Hobart International Airport 18 min
Wellington Park (28 min) Wrest Point (6 min) Polished rooms in a vibrant casino hotel with riverside golfing, a pool and a revolving restaurant. Salamanca Market (7 min) Busy Saturday market with vendors for food, produce, art, clothing & Tasmanian timber items. Cascades Female Factory Historic Site (7 min) Exhibits & dramatised tours on life at a 19th-century workhouse built to reform female convicts. Mawson's Huts Replica Museum (6 min) Replica of the huts used in Antarctica by Douglas Mawson & his team, plus stories of the expedition. MONA (18 min) Mostly-underground art museum with a playful vibe & a wine bar on the Moorila Winery grounds. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (6 min) Established museum featuring art, cultural & science exhibitions, along with a courtyard cafe. Mount Wellington (25 min) 4,170-foot mountain with trails & a lookout point, plus a dolerite cliff known as the Organ Pipes. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (5 min) The 34.6-acre site established in 1818 offers historic plant collections, a visitor centre & a cafe. Maritime Museum of Tasmania (5 min) Collection of artifacts & displays on the state's nautical history, including whaling & shipwrecks. Tasman Bridge (4 min) Sweeping concrete road link across the River Derwent, with 2 lanes of traffic in each direction. Sullivans Cove (7 min) Constitution Dock (7 min) Bustling dock with converted colonial buildings housing galleries, seafood restaurants & shops. Richmond Bridge (24 min) Picturesque sandstone bridge over the Coal River built in 1825 by convicted prisoners. Farm Gate Market (6 min) Lively Sunday hub of vendors selling area-sourced fare such as seasonal produce & baked goods. |