This is a free and easy self drive tour. Compared to driving in Perth, it is more difficult drive. Primary due to the narrower roads and bad road conditions. i.e The drive from cradle mountain along Zeehan highway is riddled with pot holes. This is notwithstanding the many carcasses lying along all roads. The roads are very winding and rarely there are straight roads. Generally, the drivers in Australia are friendly. You won't ever hear anyone sounding the horn or tail-gate. You definitely can do a leisurely drive there. For this trip, i have already planned it to be an easy trip usually starting the day slightly after 8 am. But going through it, this is most definitely a very packed itinerary. There are destinations that we skipped because of time constraints. Binalong - Bay of fires is one, another is the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park. Otherwise, we pretty much stick to our original planned itinerary. There are also days we hope we have more time to spend at place but...