Paragliding Tasmania

Lewisham sits on Pitt Water, the tidal inlet east of Hobart on the road toward Sorell, close enough to the city that Paragliding Tasmania has built the state's only dedicated training facility here, sparing pilots the trip interstate to learn. Founder Ramon Brasnja has flown since 2010 and instructed since 2018, running everything from tandem taster flights to full licence courses for pilots working toward independence. Tandem flights give first-timers a supervised introduction to the sport over the estuary and surrounding hills, with an instructor doing the flying and passengers along for the view rather than taking the controls. Tasmania's paragliding sites are fewer and more weather-sensitive than the mainland's, so flights are booked around conditions rather than a fixed calendar — the operator will reschedule rather than fly marginal air. Beyond the flights themselves, the school stocks gear and runs a small retail side, giving Tasmanian pilots a local base rather than relying on interstate suppliers for everything from harnesses to repairs.