16 Ideas For What to do in Hobart, Tasmania

Wondering what to bash successful Hobart? We spent 6 days successful Hobart, Australia’s second-oldest metropolis and Tasmania’s superior city, and recovered determination was truthful overmuch to spot and do.

It’s not the biggest of cities by Australian standards, but determination are capable things to bash successful Hobart to warrant respective day’s visit.

I emotion walkable cities centered astir a harbour with historical neighbourhoods, historical buildings, and a bully section vibe – Hobart delivers connected each fronts.

Throw successful caller seafood, celebrated markets, and being wrong casual scope of different awesome destinations for time trips, good it’s nary astonishment wherefore truthful galore radical take to basal themselves successful Hobart for an eventual Tasmania adventure.

If you’re not definite what attractions to adhd to your Hobart itinerary, past fret not, due to the fact that beneath I person listed each the champion things to bash and places to spot successful Hobart for first-time visitors, arsenic good arsenic wherever to devour and sleep.

What to Do successful Hobart

Salamanca Place

Before whizzing disconnected to research immoderate of Hobart’s attractions, I highly urge going for a locomotion astir the municipality and the neighbourhoods and taking it each in.

My favourite country was decidedly Salamanca with the historical sandstone buildings converted into restaurants, cafes, bars, and specialty shops and other the tree-lined parkland offering shadiness for the infamous Saturday Salamanca Markets.

Wandering Salamanca Place and Salamanca Square with the historical Georgian sandstone warehouses and eating and drinking successful the cafes and pubs is simply a indispensable do.

After that, you are acceptable to commencement exploring…

1. Visit MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art

has been billed arsenic the spot that revitalized Hobart and enactment it connected the must-see destination database of Tasmania. The laminitis describes the MONA depository arsenic a “subversive big Disneyland.”

It’s an absorbing and amusive creation assemblage and we similar however you’re a portion of the acquisition arsenic you determination done it. We wrote astir our MONA acquisition here.

2. Visit The Historic Hobart Harbour

Not a ample oregon engaged harbour, unless you’re successful municipality aboriginal January arsenic this is wherever the celebrated Sydney to Hobart yacht contention ends.

But it’s a beauteous harbour to rotation and truthful serene aboriginal successful the greeting connected a wide day.

3. Check Out Salamanca Markets

Bustling Salamanca Markets

The world-famous Saturday Salamanca Markets person a estimation arsenic 1 of Australia’s champion markets, and if you tin clip your travel to instrumentality it in.

Set successful picturesque Salamanca Place, it’s fundamentally 1 agelong thoroughfare of vendors selling their wares, buskers performing and yummy thoroughfare food.

4. Walk Around The Historical Battery Point

Battery Point

The Battery Point is known arsenic 1 of Hobart’s more prestigious suburbs, it adjoins Salamanca and has a ample fig of historical houses.

We loved wandering this suburb and respect the prestigious homes and the roseate gardens. It besides has a bully playground for the kids and section cafes to enjoy.

You tin locomotion each the mode to Sandy Bay, a tiny formation successful Hobart, from Battery Point.

5. Visit The Female Factory

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The Cascades Female Factory is the lone Australian Convict World Heritage spot that shares the pistillate communicative of transportation.

Her communicative is simply a 2 idiosyncratic dramatization of sharing the beingness of emblematic pistillate convicts. It gave a fantastic penetration into this harsh existence. Make definite you bash the practice locomotion (guided tour) of the site.

6. Check Out Cascade Brewery

credit: Tourism Tasmania & Kathryn Leahy

credit: Tourism Tasmania & Kathryn Leahy

Enjoy a sojourn to Australia’s oldest brewery and illustration a large scope of beers, and cider, successful a beauteous terrace setting.

Take successful the past yourself, instrumentality a brewery circuit and larn astir the brewing process, oregon instrumentality a practice circuit astir the 3 acres of gardens which also includes tastings and is suitable for families.

Whatever you do, bash not miss a accidental to effort the iconic Cascade airy ale.

7. Drive Up Mount Wellington (Kunanyi)

Mt Wellington viewed from Hobart

Often referred to arsenic ‘the Mountain’ by the residents of Hobart, oregon Kuyanyi by the accepted owners of the land, it rises to 1,271 metres implicit Hobart’s harbour and the wide Derwent River.

If you’re fortunate capable to get a wide day, we didn’t, I’ve been told the 21 kilometre thrust to the summit ends with panoramic views of Hobart, Cape Bruny, and the Tasman Peninsula, with Bushwalking and barbecue and picnic facilities.

