You Can Take Your Car to Tasmania Via Ferry for Free Between March and June – Concrete Playground

With international travel unlikely to return for some time yet, your 2021 holiday plans probably include vacationing somewhere within Australia. If heading to the country’s southern-most state is on your list, and you’re keen to do so via car, then you’ll welcome the Federal Government’s temporary expansion of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme — because it’s letting travellers take their wheels to Tassie via ferry for a four month period without paying extra.

Announced on Thursday, January 7 by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack, the move sees an existing rebate — which dates back to 1996, and is designed to “reduce the cost of seagoing…