Hobart And Surrounds Guides Attractions Events in Tasmania

Aart. Gallery of Fine Art, in central Hobart, specialises in exhibiting work by Tasmanian artists. The gallery is located in Macquarie Street, a short distance from Hobart’s central business district and waterfront.
Aart exhibits work in a range of media, including drawing, oils, acrylic, sculpture and photography. The gallery’s intimate space provides an opportunity for broad range of Tasmanian artists to show their work. Artists to have exhibited at Aart include Wayne Edwards, Jessica McLaughlan, Mary Lou Wright, Francine Smith, Rodney Lea, Rebecca Brogan, sculptor Kathryn Hodges and fine art photographer Paul Barrington.
You can purchase original artwork from the gallery, including pieces by Luke Wagner, Jerzy Michalski, Danny Benson and the late Deny King, or choose from a range of prints and cards. Current and previous exhibitions can be viewed on the gallery website and commissions of artwork by gallery-represented artists can also be arranged.

Hobart’s Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts is a heritage collection of colonial artefacts. The Museum is located within the State Library of Tasmania in central Hobart.
The Library and Museum are housed in a permanent display of Georgian-style rooms. The collection includes colonial paintings and prints, Georgian silver and glass and fine English, French and Chinese porcelain. There are displays of mahogany and walnut furniture dating from 1680, including excellent examples of Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite. The Library features fine and rare books, manuscripts and photographs dating from the 1800s.
The Allport family originally settled in Tasmania in 1831 and played a significant role in Tasmania’s artistic, cultural and social development. Work by Mary Morton Allport (1806-1895), one of Australia’s earliest notable female artists, features in the collection. Her son, Morton Allport (1830-1878), was a scientist, naturalist and one of Tasmania’s earliest photographers, and her granddaughter, Curzona Frances Louise Allport (1860-1949) was also a painter.
Cecil Allport (1858-1926) began the collection in 1899. He and his son Henry Allport (1890-1965) were historians, connoisseurs and collectors. Upon his death in 1965, Henry Allport bequeathed the entire collection to the people of Tasmania as a memorial to the Allport family.

This miniature display of the scenic charms of Switzerland covers an area greater than a couple of average size houses. The Bernese Alps, alpine villages, rivers and lakes are laid out before you and connected by a bustling rail system.
The Jenni family have spent more than 20,000 hours creating the locomotives, rolling stock, bridges, buildings, chair lifts, cable cars and trees. Work began in 1977, and although the model appears complete, new features, such as a severe thunderstorm, are always being added.
Exquisite sunrise and sunset effects occur to the haunting sound of the alp horn, but otherwise the background is lively Swiss music. Young children will enjoy controlling Thomas the Tank Engine and Smurf Train displays themselves.
Our attraction now also includes “Wildwoods Gardens” – a beautiful garden of about one acre developed as a fairy garden theme so now we have something specific for girls and boys. Admission includes entry to both attractions.

Anglesea Barracks in Hobart, built in the 1800’s, now houses the Military Museum of Tasmania.
Governor Macquarie ordered these barracks built when he visited the colony in 1811. When the last British regiment left Tasmania in 1870 the buildings were variously used as a school, reformatory, a home for old women and a gymnasium. With the federation of Australia in 1901, the barracks became Commonwealth property and passed back to full military control, in which they have remained ever since.
In the barracks are the hospital, now the commander's residence, the original officers' quarters and mess, the arch from the original Bath Inn, the memorial to the British 99th Regiment of Foot stationed here from 1848-58, the officers' married quarters, the beautiful two story soldiers accommodation built in 1850, now the Headquarters building, the old drill hall, now the officers' mess and the jail, which is now the Military Museum of Tasmania.
Guided tours of the Barracks and Museum are conducted on Tuesdays at 11am. The Museum is open on Tuedays from 9 am to 1pm and on Thursdays from 9am to 12 pm. Other times by appointment.

Kent and Kent Antiques, in Hobart, offers a range of authentic antiques. The store is located beside Constitution Dock on Hobart’s waterfront, a short walk from the city's central business district.
Kent and Kent has a fine selection of authentic antiques, including 18th and 19th century English and Tasmanian colonial cedar and Huon pine furniture. The collection also includes clocks, estate jewellery, silver, glass and ceramics, early curios and relics as well as maritime antiques and instruments. Kent and Kent Antiques specialise in the purchase and sale of genuine antiques – and all pieces in the collection date from 100 to 250 years old.
Tasmania’s rich colonial and convict history draws antique hunters and collectors from across the world. Many of the state’s museums and galleries feature collections of fine antique china, art, glassware and furniture – including articles crafted from Tasmania’s specialty timbers. You can begin your own collection from the superb pieces you will find in the dozens of antique stores and markets throughout the state.

The Antiques Market, in central Hobart, specialises in antiques, art and collectables. The store is located in Elizabeth Street, in the city’s central business district.
At the Antiques Market you can browse through two floors of collectable items, including furniture, jewellery, glass, tableware and original artwork. A huge range of functional and decorative items is on display, exhibited by over 15 antiques dealers. The Antiques Market also offers restoration and upholstery services and custom made traditional or antique-style furniture, crafted from Tasmanian speciality timbers, can also be arranged.
The Antiques Market is owned and operated by Luis Ponte. Luis learned the art of building and restoration in Spain before migrating to Australia in the 1970s. He operated a period home and furniture restoration business in Melbourne for fifteen years, before relocating to Hobart to open the Antiques Market.
There is also a café within the antique complex and it serves great coffee!

Art Mob, in Hobart’s Hunter Street arts precinct, is Tasmania's only dedicated Aboriginal art gallery. Hunter Street is located on the waterfront, a five-minute walk from the city.
Most of Australia’s indigenous communities are represented at Art Mob, including the Western Desert, Balgo Hills, the Kimberley, Torres Strait and Tiwi Islands and Arnhem Land. Work by some of Australia’s most collectable artists, including Gloria Petyarre from the Western Desert, Dennis Nona from the Torres Strait Islands and Sally Gabori from Mornington Island, are exhibited and sold at Art Mob.
The gallery specialises in Tasmanian Aboriginal art, including rare shell necklaces, paintings, prints and wood and fibre works. Tasmanian artists include Allan Mansell, Ros Langford and Mick Quilliam.
Art Mob was established by Tasmanian Euan Hills in 2002 to provide much needed expert knowledge, and to honour and support Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and art. Art Mob is close to number of other galleries, including the Henry Jones Art Hotel and Masterpiece Gallery at Hunter Street. A short stroll along the waterfront takes you to Salamanca Place and some of Hobart’s best galleries, including the Salamanca Collection, Handmark Gallery and the Long, Sidespace and Loft galleries at the Salamanca Arts Centre.

Astrolabe Booksellers, in Hobart’s Salamanca Place, offers rare, antiquarian and second-hand books. Astrolabe is located in a refurbished 19th century warehouse close to Hobart’s waterfront and a short walk from the city’s central business district.
Astrolabe Booksellers is one of Tasmania's two members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers. The store specialises in Tasmanian, Australian, Antarctic and maritime books, in addition to general stock. You can browse the store’s collection, or search for books and make your selection on-line. Astrolabe also produces a number of catalogues each year and can help you locate hard-to-find titles.
Tasmania’s rich colonial and convict history draws collectors and antique hunters from across the world. Many of the state’s museums and galleries feature collections of old and rare books and manuscripts, in addition to fine antique china, art, glassware and furniture – including articles crafted from rare Tasmanian timbers.

Barilla Bay is an oyster farm, restaurant and gourmet food store at Cambridge, southern Tasmania. Barilla Bay is a 15-minute drive from central Hobart (14 kilometres/nine miles), and is close to Hobart airport.
Surrounded by landscaped gardens, Barilla Bay is a light-filled, architecturally designed complex that overlooks the bay and oyster farm. The Barilla Bay Restaurant, open seven days a week, features fresh Tasmanian produce and of course, the famous Barilla Bay oysters, matched with fine Tasmanian wines and beers. The property has a private dining room perfect for special occasions, cocktail parties or meetings. There is also a fine selection of luscious Tasmanian produce in the food store.
You can join a deliciously fun and informative tour of the Barilla Bay Oyster Farm. On this shore-based, 45-minute tour you will see Barilla Bay’s world-class facilities and taste succulent, ocean-fresh oysters that are exported across the globe. Your guides will show you how oysters are grown from tiny spat to full maturity. You’ll learn about the history of Barilla Bay, the family business, the importance of tides, and the company’s commitment to ensuring the preservation and conservation of Tasmania’s pristine waters. Tours operate daily and bookings are essential.