8. Visit The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

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This assemblage went nether a immense renovation successful 2013 and is present sleek, modern, and the gathering reflects the quality of the artwork within.

The Tasman Museum and Art Gallery celebrates Tasmania’s history, creation and culture. A item was the Tasmanian Aboriginal Gallery which celebrates Tasmania’s indigenous past and culture.

9. Take a Day Trip from Hobart

One of the champion things to bash successful Hobart is to research astir it. Its cardinal determination connected the land puts it successful premier presumption to research different parts of Tasmania and usage it arsenic a base.

You tin find mountains, beaches, and historical landmarks, each wrong an hr oregon truthful from Tasmania. Here are immoderate casual time trips we urge taking from Hobart…

Port Arthur Historic Site

Port Arthur

This is 1 of the astir fascinating, moving, and absorbing places to sojourn successful Tasmania.

Port Arthur has a convulsive and troubled past arsenic a penal colony for immoderate of Australia’s hardened convicts, yet its quality brings this contrasting consciousness of bid and happiness.

Don’t miss the ghost tour. Get determination via a nationalist autobus from Hobart to Port operated by Tassie Link.

Bruny Island

Bruny Island Cruise

Taking a Bruny Island Cruise was 1 of our favourite experiences successful Tasmania.

This award-winning wilderness cruise takes you on the rugged coastline of Bruny Island wherever you tin spot melodramatic cliffs, oversea caves, and wildlife beingness seals, dolphins, seabirds, and if your timing is right, migrating whales.

The Full Day Tour from Hobart includes a scenic autobus tour, ferry crossing to Bruny Island, greeting beverage astatine the cruise departure constituent astatine Adventure Bay, and of course, a 3 hr wilderness cruise and lunch.

Richmond

Historic Richmond

Head for 25 km north-east of Hobart is the municipality of Richmond. Step backmost successful clip and locomotion crossed Australia’s oldest bridge, stroll on the picturesque river, sojourn galleries, antique shops and person luncheon astatine the Richmond Hotel oregon Bakery Cafe.

Richmond makes for a large spot to wander.

Freycinet National Park

Although driving to Freycinet National Park is simply a 2.5-hour thrust from Hobart, but you tin get a scenic formation that leaves from Hobart and takes you to the astonishing Wineglass Bay and Hazards Beach, the most beauteous beaches successful Tasmania.

These 2 beaches are distant and secluded, making them perfect beaches to research if you privation to get distant from the crowds of the metropolis (though Hobart doesn’t truly person crowds).

The parkland is besides known for having a rocky upland scope known arsenic The Hazards, named due to the fact that of their precariously balanced rocks, and is surrounded by dense bush and forest.

There are respective hiking trails successful the park, which you tin hike successful a time oregon a mates of days. It’s a beauteous parkland and worthy a sojourn connected immoderate travel to Tasmania.

10. Relax successful the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

If you’re looking for determination much relaxing past you can’t spell incorrect with the botanical gardens. The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, besides known arsenic Australia’s chill clime garden, is simply a spot wherever subantarctic plants tin thrive.

It besides has respective lawns and writer areas which are perfect for lounging astir on. Pack up a picnic and bask the bid and serenity.

12. Visit Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum

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Mawson’s Hut Museum is simply a depository dedicated to Douglas Mawson, an Australian geologist and explorer who acceptable disconnected to find Antarctica with his unit successful 1912.

The depository has been built to look similar Mawson’s Hut, and contains exhibits detailing his expedition.

Mawson’s expedition was a poignant one, arsenic helium paved the mode for scientists to observe Antartica ever since.

13. See Tasmanian Wildlife Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

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Ever wanted to conscionable a Tasmanian Devil? Or travel look to look with immoderate of Australia’s astir iconic wildlife specified arsenic koalas, wombats, and more?

Then the champion spot to spot Tasmania’s wildlife is astatine the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary which cares for orphaned and injured animals, rehabilitates them, and sends them backmost into the wild.

Their dedication to conservation and preservation of Tasmania’s wildlife is inspiring. Be definite to wage them a sojourn if you emotion animals.

14. Admire the Views from Mount Nelson Signal Station

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If you privation to spot astonishing views but don’t privation to hike, past beryllium definite to caput up to the Signal Station connected Mount Nelson.

From present you tin spot panoramic views of Hobart and the surrounding region, including the River Derwent, Bruny Island and Storm Bay (on a wide day).

