Hobart International Airport 27 min
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site (36 min) Exhibits & dramatised tours on life at a 19th-century workhouse built to reform female convicts. Sullivans Cove (31 min) St David's Park (31 min) Salamanca Market (31 min) Busy Saturday market with vendors for food, produce, art, clothing & Tasmanian timber items. Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (29 min) The 34.6-acre site established in 1818 offers historic plant collections, a visitor centre & a cafe. Wrest Point (35 min) Polished rooms in a vibrant casino hotel with riverside golfing, a pool and a revolving restaurant. Mawson's Huts Replica Museum (31 min) Replica of the huts used in Antarctica by Douglas Mawson & his team, plus stories of the expedition. Coal Mines Historic Site (1 hr 40) Ruins of a coal mine where 1800s convicts worked & lived, with walks inside tunnels & prison cells. Tasman Bridge (26 min) Sweeping concrete road link across the River Derwent, with 2 lanes of traffic in each direction. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (30 min) Established museum featuring art, cultural & science exhibitions, along with a courtyard cafe. Constitution Dock (31 min) Bustling dock with converted colonial buildings housing galleries, seafood restaurants & shops. The Shot Tower Historic Site - Tours, Museum, Gardens & Tearoom (45 min) Built in 1870, this shot tower offers tours with scenic views from the top, plus an adjacent cafe. Maritime Museum of Tasmania (30 min) Collection of artifacts & displays on the state's nautical history, including whaling & shipwrecks. Farm Gate Market (33 min) Lively Sunday hub of vendors selling area-sourced fare such as seasonal produce & baked goods. Iron Pot (20 min) Accessible by boat, this small, rocky island features a 19th-century lighthouse, Tasmania's oldest. |