Cadbury is located at suburban Claremont approximately 12 kilometres north of the city of Hobart. At the Cadbury visitor centre, an access fee of $5.00 per adult (children free) entitles you to view an informative DVD in a theatrette, where you can talk to guides about the chocolate-making process. At the end of the viewing, each person will receive a small gift of chocolates and be invited to relax in the café and browse the great range of gifts, t-shirts, souvenirs and, of course, chocolates. Tours of factory itself no longer operate.
The centre is open for half-hour visits from 9:00am to 2:00pm weekdays - bookings are not essential but advisable (ring 1800 627 367). Cadbury is not open on weekends, public holidays or during factory shutdowns. Factory shutdowns happen around the Easter period and from December to January.

Hobart’s Carnegie Gallery features a public exhibition program showcasing contemporary art, craft and design. The Gallery is located in Argyle Street, in the city’s central business district.
The Carnegie Gallery is owned and operated by the Hobart City Council, and runs an annual program focusing on high-quality, innovative exhibitions. Working actively with the Tasmanian arts sector, the Gallery provides opportunities for Tasmanian contemporary artists, designers and curators to exhibit. The Carnegie Gallery also supports national and international touring exhibitions.
The Gallery is located in the Carnegie Building, which was constructed in the early 1900s as the Tasmanian Public Library. The building was funded by Scottish-American benefactor, Andrew Carnegie, who also funded over 2,500 public libraries throughout the world.
The Carnegie Gallery is open daily from 10.00am to 5.00pm during exhibitions, with the exception of Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. Entry is free.

The Cascade Brewery is Australia’s oldest continuously operating brewery, in South Hobart, Tasmania. The brewery is located in the foothills of Mount Wellington, five minutes’ drive from Hobart’s central business district.
Cascade Brewery produces a range of fine Tasmanian beers and soft drinks. You can take a two-hour brewery tour to see all aspects of the beer-making process – from malting and brewing to packaging. Bookings are essential, and the tour involves plenty of stair climbing, but your efforts will be rewarded by thirst-quenching free samples at the end.
The Cascades Visitors' Centre, once the brewery manager's house, is now a modern, light-filled building incorporating a bar and restaurant. You can sample the Cascade range here and enjoy a meal by the atrium windows, which have views of the brewery’s castle-like façade. Stroll through three hectares of gardens, or browse in the retail shop.
The Cascade Brewery was established in 1824 by ex-convict Peter Degraves. Today, Cascade's brewers combine traditional brewing skills and pure mountain water with premium Tasmanian barley and hops to create the Cascade range, which includes the multi-award winning Cascade Premium Lager - voted 'Best Premium Beer in Australia' in the 2003 Australian Good Taste Beer Awards

Charles Reuben Estate is located at Tea Tree in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. Tea Tree is five minute drive north west of Richmond (eight kilometres / five miles) and 30 minutes north of Hobart (35 kilometres/22 miles).
Established in 1990, the four-hectare/10 acre Charles Reuben Estate has plantings of pinot noir, chardonnay and riesling in addition to the Bordeaux varieties—cabernet sauvignon, a little cabernet franc, merlot and petit verdot, sauvignon blanc and a few rows of semillon. The Estate’s range of wines by winemaker Tim Krushka includes pinot noir, chardonnay, a Bordeaux-blend red and a sauvignon blanc semillon.
You can visit the Estate each Wednesday to Sunday—bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawn and taste selected wines from the range. Tours of the vineyard can also be arranged.

The Claremont Golf Club is a metropolitan course north of Hobart in southern Tasmania. Claremont is a suburb of Hobart, 10 minutes’ drive north of the city centre (12 kilometres).
The Claremont Golf Club features undulating fairways with water views from nine holes. The course has watered grass greens and tees, a few hills and bunkers and players here will enjoy some excellent par three holes. The Derwent River is a constant backdrop and also acts as a boundary for a number of fairways. The Club has a resident golf professional, practice fairway and putting green and buggies and carts are available for hire. Guests are welcome to participate in the general competitions but bookings are essential. You can relax after your round in the clubhouse bar, which is open every day, and snacks are also available on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Holes: 18, Par: 71, Length: 5,667 metres, Australian Course Rating: 69

Coal Valley Vineyard restaurant is located at Cambridge 15 minutes east of Hobart.
The restaurant, outdoor dining terrace and cellar door are perched directly above the steeply sloping vineyard and have sweeping water views of the estuary of the Coal River Valley and the vineyard below.
The restaurant menu changes often as quality local seasonal produce becomes available and is made to match the award winning wines.
Regular events are held annually including Burning of the Canes Dinner, Harvest Celebration Lunch, Chestnut Lover’s Lunch and visiting chefs from Italy are part of our schedule. All are welcome. Or enjoy a picnic hamper on the hill overlooking the vineyard.
Please note that Lunches are currently only offered on weekends.
The vineyard totals five hectares (12 acres) and is meticulously hand cared for. Varieties for sale and for tasting include intensely aromatic Riesling, crisp and lightly oaked Chardonnay, balanced and elegant Pinot Noir, Tasmania’s first Tempranillo and a Cabernet Merlot blend.
Open Thursday to Sunday from 10:00am - 4:00pm.

The Colville Street Art Gallery features contemporary work by artists from Tasmania and mainland Australia. The Gallery is located in Battery Point, a five-minute drive from Hobart’s central business district.
The Colville Street Art Gallery’s program of monthly exhibitions includes works on paper, paintings, photography and sculpture. Represented artists include painter Peter Gouldthorpe, printmaker Milan Milojevic, sculptors Gerhard Mausz and Sandra Jenkins and jewellery designer Carmen Blyth, among many others. All artists represented by the Gallery demonstrate contemporary art practice through works in modern landscape, city and streetscape, interiors, still life and abstract.
You can view and purchase contemporary artwork by Tasmanian and Australian artists at the Gallery. Services in collection assessment and development, corporate leasing options, research and sourcing particular artists and works are also available.

Craigow Vineyard is a picturesque 11 hectare vineyard at Cambridge in the Coal River Valley.
The vineyard was established in 1989 and has already produced a number of award winning wines. Current varieties are pinot noir, chardonnay, riesling, and gewurztraminer.
The vineyard is part of the historic property of Craigow. An original workmans cottage has been converted into a cellar door outlet for wine tastings and sales; and is open at weekends from September to April as well as at other times by appointment.
Craigow wines are also available through mail order and retail outlets.

This is a truly boutique vineyard, where all the procedures, from growing the grapes to bottling the wine, are carried out on the premises by owners Andrew and Rose-Marie Vasiljuk. Andrew, who has 20 years experience, is the winemaker.
Production from the mountain vineyard of less than a hectare was recently embellished with the purchase of another vineyard at Margate in the Channel. Wine tastings and cellar door dales are available at the Tea Tree vineyard. Varieties include riesling, pinot noir and chardonnay.

The Derwent Entertainment Centre is multi-purpose stadium and entertainment venue at Glenorchy, near Hobart. Glenorchy is ten minutes’ drive north of Hobart’s city centre (eight kilometres/five miles).
The Derwent Entertainment Centre is one of Tasmania’s major entertainment venues, with a seating capacity of 5,400 and general admission capacity of 7,500. The Centre is a venue for major concerts, conventions, exhibitions, sporting events, trade shows and special events and is also a ticketing venue for Ticketmaster. The venue has extensive car parking and can be accessed by Metro buses from Hobart.
The Tasmanian Government and Glenorchy Council commissioned the Derwent Entertainment Centre in 1989 as a celebration of Australia’s 1988 Bicentennial year.

Increasingly, Tasmania is gaining recognition for the excellence and execution of design, especially its fine furniture made with native timbers. If you have an interest in good design - from pots to playgrounds - phone and arrange to see the work produced at this co-operative, which provides workshop machinery, kilns and studio space for members.
Work designed and made on the premises includes contemporary furniture, ceramics, metals and textiles.

endota spa hobart – day spa on the hobart waterfront - is less than a five minute saunter from dockside, city centre and every history and mystery-soaked corner of the old town.
Once a flour mill, now the old city mill is flowering in endota green. outer walls wood stacked in1865. inside, our renovated inner spa glows white and welcoming. Your soles can stop searching, endota body treatments are working wonders inside and out.
How better to end a wilderness trek? But book before you venture off and look forward to a well earned massage, or reward your feet for getting you there and back with Tassie Toots or both, or whatever you choose.
A combination of treatments - facials, massage, spa body wraps, manicure, pedicure, crystal mud footsoak – you can relax as long as you like.
Check out our website for the extensive menu of treatments available.
Open Monday to Friday 0900 to 1800, and Saturday 1000 to 1700.