Don’t miss a accidental to rotation astir the Signal Station, which was built successful 1811, and larn much astir Hobart’s semaphore signalling past and aboriginal shipping history.

15. Check Out Farm Gate Markets

Although not arsenic bully arsenic Salamanca Markets, successful my opinion, the Farm Gate Markets is simply a large spot to prime up caller nutrient for a picnic (which you tin bask successful the botanic gardens mentioned earlier).

The farmers marketplace is simply a bustling country of music, vendors and craftsman selling their trade.

It takes spot each Sunday, rainfall oregon shine, from 8.30am – 1.00pm. Head implicit to Bathurst Street if you are looking for things to bash successful Hobart connected the weekend.

16. Sample Whiskey astatine Lark Distillery

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If you’re a instrumentality of whiskey’s, don’t miss a accidental to sojourn the Lark Distillery. The whiskey produced by Lark Distillery is simply a azygous malt whiskey and is 1 of the astir prestigious whiskey brands successful Australia.

The distillery has been operating for much than 30 years and was adjacent nominated for the Worldwide Whisky Producer of the Year Award.

Enjoy a distillery circuit oregon tasting experience and spot what makes this distillery truthful world-class astir the world.

Where to Eat successful Hobart

Finding places to devour is ever a struggle, but don’t worry, present are immoderate apical restaurants, bakeries, cafes and eateries that we liked successful Hobart…

• Daci & Daci Bakers – this spot is an instauration successful Hobart. Expect a enactment up retired the door, particularly astatine luncheon clip oregon if a cruise vessel is successful port. There are trays of gourmet pies, baguettes, pastries, salads and a scope of fantabulous breads.
• Fish Frenzy – too the caller food and chips, grilled seafood, salads and seafood chowder, a item is the determination close connected Hobart waterfront. Sit extracurricular successful the prima and ticker the sailboats. Another chill diagnostic is having food & chips successful a cone.

Fish Frenzy

• Machine Laundry Cafe – a fashionable spot with locals and visitors, this funky operating laundrette is simply a large spot for meal oregon lunch, with large java and the biggest muffins I person ever seen. And the ample alfresco country overlooking Salamanca Square was large for america with kids.

• Retro Cafe – another bully spot for meal oregon luncheon with a large determination successful Salamanca Place. Enjoy a wound to devour connected the footpath and ticker the satellite spell by.

Retro Cafe

• Salamanca Markets – saviour immoderate of the nutrient connected connection present astatine the markets

Salamanca markets

• Henry James Art Hotel – spell present for good eating connected Hobart’s waterfront. This is Australia’s archetypal dedicated creation edifice with the tract dating backmost to 1804.
• Cargo Bar Pizza Lounge – is simply a wood-fired pizza and vino bar. How could you not emotion having a coconut and chromatic mojito successful a 180 twelvemonth aged sandstone building?

Where to Stay successful Hobart

Salamanca Inn

When it comes to uncovering places to enactment successful Hobart, we suggest staying successful Hobart CBD (the cardinal concern district) which is adjacent to galore of the apical attractions successful the city.

Here are immoderate recommendations for places to stay.

• YHA Hostel – smack bang successful the centre of Hobart with an casual locomotion to everything successful the metropolis and waterfront, the YHA is your best budget option. Clean, comfy and with a assortment of country options. We stayed determination successful a household country with a backstage ensuite and were precise comfortable.

• Salamanca Inn – fantabulous mid-level accommodation successful a cleanable location. Stumble 50m to Salamanca Place and bask the markets and everything connected connection and locomotion to the champion Hobart has to offer. This all-suite edifice with self-contained apartments was large for america arsenic a family.
• Crowne Plaza Hobart, a 4-Star IHG Hotel. Guests emotion it for room, the determination with a abbreviated stroll to the Pier and Salamanca Restaurants and markets, fantastic views from the level to ceiling windows, and large breakfast.

Before You Go

So determination you person it, those are immoderate of the champion things to bash successful Hobart, and arsenic you tin see, there’s truthful overmuch to spot and do.

Whether you bask nature, a relaxed municipality vibe, humanities landmarks oregon wildlife, determination is truthful overmuch to spot and bask successful Tasmania’s capital.

Before you go, retrieve to battalion lukewarm clothes. Tasmania is known for offering each play successful 1 day, and adjacent successful the summer, Hobart doesn’t get warmer than the debased 20°Cs, truthful beryllium definite to battalion a jumper with you erstwhile you spell exploring.

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