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Arthur's Lake in the central highland region of Tasmania is famous as a brown trout fishery with some of the best fly fishing in the world... read more
Bothwell is the gateway to the central highland and was settled by Scottish pioneer farmers in the early 1820s... read more
Wild seascapes and sweeping surf beaches, wonderful coastal walks, birdlife and wildflowers, tall forests and an historic lighthouse are all features of South Bruny National Park... read more
Cockle Creek – this is where the most southerly road in Australia ends... read more
Derwent Bridge is on the road to and from the west coast (Highway A10), 2... read more
Traveling through Tasmania's South for 187km, the Derwent River is the second longest river in the state... read more
Dover is considered to be the most southern town in Australia of any significance... read more
Dunalley is a small fishing village located half way between Hobart and Port Arthur on the Arthur Highway... read more
Tasmania’s capital lies in the south-east of the state, near the mouth of the Derwent River at the foot of Mount Wellington... read more
Situated on the banks of the tranquil Huon River and surrounded by the colours of fruit-filled valleys and the peaks of the World Heritage Area, Huonville is a great base for exploring far-south... read more
Inverawe Native Gardens, just 15 minutes south of Hobart, is a nine and a half hectare Australian Native Garden, located north of Margate on the Channel Highway... read more
Ketchem Bay is found in the remote South West National Park in Tasmania, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area... read more
The deepest freshwater lake in Australia (190 metres/623 feet), Lake St Clair was scooped during several glaciations over the past two million years... read more
Mt Field National Park is Tasmania’s most accessible national park (90 minutes’ drive from Hobart on the Rivers Run route or B61) with a diverse glacial landscape showing the island’s... read more
Rising 1270 metre (around 4000 feet) above Hobart's harbour and the wide Derwent River, Mt Wellington provides a wilderness experience within 20 minutes of the city and is much loved by locals... read more
Settlers from Norfolk Island established this town on the banks of the River Derwent in 1807 when the Island’s prison was closed... read more
Oatlands is a colonial Town which sits 84km north of Hobart The township is host to some of Australia's richest European heritage... read more
Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula is Australia’s most intact and evocative convict site... read more
This little town of cobbles, handmade brick and mellow stone on the banks of the Coal River is just a 30-minute drive from Hobart... read more
Colourful characters come out in full force every Saturday, from 8:30am to 3:00pm, at Hobart's Salamanca Market... read more
Sorell is a town on the Tasman Highway, 26kms east of Hobart These days it is mainly a service centre for the local farming community as well as being a major weekend retreat for Hobart residents... read more
Southwest National Park is the largest in Tasmania covering over 600,000 hectares of land... read more
Take the Arve Road Forest Drive (C 631) beyond Geeveston for 30 km to reach the Tahune picnic and barbecue area on the banks of the Huon River... read more
The Tasman Peninsula is a land of farms, forests, sheer dolerite cliffs, sweeping views across the Tasman Sea and the place of the world’s southern-most historic prison... read more
38 kilometres south of Hobart on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, you'll find the pleasant coastal town of Woodbridge... read more
Tasmania’s capital lies in the south-east of the state, near the mouth of the Derwent River at the foot of Mount Wellington.
The 19th century waterfront warehouses for which the city is famous once bustled with whalers, soldiers, petty bureaucrats and opportunist businessmen. Now they house cafes, restaurants and studios and bustle with shoppers and visitors. Polished glass winks in the windows of settlers’ cottages, in nearby Battery Point, and brass doorknobs gleam in the lofty porches of colonial edifices.
Hobart is a city of warm sandstone, bright spinnakers on the water, fish punts at the docks, the slap of halyards on masts, coffee under the striped sun umbrellas of Salamanca where the famous Salamanca Market is held very Saturday.
Square-riggers still put out on the River, tacking among the yachts and fishing boats. Parliament House looks out on its lawns, once the market garden for old Hobart Town, and historic Government House sits serenely in its park on the city’s northern fringe, where the Governor’s cows graze as they always have in their city-centre paddock.
Hobart’s busy arts scene takes in art, craft, music and theatre at Salamanca Arts Centre and the surrounding warehouses.
You can hang out to the sounds of South American flutes, pub rock, street buskers and string quartets, and theatrical performances both classic and contemporary. In galleries and studios, our artists and craftspeople make bold and beautiful statements in pigments, glass, pottery and fabrics.
The city was settled in 1804 by Lieutenant Governor Collins and grew rapidly as the clearing house for British and Irish convicts. Its place on the Derwent River became the perfect protected deepwater harbour, and now every December and January it welcomes weary and exultant contenders from the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
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