The Female Factory in South Hobart is arguably Australia’s most significant historic site for women.
You can take a self-guided tour of the Female Factory Historic Site which allows you access to the memorial garden and the historic site. Or take a guided one-hour tour, taking in the fascinating yet tragic history of the site.
The historic site was once the Cascades Female Factory, a euphemistic name for a terribly overcrowded prison in the 1820s and the setting for Bryce Courtenay’s novel The Potato Factory.
The Female Factory Historic Site was the winner of the 2004 Tasmanian Tourism Awards, Heritage and Cultural Tourism.

Frogmore Creek Wines is located in the Coal River Valley Region just 10 minutes from Hobart. Our straight-forward, down-to-earth winemaking techniques are aimed at producing wines with clear and characteristic varietal fruit flavours.
We produce a wide range of award-winning cool climate styles under our Frogmore Creek and 42 Degrees South labels. Our Frogmore Creek label is the pinnacle of our efforts; the ultimate combination in matching fitting varieties to true cool climate viticulture, following through with master winemaking. As 42°S is the central latitude of Tasmania this name reflects our position in crafting fruit-driven wines from grapes sourced from throughout the state.
We are open for tastings every weekend from 10am to 5pm.

GlenAyr Vineyard is located in south east Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. The vineyard is close to the historic village of Richmond, a 20-minute drive from Hobart (26 kilometres/16 miles).
Glen Ayr’s two-hectare (five-acre) vineyard produces chardonnay, pinot noir, riesling, shiraz, cabernet and merlot grapes. You can make an appointment to visit the vineyard and taste wines from the GlenAyr range, including pinot noir, chardonnay, riesling and a rare Tasmanian blend of shiraz, cabernet and merlot. The most recent addition to the range is a vintage pinot noir chardonnay.
The GlenAyr vineyard was planted in 1975, the second to be established in the Coal River Valley. The reliability and quality of the fruit grown at GlenAyr led to the first major commercial planting in the Coal River Valley district in 1988, with fourteen hectares of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines planted at the neighbouring Tolpuddle vineyard. Another six hectares has since been added.

Golf Park Hobart is a golf driving range situated opposite the Hobart airport in Cambridge. It is ten minutes from Hobart city and walking distance from Hobart International Airport.
The range features 22 undercover bays, a 300 metre range, club hire and tuition from PGA teaching professional. It is open seven days a week includiing public holidays.
Cranston Parade is located off the airport roundabout after the Holyman drive exit.

Grannie Rhodes’ Cottage offers a guided museum tour and live performance at Richmond, southeast Tasmania. Richmond is a 35-minute drive northeast of Hobart (26 kilometres).
The restored, early-1800s cottage includes a colonial museum and features ‘Turn the Key of Time’ - a 50-minute performance of the history of the cottage and its original occupant, Grannie Rhodes. Owner and actor Miriam Cooper takes on Grannie’s identity in the interpretive performance, which reveals the life of this remarkable woman.
Grannie Rhodes’ Cottage is the only remaining dwelling Richmond without electricity or water. You can discover what life was like for early colonial and convict settlers in Tasmania as you experience the retelling of Grannie’s true stories. Be transported back to Old England in 1824; hear of the tribulations of Grannie’s parents, her two marriages – first to a convict, and then a freeman - and discover how Grannie lived in this tiny cottage, raising her eleven grandchildren.
You can experience Grannie Rhodes’s performance at regular viewing times throughout the year, or by prior arrangement. Bookings are recommended.
Grannie Rhodes’ Cottage – ‘Turn the Key of Time’ received a high commendation in the Cultural Heritage section of the 2006 Tasmanian Tourism Awards.

The International Wall of Friendship was conceived as a lasting memorial to the bonds of friendship and goodwill of many nations who have made Tasmania their home and their contribution and committment to the progress and well being of the State.
It is located in the sunken garden at the Commonwealth Government Centre in Hobart, the capital city of the Australian island State of Tasmania. It is believed to be the first project of its kind in the world being officially declared open in October 1992.
The Wall of Friendship has become a shrine for those communities which it represents. Each year communities gather there to celebrate days of national and international significance flying the Australian flag and the flags of their countries of origin.

Island Market is a new indoor market, which specialises in food, new products and craft. These include seafood (live, fresh and frozen), meat, groceries, prepared foods, fresh produce, clothing, manchester, homewares, tools, garden plants, Tasmanian wine and olive products. Tasmania's largest new clothing liquidator operates from one of our two main buildings. The complex includes an olive processing plant, which has a customer viewing window. Our heated building is clean and spacious with wide aisles between the rows of stalls. There is plenty of on-site free parking for cars and buses in our 2.2 hectare paved site. The Hobart bike track also passes by our premises. We are currently open from 1000 to 1600 every Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sunday (except Easter, Christmas and New Year's Day).

This antiquities museum at the University of Tasmania in Hobart is rated as the best such collection in Australia after the Nicholson Museum in the University of Sydney.
The museum was started about 40 years ago by Professor John Elliott, the Professor of Classics, after whom it is named. The collection contains representative examples of the art and culture of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece, Etruria and Rome. Most notable are over 100 Greek vases, many of them fine examples of painted decoration and about 500 ancient coins from the invention of coinage to the end of the Roman Empire.

Kangaroo Bluff Historic Site at Bellerive is a gun emplacement and fort built in 1880.
In 1873, someone thought they spotted two Russian warships on the River Derwent. The gun emplacement and fort were built in 1880 as a result.
The battery guns were never fired in anger and today the site has been preserved as much for its picturesque location as its historic significance.

Lady Franklin Gallery, situated in Tasmania's capital Hobart, was built in 1842.
This gallery in the Hobart suburb of Lenah Valley was built by Lady Jane Franklin, wife of Sir John Franklin, who was governor of Tasmania at the time.
The building fell into neglect after the Franklins departure in 1843 but was resuscitated in 1948 by the Art Society of Tasmania, which now runs it as a gallery for the display of paintings by leading Tasmanian artists, and to house a library of art books.

When junipers for gin proved hard to find, Bill Lark of The Lark Distillery tried making a liqueur using Tasmania's native mountain pepper berries. The result is a smooth Bush Liqueur - a truly unique taste of Tasmania. The Bush Liqueur is also blended with another local product, Gillespies Ginger Beer, to make 2UP, a ginger beer with kick.
Specialties of the distillery are single malt whisky, apple schnapps, bush liqueur, cherry max, pepperberry vodka and pepperberry gin.

Llanherne Golf Club north-east of Hobart is a nine-hole 18 tees course designed by Peter Toogood.
Officially opened in March 1994, this links type course was designed by Peter Toogood, and features 18 tees with gently undulating fairways to 9 large greens. Two lakes and numerous bunkers add to the challenge.
Mens competition Saturday, Ladies competition Tuesday, Visitors with handicaps welcome.
Holes: 9 (18 Tees) Par: 72 Length: 5978m ACR: 70.8

The Maritime Museum of Tasmania, in Hobart, is dedicated to Tasmania’s rich maritime heritage. The Museum is located in the Carnegie Building, at Sullivan’s Cove, a short walk from Hobart’s central business district.
Tasmania’s maritime history is explored in the Museum’s extensive permanent collection and program of exhibitions. Historic artefacts and interpretative displays explore the history of Tasmanian ship building, whaling and its role in naval warfare. Features of the collection include navigational instruments, historic dinghies and treasures such as the hatchway from Joseph Conrad’s barque Otago and the eagle stern-board from the 1856 American whaler Islander.
You can take a guided walk of the Maritime Museum, which also includes a tour of the Colonial Gallery at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and exploration of Hobart’s port area. Highlights of the tour include the historic site of Hunter Island, Victoria and Constitution Docks, Mawson Place, Waterman's Dock and the May Queen, Salamanca Place and the Dutch Memorial. Bookings for the two-hour walking tours are essential.

