Car Rental Devonport

Devonport is a major point of entry for visitors travelling across the Bass Strait. The city of is the largest and most important port on Tasmania’s north coast. It is located at the mouth of the Mersey River, 98 km west of Launceston on the Bass Highway. With hire cars you can access all the tourist attractions and enjoy the superb natural surroundings that Devonport offers.

The port’s importance, particularly as far as visitors from the mainland are concerned, is that it is the arrival port for the Spirit of Tasmania I, II and III, the car ferries, which arrive from Melbourne and Sydney. The Melbourne service operates daily and the Sydney service sails three times a week. Consequently it has become known as ‘The Gateway to Tasmania’. One of the benefits of this link with the mainland is that Devonport, of all the towns in Tasmania, outside Launceston and Hobart, offers an excellent range of modern motels and hotels.

No one is exactly sure how Devonport got its name although it is obvious that the origins must be associated with the County of Devon in southern England. One school of thought argues, without any strong evidence, that Devonport was named, with a nice sense of nostalgia for the ‘old country’, after the coastal town of Devonport in the county of Devon. The more likely origin is that the district around the city was called the County of Devon and that this naturally led to the port being named Devonport.

For car rental Devonport, choose Bargain Wheels Car Rentals as we can offer you car hire to suit most occasions.