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Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Hobart, the Derwent, the Huon, Bruny Island, the Tasman Peninsula and the historic towns of southern Tasmania.
Use the collections below to move from an overview of the region to detailed guides for its towns, landscapes, history and routes.
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Places to explore
Towns, neighbourhoods and landscapes across the region.
Image credit: Nick Pitsas, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthAbout Hobart
An introduction to nipaluna / Hobart through its waterfront, neighbourhoods, history, transport and practical role as a southern Tasmania base.
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Image credit: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthAustins Ferry
Explore the ferry history, Derwent foreshore and woodland tracks of Austins Ferry.
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Image credit: KeresH, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBagdad, Tasmania
A guide to Bagdad’s farming landscape, historic transport corridor and limited public visitor facilities north of Hobart.
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Image credit: Phil Whitehouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBattery Point, Tasmania
A neighbourhood guide to Battery Point’s streets, maritime connections and layered housing, with practical advice for exploring on foot.
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Image credit: Owen Allen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBellerive, Hobart
A guide to Bellerive’s waterfront, heritage walk, beach and ferry connections on Hobart’s eastern shore.
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Image credit: Thomas & Olivia Williams, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBetsey Island
Understand Betsey Island’s reserve status, wildlife values and how to view it responsibly from the South Arm coast.
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Image credit: Noodle snacks, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBridgewater, Tasmania
Understand Bridgewater’s historic river crossing and use the new bridge, shared path and foreshore facilities safely.
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Image credit: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia CommonsPlace · Hobart & SouthBruny Island
A practical guide to lunawanna-alonnah / Bruny Island, including ferry planning, South Bruny National Park, wildlife and realistic travel times.
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Things to do
Walks, attractions, parks and practical local guides.
Image credit: Oronsay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsOutdoors · South WestBathurst Harbour
Understand Bathurst Harbour’s unusual marine environment and the self-reliant access required through Melaleuca, Port Davey or extended walking routes.
Read the guide →Image credit: Phil Whitehouse, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWalk · Hobart & SouthBattery Point heritage walk
A practical walking route through Battery Point’s cottages, maritime streets, Arthur Circus and waterfront edges, with context for reading the suburb’s architecture.
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Image credit: Bourgeois, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWalk · Hobart & SouthFederation Peak
Understand why Federation Peak is not a normal bushwalk and what the official Eastern Arthur Range route demands.
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Image credit: Peter Southwood, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWalk · Hobart & SouthForestier Peninsula Walks
Choose Forestier Peninsula walks by current track status, grade and exposure rather than relying on old informal route notes.
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Image credit: Quinn Kacic-Midson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWalk · TasmaniaHiking in Tasmania
Plan Tasmanian hikes with track grades, weather, equipment, registration and conservative decisions from short walks to remote traverses.
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Image credit: Mairremena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWalk · Hobart & SouthHobart architectural walk
A self-guided walk through central Hobart and Battery Point that reads architecture as evidence of trade, government, labour and changing city life.
Read the guide →Image credit: Nick Pitsas, CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGuide · Hobart & SouthHobart beyond the highlights
Ways to understand Hobart beyond a waterfront checklist, through neighbourhoods, public gardens, waterways and everyday city routes.
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Image credit: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGuide · Hobart & SouthHobart Lookouts and Vistas
Choose Hobart viewpoints by weather, access and walking effort rather than chasing a single postcard angle.
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History and heritage
Stories that explain the region’s communities and built landscape.
Image credit: Capt. Hurd. Hydrographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · TasmaniaA History of Tasmania
Start exploring Tasmanian history through living Aboriginal cultures, colonial invasion, work, migration, environment and political change.
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Image credit: Gary Houston, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · TasmaniaA History of Wynyard
Trace Wynyard from Aboriginal Country and the Inglis River port through farming, rail, aviation and a changing service town.
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Image credit: Creator not recorded, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · TasmaniaAboriginal Tasmania: Living Cultures and History
Begin learning about Tasmanian Aboriginal history through living cultures, community authority, Country and careful use of colonial records.
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Image credit: Barrylb (talk) (Uploads), Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · Hobart & SouthAlexandra Battery, Hobart
Visit Alexandra Battery as a public reserve and surviving part of Hobart’s nineteenth-century Derwent defence network.
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Image credit: jkokavec, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · Hobart & SouthBroadmarsh Probation Station
Understand Broadmarsh Probation Station through official heritage evidence while respecting private land and fragile archaeology.
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Image credit: Mairremena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHeritage · Hobart & SouthBrown's River Probation Station, Taroona
Understand the 1840s probation station and follow the public Brickfields Track through part of its working landscape.
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Image credit: Charles Paul Landon / Edme Quenedey des Ricets, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHistory · Hobart & SouthBruni d’Entrecasteaux and Tasmania
Follow the d’Entrecasteaux expedition through Recherche Bay, the Channel and its scientific and cartographic records.
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Image credit: Barrylb, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsHeritage · Hobart & SouthCascades Female Factory
A guide to the World Heritage Cascades Female Factory, its institutional history, surviving fabric and practical visit from central Hobart.
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Road trips and day drives
Routes that connect nearby places with manageable travel days.
Image credit: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRoad trip · Hobart & SouthDerwent Valley Drive
Plan a Derwent Valley drive through New Norfolk and upper-valley towns with realistic timing, road conditions and optional park extensions.
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Image credit: BennyG3255, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRoad trip · Hobart & SouthGordon River Road to Lake Pedder and Gordon Dam
Plan Gordon River Road as a long return journey through Maydena, Lake Pedder and Strathgordon, with fuel, weather and walking limits understood.
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Image credit: jacobharrisau, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRoad trip · Hobart & SouthHuon Valley Drive
Plan a Huon Valley driving loop through Huonville, Cygnet and Franklin, with options for the lower valley and Far South.
Read the guide →Image credit: jacobharrisau, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRoad trip · Hobart & SouthLower Huon Valley Drive
Plan a lower Huon road trip around riverside towns, working farms and a sensible turnaround rather than racing to the far south.
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More from this region
Browse more published guides and reference articles from across the region.
Hobart & Southern Tasmania
- A History of Tasmania→
- A History of Wynyard→
- Aboriginal Tasmania: Living Cultures and History→
- About Hobart→
- Alexandra Battery, Hobart→
- Austins Ferry→
- Bagdad, Tasmania→
- Bathurst Harbour→
- Battery Point heritage walk→
- Battery Point, Tasmania→
- Bellerive, Hobart→
- Betsey Island→
- Bridgewater, Tasmania→
- Broadmarsh Probation Station→
- Brown's River Probation Station, Taroona→
- Bruni d’Entrecasteaux and Tasmania→
- Bruny Island→
- Buckland, Tasmania→
- Bushy Park, Tasmania→
- Campania, Tasmania→
- Cascades Female Factory→
- Charles Robbins and the King Island Expedition→
- Claremont, Tasmania→
- Colebrook, Tasmania→
- Copping, Tasmania→
- Cygnet, Tasmania→
- Daniel Herbert, Stonemason of Ross Bridge→
- Day Trips from Hobart→
- Derwent Valley Drive→
- Dodges Ferry, Tasmania→
- Doo Town, Tasmania→
- Dover→
- Dunalley, Tasmania→
- Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania→
- Federation Peak→
- Flinders Bay, Tasmania→