Masterpiece@IXL Fine Art Gallery is situated in Hobart’s Hunter Street arts precinct, southern Tasmania. Specialising in Australian fine art, the gallery features colonial through to contemporary pieces.
Wander in and view the fine collection at Masterpiece@IXL. The high quality works are produced by artists from around the world including many prominent Australian artists. Pieces on display are also available for purchase. Gallery Director, W Nevin Hurst has been part of the Australian art scene for over 30 years. Featured artists include David Bromley, Charles Conder, Haughton Forrest, John Glover, WB Gould, Hans Heysen, Ken Knight, Ken Done, Tim Storrier, Sidney Nolan, Gloria Petyarr, WC Piguenit, Lloyd Rees and many more.
Masterpiece@IXL is located in the IXL Courtyard. Hunter Street is on the Hobart waterfront, a five-minute walk from the city.

Meadowbank Estate is a cellar door, vineyard and restaurant at Cambridge, east of Hobart. Cambridge is 15 minutes’ drive east of Hobart (14 kilometres).
Meadowbank Estate’s 10 hectares of vines overlooks the Coal River Valley wine region. You can sample and purchase a range of acclaimed, cool climate wines at the cellar door, including intense pinot noirs, crisp, dry aromatics and medal-winning chardonnays. Choose from the seasonal a la carte menu in Meadowbank’s award-winning restaurant. You can sample wines with a special menu of smaller dishes, and create your own wine matching experience. The restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows frame sweeping vineyard and water views. You can also dine al fresco on the flagstone terrace or cosy-up by the roaring fire in the cooler months.
Meadowbank Estate has a strong affiliation with the arts. A quarterly program of events includes art exhibitions, concerts, special wine tastings and food and wine events. The Loft Gallery features work by Tasmanian artist Tom Samek. A Flawed History of Tasmanian Wine is an 18 metre-long jigsaw-style floor mural, accompanied by a nonsense poem, which tells the history of Tasmania’s wine industry – the oldest wine industry in Australia.
Meadowbank Estate is open each day from 10am – 5pm.

Moo Brew is a state-of-the-art micro-brewery at Moorilla Estate, Hobart. Moorilla sits on a private peninsula on the Derwent River at Berridale, 15 minutes north west of Hobart’s city centre. A jetty provides private and charter access to the site and there is a fast catamaran service from the Hobart waterfront.
Moo Brew builds on the Moorilla traditions of outstanding cool-climate wines, fine food, art and the celebration of life. Moorilla produces four unique beers under the distinctive Moo Brew label - an American Pale Ale, an American Dark Ale, a German-style cloudy wheat beer and a Pilsner. Moo Brew is created according to the German Purity Law of 1516, which proclaimed that beer must contain only the essential ingredients: malt, hops, yeast and water. These unique beers contains no additives or preservatives and are unpasteurised – so Moo Brew’s distinctive flavours are best enjoyed fresh and cold.
The award winning Moo Brew label designs display the works of Australian artist, John Kelly. In response to his sculpture series based on William Dobell's camouflaged cows, Moorilla commissioned Kelly to produce a series of paintings for the beer labels

Moorilla sits on a private peninsula on the Derwent River just fifteen minutes by car from the centre of Hobart. A jetty provides private and charter access to the site and there is a fast catamaran service from the Hobart waterfront.
The recently completed Ether Building houses the Source Restaurant, a function centre and conference facility and Cellar Door. The building has been designed to engage visitors with a dramatic panorama of the Derwent Estuary while affording them the opportunity to watch the winemakers and brewers at work.
Moorilla's four accommodation pavilions are situated high above the banks of the Derwent Estuary. Large and light with cantilevered balconies overlooking the water, they offer a luxurious combination of inner city comfort and coastal tranquility.
Fresh Tasmanian produce, a complete selection of Moorilla wines make for a memorable stay with each unit featuring original artworks from the Museum of Old and New Art.
Moorilla produces four unique beers under the distinctive Moo Brew label: an American Pale Ale; an American Dark Ale; a German-style cloudy wheat beer; and a Pilsner.
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Morningside Vineyard is located at Tea Tree in southeast Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. Tea Tree is a 30-minute drive from Hobart (35 kilometres), a few kilometres from the historic village of Richmond.
Morningside’s three hectares (seven acres) of vines were planted in 1980 and the vineyard was the first to be established in the Tea Tree area. The vineyard has consistently produced elegant, age-worthy wines including riesling, chardonnay, pinot noir and cabernets - a blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and petit verdot.
The Morningside Vineyard is a family-run operation and all wines are estate-grown and made. Visitors can taste Morningside’s range of medal winning cool climate wines at the cellar door by appointment.

Mount Nelson and Truganini Reserve is a conservation area south of Hobart. Mount Nelson is 10 minutes’ drive from Hobart (five kilometres) en route to Kingston.
Originally the site of one of a chain of signal stations that linked Hobart Town with Port Arthur, Mount Nelson is now the location for a restaurant, picnic area and lookout in addition to one of Hobart’s oldest residential areas. Here, you can enjoy sweeping views of Hobart and Storm Bay from the lookout or call into Mt Nelson Signal Station Restaurant for great coffee or a delicious light lunch.
The Truganini Reserve protects an area of native bushland on the south-east flank of Mount Nelson. You can take a 90-minute return bushwalk (4.2 kilometres) descending from the Signal Station to Sandy Bay, The track follows the course of Cartwright Creek through a range of vegetation from eucalypt woodland to a sheltered rainforest-like gully. You can visit the Truganini Memorial, dedicated to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their descendants; look for wild flowers dotted throughout the bush and listen for the song of native birds, including the endangered swift parrot.

Mures Fish Centre is a Hobart institution, situated right on the bustling fishermans wharf next to the boats that bring in so much of its stock in trade.
As well as dining in - at the al la carte restaurant upstairs, or the fishing-boat level family bistro, there is a range of seafood delicacies you can buy to take back to your accommodation or as you tour the island. These include smoked salmon pates, terrines, roulades and a range of classic seafood soups.
Even if you are not buying, the mongers display in the bistro is worth a look for a display of the bounty of Tasmanias clean, cool waters.

Narryna is a beautiful Georgian home, now open to the public, set in an old-world garden, in the heart of Battery Point, Hobart's original village. The home was builit over a three-year period by sea captain Andrew Haigh, who purchased two acres of land from the Reverand Robert Knopwood (the colony's first, and clergyman). At the time it was one of three houses in Battery Point and the land extended through to Salamanca Square and Haigh's warehouse.
Former owners include George Washington Walker, a Quaker missionary and founder of the Hobart Savings Bank.
Narryna has a nationally significant collection of furniture, china, silver, paintings and examples of fine art. It was originally established in 1957 as Australia's first folk museum, and has one of the most comprehensive collections of nineteenth century items in Australia.
The building is a classic example of Georgian architecture. It is set in large grounds and garden three or four minutes' walk from Salamanca Place.
National Trust Cards are not accepted as Narryna is not part of the National Trust.
Open: Tuesday through Friday 1030 to 1700; Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 1400 to 1700.
Closed: Christmas Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day and the month of July.

The New Town Bay Golf Club is a nine-hole metropolitan golf course north of Hobart. The Club is located in the riverside suburb of Lutana, 10 minutes north of the city (six kilometres/four miles).
Formerly known as the Ez Risdon Golf Club, the New Town Bay Golf Club is a private course, open to members, associates and members of affiliate clubs. Features of the course include a challenging ninth hole—a 119-metre downhill par three with challenging bunkers surrounding the green. The Club hosts a Ladies competition each Thursday and Men’s competition on Saturdays, and there is a licensed bar in the clubhouse for members - opening hours are displayed on the noticeboard.
Bookings are recommended.
Holes: 9, Par: 64, Length: 3,975 metres, Australian Course Rating: 62

Oak Lodge is an historic house in the Georgian village of Richmond, south east Tasmania. Richmond is a 30 minutes drive north east of Hobart (27 kilometres/17 miles) and 20 minutes from the Hobart airport.
Built between 1831 and 1842, Oak Lodge is a fine two-storey Georgian home originally built as a gentleman’s town residence. The Lodge’s first owner was Henry Buscombe – one of south east Tasmania’s pioneering settlers and the brother of James Buscombe who built Richmond’s Prospect House.
Oak Lodge has been used as a rectory, school, and family home and was once the local doctor’s surgery - occupied by the town’s noted, American-born doctor, William Clark. The property now houses the Coal River Valley Historical Society.
You can visit this National Trust-listed property to gain insight into early colonial life, explore the well-preserved rooms and stroll in the original nineteenth century garden. Oak Lodge is open daily (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday) from 11:30am until 3:30pm. Entry is by gold coin donation and is free to National Trust members.

