The only thing missing is you.

A magical lakefront retreat constructed from shipping containers and ingenuity, The Doctor’s chalet has two bedrooms and a mezzanine floor. The front is constructed almost entirely from glass for uninterrupted lake views. From the private jetty you can kayak around Lake Sorrel’s shoreline where echidnas, wombats and sometimes Tasmanian devils can be spotted, fish for trout or dive into the cool depths. Just what the doctor ordered.

How to Explore Tasmania’s Enchanted Takayna / Tarkine Forest