For something completely different…

Join the Tassie Science Road Trip, part of this year’s Beaker Street Festival (6 to 14 August; beakerstreet. com.au) on the Apple Isle. The seven-day self-guided experience kicks off on 8 August in Hobart and winds up with a cruise on Freycinet National Park’s famed Wineglass Bay (right). Along the way, enjoy stops at places such as Strahan Village, Cradle Mountain Hotel and Freycinet Lodge, where you can relax, recover and tune in to expert scientific talks on topics such as climate change and marine ecology.