Off Centre, in Hobart, is a gallery and shop featuring work by Tasmanian ceramic artists. The gallery is located in the Salamanca Arts Centre, close to Hobart’s waterfront and a short walk from the city’s central business district.
Off Centre is managed by a cooperative of nine professional Tasmanian artists. The eight ceramicists and one bronze artist exhibit and sell a diverse range of work at Off Centre. You can choose from a range of artefacts including hand-painted tableware, elegant pierced porcelain vessels, and ceramic and bronze sculptures such as bronze Tasmanian devils, raku-fired fish and architectural sculptures. One of the artists is always on hand at the gallery to impart expert knowledge of the work on display. Off Centre also manages a small adjoining gallery, which exhibits the work of emerging and established local artists in a variety of media.
You can visit several other galleries in Salamanca Place. The Salamanca Arts Centre hosts a vibrant program of changing exhibitions in the Long Gallery, Sidespace Gallery, Loft Gallery and Top Gallery. You can also visit the Handmark Gallery, Aspect Design and the Salamanca Collection in Salamanca Place to see work by some of Tasmania's best artisans.

The Old Hobart Town Model Village, in Richmond, is a model replica of Hobart in 1820.
You can see how the sailors, officers, free settlers and convicts of colonial Hobart Town lived and learn about this fascinating chapter in Hobart’s and Tasmania’s early history.
Constructed from original plans and maps by owner-operators John and Andrew Quick, this authentic model village is made up of over 60 historic Hobart buildings and 400 period figurines.
Translations are available in four languages and umbrellas can be provided in rain or shine.

Olde Time Portraits in Richmond, south-east Tasmania, specialises in colonial-style costume portraits. Richmond is a 30-minute drive (27 kilometres) north-east of Hobart and 20 minutes from Hobart airport.
At Olde Time Portraits you can choose from a number of colonial-style costumes for your portrait. Be transformed into a 19th century lady or gentleman, wear the uniform of an officer of the colony or carry the chains of a convict, among many others. Children’s costumes are also available and you can choose from a sepia-toned portrait or a ‘Wanted’ or ‘Reward’ poster with your image. Gift vouchers, postcards, calendars and gift cards are also available.
Richmond is famous for its convict history and Georgian architecture. You can explore the village’s colonial buildings, including the Richmond Gaol and Richmond Bridge—Australia’s oldest. Browse through galleries and shops, relax in a café or restaurant or even take a horse-drawn carriage ride through town. Richmond is located in the Coal River Valley, one of Tasmania's wine-producing areas. You can take a drive through the countryside and taste some of Tasmania’s fine cool climate wines at the cellar door.

Pages Creek Vineyard is located at Tea Tree, in southeast Tasmania’s Coal River Valley. Tea Tree is 30 minutes from Hobart (35 kilometres), and a short drive from the historic village of Richmond.
Established in 1999, the vineyard has over four hectares (10 acres) of vines including chardonnay, pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. The vines are hand pruned and harvested and only premium fruit is selected for winemaking.
Pages Creek wines display cool-climate elegance and ideal ripeness, resulting from the Coal River Valley’s long growing season. These finely structured wines have moderate alcohol levels and are especially food compatible. Pages Creek wines are made at Winemaking Tasmania, a modern facility headed by one of Tasmania’s most experienced winemakers, using a combination of state-of-the-art equipment and traditional techniques. Wines are matured in the highest quality French oak barrels.
Pages Creek Vineyard is named for the creek that runs through the 20-hectare (50 acre) property. It is the vigneron’s vision to produce world-class wine from this single-site vineyard, located in one of Tasmania’s premier wine-producing areas.

Palmara Vineyard is a boutique winery at Richmond, in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. Richmond is a 30-minute drive northeast of Hobart (26 kilometres).
Palmara specialises in small quantities of fine wine. At just one hectare (2.5 acres), it is possibly the smallest commercial vineyard and winemaking operation in Tasmania. Palmara’s range of soft, fruity wines include chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir and a unique, blended white ‘montage’. There is also the widely acclaimed Palmara Exotica, an aromatic, varietal wine made from cold climate seigerrebe grapes. Palmara’s small production ensures a selection of individually crafted wines, all grown and vintaged on-site.
You can sample the range of premium cool climate wines at Palmara’s intimate cellar door. Wines are available for sale exclusively at the vineyard and in selected restaurants.

Pembroke Vineyard is located at the entrance to the Coal River Valley in southern Tasmania on approximately one hectare.
The vineyard predominantly grows Pinot Noir along with a very small range of classic white varieties including Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. The vineyard is a certified plot and has produced clonal material for distribution to the fledgling Tasmanian wine industry in its establishment phase. The vineyard was established in 1980.
Pembroke Wines specialises in Pinot Noir and produces Gold Medal quality wine. Mail order is available.

The Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site in Hobart incorporates more than 160 years of Tasmanian penal history.
Building a church above solitary confinement cells was Colonial Architect John Lee Archer’s innovative solution to the need for both as Hobart’s convict population continued to grow in the 1820’s. From 1857 part of the Church housed the Tasmanian Supreme Court, while more recently it has been used as a Magistrate’s Court.
Tour the court rooms, tunnels, cells and gallows either by day or by flickering light on an evening tour.
The gift shop is open during museum hours.

Puddleduck Vineyard is a small family owned vineyard in the Coal River Valley near Hobart.
The owners extend a warm invitation for you to visit their vineyard as well as their relaxed and friendly cellar door. Come and enjoy a sit-down tasting of the current releases and local cheeses while watching the ducks puddling on the dam, or bring a picnic lunch to have on the veranda with a glass of medal winning wine. If time is pressing a tasting at the solid Huon Pine bar might be more to your liking.
Puddleduck Vineyard currently produce Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Bubbleduck, Chardonnay, Rose, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Merlot. – Wines are hand crafted using the traditional methods of hand harvesting and pruning as we know that good wine is made in the vineyard.
Meet Bazil our famous Corgi dog who was named “Vineyard Dog of the Year” for Tasmania. He will probably greet you in the car park on arrival.
Puddleduck wines are available exclusively from the cellar door or mail order, so don’t miss the opportunity to taste them while in the area.

Putters Adventure Golf is a miniature golf complex at Moonah, north of Hobart. Moonah is five minutes’ drive from Hobart’s central business district (five kilometres/three miles).
You can play a round of mini-golf on Putters Adventure Golf's all-weather putting courses – including the 18-hole Mountain and the Mill – an indoor course spread over three levels and featuring a Tasmanian rainforest display. Test your skill on greens with challenging banks and turns, sand traps, rough turf and rock hazards or try a game of virtual golf in the two full-swing golf simulators. After your round you can relax at the Clubhouse Café to enjoy tasty snacks, espresso coffee and creamy Tasmanian ice cream while your children have fun in the nearby Adventure Playground.
Open daily, except for Christmas Day, Putters Adventure Golf also caters for groups, and has ample parking and easy access to regular public transport.

The Quoll Artists Gallery, in Hobart’s Salamanca Place, specialises in work by Tasmanian artists. The gallery is located in the Salamanca Arts Centre, close to Hobart’s waterfront and a short walk from the city’s central business district.
Quoll is a co-operative of nine professional Tasmanian artists, and the gallery features fine art, jewellery, textiles and ceramics. Choose from fine art paintings in watercolour, oils, acrylic and mixed media - ranging in style from traditional to contemporary. Select your own piece of handmade jewellery - including work crafted from fresh water pearls and abalone, antique china and ceramic. A range of other craft items is also available at Quoll - including silk scarves, pottery and handmade knives.
You can visit several other galleries in Salamanca Place. The Salamanca Arts Centre hosts a vibrant program of changing exhibitions in the Long Gallery, Sidespace Gallery, Loft Gallery and Top Gallery. You can also visit the Off Centre Gallery, Handmark Gallery, Aspect Design and the Salamanca Collection in Salamanca Place to see work by some of Tasmania's best artisans.

