Chances are, you have an awfully long plane trip ahead of you for a trip to Tasmania. A great way to spend some of that time would be reading about your destination. From travel guides to information on the spicy past of this Australian island, there is plenty of literature to get you ready for your Tasmanian adventure.

You may want to start with a guide book to help you for your trip to this exotic land. Lonely Planet's Tasmania guide is a great one as is "Tasmania: The Bradt Travel Guide" by Matthew Brace.

"In Tasmania: A House at the End of the World" by Nicholas Shakespeare is a charming and beautiful story about a British man who moved to a remote area of Tasmania.

Many people are very intrigued by Hobart's shady past. The development of the city is credited to the bringing of convicts here in attempt to keep the French out. If this subject is something you want more information on, you will definitely enjoy, "Land Settlement in Early Tasmania: Creating an Antipodean England (Studies in Australian History)" by Sharon Morgan.

Whatever it is that you are interested in reading, you'll want to bring something because the in-flight magazine is not going to cut it!