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Photographic acknowledgments: Tourism Tasmania. © All rights reserved. George Apostolidis, Peter Baillie, Rob Barklay, Jared Bauman, Richard Bennett, Alastair Bett, Bluescope Steel, Ron Brown, Andrew Chisholm, Clarence City Council, Richard Eastwood, Rick Eaves, Far South Tourism Network, Far South Photography, Glenn Gibson, Wolfgang Glowacki, Lynette Graham, Huon Valley Council, Huon Valley Kingborough Tourism Association, Huon Valley Tourism Association, Ray Joyce, James Lauritz, MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Garry Moore, Geoff Murray, Nick Osborne, Paul Redding, Shaune Reilly, Joe Shemesh, Southern Cross Television, Totally South Tourism, Michael Walters, Waterfront Hotel, Andrew Wilson, Greg Wilson. Welcome to Tasmania – and to its beautiful capital city, Hobart. Tasmania is an island of spectacular coastlines, tall forests, ice-carved highlands, sunny beaches and wild rivers. There are vibrant cities to enjoy and sleepy country towns to discover. There are sensational cool-climate wines, superb seafood and fresh produce to taste. There’s a creative artistic and cultural scene to inspire you. There’s World Heritage wilderness to explore and amazing flora and fauna to encounter. The capital city, with its scenic setting on the foothills of Mt Wellington and along the shores of the River Derwent, is the perfect focal point for your southern Tasmanian journeys. From Hobart, you’ll venture out to experience all the island’s attractions – south to Port Arthur, Bruny Island, Huon and the Channel; north along the Heritage Highway; north-west to national parks and highlands. CONTENTS Hobart 2 Heritage Highway 30 Eastern Shore 14 Tasman 34 Huon and Channel 18 Suggested Itineraries 39 Derwent Valley 26 Festivals and events 40 Hobart and Surrounds 1 Hobart Cosmopolitan style, colonial charm – a city shaped by the sea Victoria Dock, Hobart city and Mt Wellington Bright spinnakers billow on the harbour. Historic warehouses look down on the bustle and fun of Salamanca Market. The craggy blue heights of Mt Wellington loom on the western horizon. To the south, the estuary broadens into the wide expanse of Storm Bay. Beyond is the vast emptiness of the Southern Ocean. Hobart is a city of sails, sandstone and sunshine – a place that combines a rich colonial past with contemporary art and culture; a place that has all the attractions of a state capital, wrapped up in a friendly, accessible, people-sized city. It’s a city of seasonal festivity – between December and January, The Taste Festival and the Sydney-Hobart racing fleet fill the docks with colour; in June, the Antarctic Midwinter Festival celebrates Hobart’s links with the frozen south. Hobart is a blend of charm and elegance; of heritage and sophistication; of spirit and style. 2 Hobart and Surrounds WINDOWS INTO THE past Australia’s second-oldest capital has a rich colonial heritage – it’s an essential part of the fabric of the modern city. In the historic Battery Point precinct are Hobart’s oldest cottages; in Salamanca Place’s convict-built warehouses are boutiques, restaurants, artists’ studios and galleries. Across the docks, Hunter Street’s heritage buildings mark the original position of the Old Wharf and Hunter Island, where the first settlement’s provisions were securely stored. VISIONS IN paint, CLAY AND TIMBER Hobart’s painters are inspired by the pure southern light and the island’s wild, natural landscapes; woodworkers and furniture-makers use their skills to craft Tasmania’s superb specialty timbers; artists and craftspeople shape clay, precious metals and glass into objects of beauty. Original Tasmanian artwork makes the best kind of souvenir – a unique, hand-made memory of the city. A MARITIME CITY Hobart has always had its focus on the harbour of the River Derwent and the sea beyond. A harbour cruise is a wonderful way to see a maritime city and there’s always something happening around the waterfront precinct, where Antarctic supply ships share the docks with deep-sea trawlers, crayfish boats, abalone mother-ships, ocean racers, cruising yachts and sea kayaks. FRESH AIR AND fair WINDS As the sea eagle flies, it’s only a few kilometres from the centre of the city to the mountains, forests and wilderness of southern Tasmania – so you’d expect Hobart to be a base for adventure. Mt Wellington has a network of walking tracks that criss-cross the face of the mountain – as well as a challenging new mountain bike track that has won international praise for its design and construction. The views are just as impressive from the walking tracks through Bicentennial Park on Mt Nelson. Hobart’s southern beaches can turn on terrific surf – grab a paddle and explore the river and docks by sea kayak. Haul on a rope as you enjoy a harbour cruise under sail – and for a bird’s-eye perspective of the city, you might even like to jump out of a plane with a stranger strapped to your back. It’s called tandem skydiving and although you don’t have to be crazy, it helps. Saturday’s Salamanca Market Hobart and Surrounds 3 Only in Hobart MONA 2011 MONA is the Museum of Old and New Art, and also a particular mode of pleasure and thought. A subversive Disneyland is emerging. Old and new art – displayed with intent. When the Museum opens in January 2011 it will be a secular temple: 6,000 square metres of artwork that will batter your beliefs. The quality of the Detail of coffin of Heryshefemhat, 730 BCE to 600 BCE. Courtesy MONA, Museum of Old and New Art collection pushes it to the front of the Australian art scene and declares its international significance. Cultural TASTES OF Hobart artifacts of Egypt and Africa appear alongside Australian modernists works by Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and As you’d expect of a city so close to the sea, Hobart is a paradise Charles Blackman, and those of leading European artists for seafood-lovers. You’ll find the catch of the day fresh from the including Anselm Kiefer, Jannis Kounellis, Damien Hirst, fish punts and fishmongers in and around the docks and served Conrad Shawcross and Wim Delvoye. www.mona.net.au with flair in the city’s restaurants. The food markets of Salamanca and the city’s bakeries and specialist grocery stores are the place THE TASTE FestivaL to collect the ingredients for a gourmet picnic; while close to the The city’s annual waterfront celebration from city are the wineries, cellar-doors and vineyard restaurants of the 28 December to 4 January – eight days and nights southern Tasmanian wine regions in the Coal River, Derwent and of colour, flavour, fun, action, music, events, activities Huon Valleys.
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