Richmond Antiques, in the south-east Tasmanian village of Richmond, specialises in Tasmanian antique furniture. Richmond is an historic Georgian Village, 20 minutes north east of Hobart (26 kilometres/16 miles).
You can browse Richmond Antiques’ range of authentic colonial furniture. Choose from pieces dating from the early 18th century, including Tasmanian Huon pine, cedar and Georgian English furniture. The store also has a range of quality porcelain, glassware, silver and Australian pottery. Richmond Antiques can also arrange packing and shipping of your treasures throughout Australia and overseas.
Tasmania’s rich colonial and convict history draws antique hunters and collectors from across the world. You can browse Richmond’s many antique, art and craft shops and galleries, and stroll through the town to see original Georgian buildings and architecture including the Richmond Gaol (1825) and Richmond Bridge (1823) the oldest bridge in Australia still in use.

Richmond Food and Wine Centre offers café, restaurant and wine tasting, in the heart of Richmond.
You could visit a number of vineyards and food producers in the island state, or you could stop just at Richmond Food and Wine Centre, created by Willie Blacks love of Tasmanian fine foods and Mark Blacks appreciation of Tasmanian wines.

Richmond Gaol is the oldest intact gaol in Australia, located just 20 minutes north-east of Hobart.
The Gaol was built in 1825 and is one of the best preserved convict structures still existing in Tasmania. You can step inside a solitary confinement cell measuring just one by two metres (6x3 feet).
One of the Gaol’s most infamous inmates was English convict, Ikey Solomon, said to be the model for Charles Dicken’s character Fagin in Oliver Twist.
You’ll see chain-gang sleeping rooms, the flogging yards, the cook house and holding rooms, all with historical relics and documents to bring the convict past to life.
The gaol is open daily from 9am to 5pm (closed Christmas Day).

Richmond Golf Club is a challenging nine-hole course with spectacular water views.
Views over Barilla Bay, Pittwater and Midway Point are a feature of this course.. Visitors and new members are welcome. Handicap required to play in competitions. The club house has bar and catering available on competition days. Mens competition Thursday and Saturday and Ladies competition Wednesday.
Course information: Holes: 9 Par: 66 Length: 805m ACR: 64.1

The Richmond Maze and Tearooms is a timber maze at Richmond, south east Tasmania. Richmond is a 30-minute drive (27 kilometres/17 miles) north east of Hobart and 20 minutes from the Hobart airport.
At the Richmond Maze you can experience the fun of getting lost in a tangle of pathways and dead ends. Try you luck in the two mazes and look for the surprise centre before relaxing with a hot pot of tea, tasty snack or light meal in the tearooms or gardens. This is family fun, suitable for all ages.
Richmond is an historic village famous for its Georgian architecture. Discover the convict history of the town, browse the galleries and shops or relax in a cafe or restaurant. Visit the Richmond Gaol and Richmond Bridge - Australia's oldest - or take a horse-drawn carriage ride through town. Richmond is located in the Coal River Valley, one of Tasmania's wine-producing areas. You can take a drive through the countryside and taste some of Tasmania’s fine cool climate wines at the cellar door.

Gently undulating fairways, grass greens. Competition open to visitors on Wednesday evenings during daylight saving time. Bookings advised. There is a practice fairway. Club and buggy hire is available. The club house bar is open 7 days, snacks and BBQ available.

Course information: Holes: 9 Par: 68 ACR 64 Length: 2170m

The Rosny Historic Centre is a cultural centre, gallery and museum on Hobart’s eastern shore. Located at Rosny Park, the Centre is a 10-minute drive (five kilometres) from Hobart’s central business district.
The Centre includes the Schoolhouse Gallery, Barn and Cottage Museum. The Gallery is a replica of an 1890s-era Tasmanian schoolhouse, and is the only public gallery on Hobart’s eastern shore. The Schoolhouse Gallery features exhibitions of contemporary and community art and historical displays. The sandstone Barn was built around 1815 and is one of the oldest buildings of its type in Australia. The Barn was redeveloped in 2006 as a visual and performing arts space for an ongoing series of concerts, exhibitions and workshops. The Rosny Farm Cottage, built around 1850, houses the Rosny Collection. This collection of realia forms the bulk of the Rosny Cottage display which has been designed as a representation of colonial life.
The Rosny Historic Centre is located on the site of the historically significant Rosny Farm – a nineteenth century walled farmyard and the oldest homestead on Hobart’s eastern shore. Rosny Farm also operates an education program and school holiday workshops for local school students, incorporating history, science and the arts.

Rosny Park Public Golf Course is a nine-hole course situated on Hobart’s Eastern Shore, near Eastlands Shopping Centre. Short but very attractive public course which has been the venue of the Australian Public Course Championships. Native tree-lined fairways and views over the Derwent River make for an enjoyable round of golf.
Club hire is available. Lessons available from resident Professional.

The Royal Hobart Golf Course is a country 18-hole course near Hobart in southern Tasmania. Located at Seven Mile Beach, the course is 20 minutes south east of Hobart (18 kilometres).
The Royal Hobart Golf Course is very tight driving course demanding care from tees and accurate approaches to well bunkered greens. Heavily timbered, the layout is championship quality with dips, hollows and bunkers surrounding many of the immaculately manicured greens. There are excellent practice facilities here, club, trolley and buggy hire, and a driving range. You can also consult the expertise of the course’s golf professional and relax in the clubhouse.
The Royal Hobart Golf Course hosted the 1971 Australian Open won by Jack Nicklaus.
Holes: 18, Par: 72 Length: 6,131 metres, Australian Course Rating: 72

The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are located in Hobart, Tasmania’s harbour side capital city.
Established in 1818 on the western banks of the Derwent River, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens covers 13.5 hectares and showcases 6,500 species and varieties of plants, including over 400 Tasmanian species.
You can take a guided tour to see features including the largest public conifer collection in the southern hemisphere, a peaceful Japanese garden and stunning conservatory. Breathe in the perfume of the traditional herb garden and visit Pete’s Patch – a vegetable plot designed by Tasmanian gardening personality Peter Cundall. See rare plants from Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic plant house and stroll along historic Arthur Wall—designed to be internally heated to grow exotic plants in Tasmania’s cool climate. The Gardens also has a seasonal display of annuals, including a breathtaking spring tulip display—focus of the yearly Tasmanian Tulip Festival.
You’ll find interactive displays of Tasmania’s diverse flora in the Botanical Discovery Centre and a permanent collection of work by Tasmania’s most famous wilderness photographer in the Peter Dombrovskis Gallery. You can browse in the Botanical Shop, or enjoy a meal or snack in the Gardens restaurant and kiosk.

Runnymede is an elegant colonial house situated in New Town just north of Hobart city. It is located in a lovely garden that overlooks New Town Bay on the River Derwent. It was built around 1836 for Robert Pitcairn, the first lawyer to qualify in the colony and a leading campaigner against the transportation of convicts from Britain. He named the house Cairn Lodge.
When Captain Charles Bayley bought the house in 1864 he named it Runnymede after his favourite ship. The Bayley family lived in the house for the next 100 years. The National Trust has restored and furnished the house to its original elegance.
The garden features many historic trees and plants, including roses, fuchsias, hellebores, bulbs and fruit trees.

Saddlers Court is a fine art gallery in Richmond, south east Tasmania. Richmond is an historic Georgian Village, 30 minutes north east of Hobart (27 kilometres) and 20 minutes from the Hobart airport.
Established since 1968, Saddlers Court showcases high quality Tasmanian paintings and craft. The gallery displays a range of work including ceramics, wood, glass, jewellery and metal, original paintings and prints. Work by more than 100 Tasmanian artists and craftspeople is shown here. The Gallery has displayed work by artists including painter and printmaker Tom Samek, sculptor and decorative blacksmith Bruce Pringle and renowned glass artist Richard Clements, among many others. Each piece is personally selected by the Gallery owners and chosen for its value in expressing or interpreting an aspect of Tasmania, and its potential enrich the life of the person who will ultimately own it.
You can browse Saddlers Court’s gallery spaces, warmed by a log fire and soft music. The gallery is located in the centre of Richmond Village, close to restaurants and cafes and a few minutes’ walk from the historic Richmond Gaol.

The Salamanca Arts Centre is a vibrant arts community located at Hobart’s Salamanca Place. Salamanca Place is close to Hobart’s waterfront, a short walk from the city’s central business district.
The Centre includes artist studios, galleries, venues, retail outlets, arts organisations and public spaces, housed in the historic sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place. You can wander through alcoves lined with galleries and shops. Choose your own piece of Tasmanian art, sample fair trade coffee and baked treats at Tricycle Café or join the locals for live music and mulled wine in The Courtyard each Friday evening.
Upstairs at the Long Gallery you can see contemporary Tasmanian, national and international visual arts, design and photographic exhibitions. The Sidespace Gallery is a subsidised exhibition space for professional artists to show their work, and at Kelly’s Garden, an outdoor installation space, you can sit and contemplate intriguing art works.
The Peacock Theatre, with its natural rock face backdrop, offers contemporary theatre, film, music and performance year round, and the Venue is a loft space offering music, comedy festivals and swing dance classes.

Salamanca Market takes place in Hobart every Saturday between 8.30am and 3pm – rain, hail or shine.
At Hobart’s popular outdoor market you’ll join the locals for a shopping experience with a difference. Salamanca Market is one of those special places where you actually meet the people who create, make or grow what they sell.
You can shop here for locally grown organic fruit and vegetables, freshly cut flowers, fine Tasmanian arts and crafts and an array of odds and ends.
Once the haunt of sailors, whalers and workmen, the old Georgian warehouses that line Salamanca Place are today Hobart’s cultural hub; home to galleries, theatres, cafes, craft shops and restaurants.
Operates every Saturday from 0830 until 1500.

Savoy Baths is a unique day spa established in the basement of an historic former banking chamber. The Spa has been transformed from the bullion vaults and strong rooms into a vast therapeutic and recreation oasis in central Hobart.
The Baths have dry heat and steam rooms to detoxify and cleanse your body, which you can follow with a relaxing swim in the large saltwater swimming pool. Then experience the therapeutic effect of trying the individual hot, tepid and cool bubbling spas.
Savoy Baths offers facial, body, hand or foot treatments or you can choose a complete spa package.
You can have a deep tissue massage, which uses firmer pressure for total muscle release; particular problem areas can be addressed with a remedial massage.
Or you could try reflexology - a gentle and relaxing pressure point massage therapy for the feet used to prevent and treat ailments, release tension and stress and promote emotional well-being. It is both a science and an art, which stimulates precise reflex points in the feet that mirror tensions in corresponding parts of the body to revitalise your energy and balance your whole system.
All of our services can be purchased as gift certificates.

Seven Mile Beach is a coastal reserve, a short drive east of Hobart. The Beach is 20 minutes (18 kilometres/11 miles) from the city, close to Hobart Airport.
Seven Mile Beach is a long crescent of sand overlooking Frederick Henry Bay. Curving along a natural sand spit, the beach extends east from the Seven Mile Beach residential area to Sandy Point. You can take long beach walks here, go horse riding through the pine forest, or go swimming, sailboarding or surfing. Beyond the beach, undulating dunes are covered with coastal grasses, native and pine forests and there are day use areas with picnic facilities, showers and toilets. There is also a general store at the western end of the beach, children’s playground and a range of holiday accommodation.
You can walk to Sandy Point to watch yachts and fishing boats cruise out to sea from sheltered Pittwater, and look across to the Spectacle Islands - a sanctuary for seabirds including the little penguin and short tailed shearwater. At low tide you can walk around the point and along the sand flats of Five Mile Beach, where you may be lucky enough to spot a passing family of dolphins.

Built in 1870 for the production of shot, this sandstone tower rises 48 metres above the banks of the Derwent, affording spectacular views up, down and across the river.
The tower is 10 metres in diameter at the base and 3.9 metres at the top - the walls a metre thick at the bottom thin out to .45 centimetres at the top. Molten lead was dropped from top to bottom of the hollow tower and its rapid descent and cooling roughly shaped it into pellets.
There is a museum at the base of the tower and a tea rooms alongside. There are 259 steps to the top, but 25 landings on which to catch your breath.

SIMSATION offers amazing virtual flight experiences in a full-scale 737 flight simulator, based in Hobart, Tasmania.
You can live the dream and fly a 737. From the moment you enter the flight deck you’ll be immersed in the amazing panoramic world of flight; the sounds, vibrations, controls, instruments and much more. Choose a 30 minute adventure or settle into the cockpit for two hours on an international route. You will feel as if you are truly flying, in any location you choose across the world. Takeoff in Hong Kong, land in Heathrow, or fly through the Alps at 450 knots.
All the flight adventures and teambuilding experiences are fully guided by friendly instructors, so no experience is necessary. Relax in the lounge or bring some passengers into the first-class cabins, where they can recline in airline comfort and watch your flight on the big-screen. Take away a DVD of your flight and buy some great Boeing and aviation memorabilia in the SIMSATION store.
SIMSATION is located in the heart of Bellerive Village with free parking outside. Under 10 minutes’ drive from central Hobart, you can also hop aboard a water taxi and be in Bellerive Quay in no time!

The South Arm RSL Golf Course is a public golf course in south east Tasmania. South Arm is 40 minutes south east of Hobart (37 kilometres/23 miles) overlooking the mouth of the Derwent Estuary and northern entrance to the D’Entrecasteaux Channel.
Also known as the Iron Pot Golf Club, the South Arm RSL Golf Course is a relatively flat nine-hole golf course with coastal views. The course features watered greens which present several challenges for the golfer. You can enjoy a drink in the bar after your round seven days a week, and the club offers dinner Friday and Saturday evenings and lunch on Sunday.
Holes: 9, Par: 70, Length: 5,174 metres, Australian Course Rating: 67.

We provide professional service and advice on buying, selling or insuring stamps, coins, medals and collectables.
Stamps & Accessories - stamps and related material from: Tasmania, Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory, New Zealand, Great Britain and all Pacific countries. We also offer a new issue service for any country or theme, plus a large range of accessories.
Coins & Notes - a large range of Australian decimal and pre-decimal coins, banknotes, medallions and accessories.
Militaria & Honour Boards - Australian, New Zealand and Great Britain replica medals, including decorations, campaign and long service medals. See us for professional medal restoration and accessories. We also help you create personalised Honour Boards.
Collectables - postcards, cigarette cards, Australian Rules Football cards, phone cards, badges, old documents and other collectables.
Phone and mail orders welcome.

The Tasmania Golf Club is an 18-hole course at Barilla Bay, east of Hobart. Barilla Bay is close to Hobart airport, fifteen minutes (20 kilometres/12 miles) from the city centre.
With spectacular views over Barilla Bay, this championship course has many superb holes and undulating fairways lined with towering trees. Located on a promontory jutting into the Bay, the course is surrounded by water on three sides. You can enjoy a challenging round of golf here—including the third signature hole—a 527-metre par five which is which is considered one of the best par fives in Australia.
The Tasmania Golf Club was established in 1971; the layout was designed by Al Howard and the course built by Ian Grimsey. This course consistently rates in the top 30 in Australia and Norman Von Nida once described it as the equal of any in the world.
You can relax with a drink or meal in the clubroom after your round. A club professional, practice facilities, driving range and club, trolley and golf cart hire are also available.
Holes: 18, Par: Men 72, Ladies 74; Length: Men 6,212 metres, Ladies 5,532 metres; Australian Course Rating 73.

The Tasmanian Cricket Museum, at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval, showcases Tasmania’s cricketing history. Bellerive is 10 minutes’ drive east of the Hobart city centre, on the eastern shore of the Derwent River.
At the Tasmanian Cricket Museum you can discover Tasmania’s rich cricket heritage from settlement to the present day. The museum features a collection of artefacts and memorabilia coupled with innovative displays, video and state-of-the-art interactive technology.
You can also take a tour of Tasmania’s world class cricket facilities at Bellerive Oval to see how a modern sporting venue operates. See the Oval from Richie's Room, sit in the television studio high above the Southern Stand and inspect the players' rooms and members’ facilities. You’ll also see Bellerive's indoor practice wicket with its bowling and video equipment. Your tour includes entry to the Tasmanian Cricket Museum. Bookings are essential.
Scholars of the game will enjoy a visit to the Max Atwell Memorial Library at Bellerive Oval. Located adjacent to the Museum, the library features a collection of thousands of cricketing books and is open Tuesday to Thursday from 10am until 3pm, Friday from 10am until 12 noon and during Pura and ING Cup games.

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) celebrates Tasmania’s history, art and culture. TMAG is located in Hobart’s central business district, close to the city’s waterfront.
You can join a free guided tour or browse the galleries to experience TMAG's rich blend of permanent collections, touring and temporary exhibitions and special displays.
A highlight is the Tasmanian Aboriginal Gallery - Ningenneh Tunapry. An Aboriginal phrase meaning ‘to give knowledge and understanding’, Ningenneh Tunapry’ celebrates Tasmania’s indigenous history and culture, and offers an insight into the traditional and contemporary cultural practices and issues of Tasmanian Aboriginals. Here, you can also see the first bark canoe built by indigenous Tasmanians since the mid-1800s.
Discover the mysteries of Antarctica in the interactive Islands to Ice exhibition; visit the Colonial Art Gallery to view an exquisite collection of 19th century artworks, or see one of the world’s most significant collections of Huon pine furniture, dating from the early 1800s. You can also learn about Tasmania’s ancient origins, flora and fauna – including the now-extinct Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger – in the natural history gallery. TMAG also features a children’s discovery centre, café and shop. Admission is free, although entry charges may apply to special exhibitions.

The Tasmanian Transport Museum in Hobart includes Tasmanian railways history displays, tram cars and locomotives.
The New Town Railway Station has been rebuilt at the museum and a new platform added. The station masters’ office and signal room have been retained and restored to original condition. The former ladies waiting room and store have been developed as a display area of relics and photographs featuring the history of Tasmanian railways.
There are seven steam locomotives, two operational diesel-electric locomotives, two operational diesel rail cars, six carriages and numerous goods wagons.
Electric vehicles include three tram cars and two Hobart trolley buses. Train rides using a diesel railcar are run on the first Sunday each month and a vintage steam locomotive runs on the third Sunday of the month.

The Tea Tree Golf Course is a nine-hole country course at Brighton, north of Hobart. The course is 30 minutes from Hobart (30 kilometres/19 miles) on Tea Tree Road.
Set in a semi-rural environment, the Tea Tree Golf Course offers flat fairways and grass greens with some bunkers. Two creeks come into play on six out of the nine holes and several holes have alternate tees on the second nine. The greens, tees and fairways are all watered. New members and visitors are welcome at this course and you can join the competitions on invitation days and the nine-hole chicken run competition during the summer months (October – March). Bookings are not necessary. The club house and bar are open on competition days; outdoor barbecue facilities are available at all times.
Holes: 9, Par: 68, Length: 4,934 metres, Australian Course Rating: 65.

The Tassie Dining Card offers attractive discounts at various restaurants, cafes and bistros across Tasmania. There is also a selection of coffee shops, bakeries, vineyards and gourmet produce outlets where the card can be used.
Ideal for visitors, you can use the card as a planning tool for dining stops during your Tasmanian tour. At a cost of AUD39 for 30 days from your arrival in Tasmania, the card offers significant savings across popular tourist destinations including 40 towns statewide.
Up to six individuals can be covered on a single card with no limit as to how many times the card is used. There is also no upper limit on the dollar amount of the discount, and the card comes with a compact 32 page venue guide designed for travelers. Discounts range from 15 per cent to 50 per cent.

Tasmania’s Theatre Royal, in Hobart, is Australia's oldest working theatre. It is located in inner-city Hobart, a short stroll from the central business district.
The Theatre Royal is Australia’s only remaining example of a Victorian bijou-style theatre. Built 1834 as a permanent theatre for the rapidly expanding colony, it initially offered entertainment ranging from music hall to cock fights. Leading Australian and international artists have performed here over the decades, including Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward – who described it as “a dream of a theatre” – Lillian Gish, Marcel Marceau, Roy ‘Mo’ Rene, Ruth Cracknell, John Bell, Hugo Weaving. A contemporary centre for the performing arts, the Theatre employs state of the art technology to present an annual program of live theatre, music, dance and entertainment.
Take a guided tour to see the Theatre's elegant Edwardian-style auditorium with its central dome, intricate gilded mouldings and rich colours. Admire the artworks in the Gallery and enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse of theatre life. The Theatre Royal has been saved from demolition several times – most notably in the late 1940s when Sir Laurence Olivier was among the many to leap to its defence.
Tours operate each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 11.00am.

The Tolpuddle Vineyard is located in southeast Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. The vineyard is close to the historic village of Richmond, a 20-minute drive from Hobart (26 kilometres).
The 20-hectare (50 acre) vineyard produces premium pinot noir and chardonnay grapes. Tolpuddle resources some of the country's best wines, including Eileen Hardy chardonnay and Penfolds Yattarna chardonnay. Tolpuddle is also a key contributor to the Hardy Wine Company's Bay of Fires and Tigress range and the acclaimed Domaine Chandon Tasmanian Vintage Cuvee is made exclusively from Tolpuddle fruit. Tolpuddle also contributes fruit to its own wine label, Glenayr. Glenayr wines include pinot noir, chardonnay, small quantities of riesling and a rare Tasmanian blend of shiraz, cabernet and merlot. The most recent addition to the range is a vintage pinot noir chardonnay.
Established in 1988, Tolpuddle Vineyard was named after the Tolpuddle martyrs - a group of British farm labourers who were transported to Australia after attempting to form a union. Their leader, George Loveless, once occupied a cottage at Strath Ayr farm, now the home of Glenayr wines.
In 2006, the Tolpuddle Vineyard won the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania's inaugural Tasmanian Vineyard of the Year Award.

Village in a Villa presents Hanby Town, a 1:12th scale model village in Hobart, Tasmania. It is located inside a private Georgian residence ‘Hanby Villa,’ located at 197 Macquarie Street, Hobart.
Village in a Villa Hanby Town is an easy 10-minute stroll from the Hobart central business district. It has been created over a 20-year period. Many of the handmade buildings are based on Tasmanian architecture, making them original and unique. Hanby Town is a fictional place created where there is no crime, a sense of civic pride and old fashioned values. Village in a Villa complements Hanby Town with a quaint gift shop featuring local craft, dolls house miniatures, organic preserves and collectables with a difference.
Individual and small personalised tours are conducted upon request. Bookings prior to arrival are essential. A very important person tour includes a take home Village in a Villa gift pack. The cost is $25.00.

Visit Tasmania.com offers wine tourism experiences throughout Tasmania. Based at historic Milford Vineyard, Cambridge, Tasmania.

Wilderness on Hobarts doorstep, Wellington Park provides walking, climbing, abseiling, cycling and sightseeing opportunities less than half an hours drive from the city. Pillinger Drive turns right off Huon Road just before Fern Tree and gives easy access to the mountains maze of tracks and to the picnic and barbecue facilities at The Springs. The road passes beneath the towering crags of the Organ Pipes, a mecca for climbers. Views from the summit are superb this is the starting point of the Mt Wellington cycle descent, one of Australias most challenging and exciting alpine rides.

Woodlands Wines at Tea Tree is a five hectare vineyard producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
The southern wine region wine varieties benefit from the long summer and autumn days and maritime climate, which helps growers and winemakers create superb and authentic cool-climate wines. The Coal River Valley commences just a 10 minute drive north-east of Hobart.
Woodlands Wines is open by appointment only.

Zone 3 Laser Games is an indoor tactical team laser game in Hobart, southern Tasmania. Zone 3 is located in the Village Cinema complex in central Hobart.
Inside Zone 3’s ultra-violet, spaced-themed maze, you can step into an alternate reality. Clad in a laser vest and carrying your laser gun, you can be the main character in your own adventure story, striving to bring your team to victory. Current music and state of the art equipment heighten your experience of a wild alternate reality.
Zone 3 offers regular sessions enabling your group to play with others in a friendly or competitive environment. Zone 3 also has an internet café, a range of multiplayer games and a viewing area where non-players can watch the game’s progress on monitors. Snacks and cold drinks are also available.

Zoodoo Wildlife Park is a uniquely hands-on wildlife park located in Richmond, near Hobart Airport. Visitors are able to get up-close and personal with such a huge variety of friendly animals. Visitors can hand-feed the roaming kangaroos and wallabies in the large Australian Native Park. In this area there are also Tasmanian Devils, Quolls, Gliders and many other Native Australian Animals. Visitors are also able to enter the Koala enclosure for an up-close encounter with these unique animals.
Zoodoo has an indoor animal nursery featuring the young animals of the park and free rides for the children. The Safari bus takes visitors on a tour of the property. Tours are run by the friendly staff and even friendlier range of animals from around the world. Tours run all day and is an experience that is often a highlight for most visitors.
Zoodoo has Tasmania’s largest range of exotic animals including a variety of monkey species, Tigers, Lions and many many more. Lion Feeding and keeper’s tours run daily at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
There is a coffee shop, BBQ & picnic facilities onsite. Admission to the park includes full access to all activities and attractions with no time limit.