Lake Fleurieu Pt Wineglass Bay Samuel Woodbury LAKE C Forestier Lake CRESCENT Highland Waters Promise Bay BRADYS FREYCINET LAKE Dee Weatherhead Pt Lagoon TOOMS PENINSULA LAKE L Binney S cho C Degerando Mossy Tungatinah ute Lagoon n P Marsh Lemont assa Pond ge Oatlands Lake Tarraleah Dulverton SCHOUTEN Andover Little Swanport C Faure ISLAND 11 11 C Sonnerat 17 Taillefer Rks Wayatinah 24 Bothwell Jericho Wayatinah Lagoon 21 LAKE Ile des Phoques TIBERIAS 18 Lake 23 15 L Daphne Catagunya 18 30 Melton B31 Woodsdale Lake Ouse Mowbray Repulse B110 17 7 22 Triabunna Cluny Lagoon Kempton Colebrook Levendale 9 12 Hamilton Louisville Meadowbank PROSSER BAY Ile du Nord Lake Orford 20 Dysart 22 23 21 17 Spring Beach Darlington Elderslie 28 Buckland 11 PASSAGE 19 Ellendale Bagdad 17 MOUNT FIELD S E A NATIONAL PARK Fentonbury Broadmarsh Mangalore Runnymede Mistaken Cape Lake 19 Campania Fenton Westerway Gretna 16 Riedle B61 Pontville 14 OYSTER Bay Lake 11 Glenora Tea Tree Dobson 20 20 Lake National Park Rosegarland Brighton 6 BAY Belton Bushy Park 5 Tyenna B62 6 B61 Bridgewater Richmond Pawleena 29 13 16 MERCURY Plenty Hayes 14 9 B10 Granton Maydena 18 Old Beach 13 MARION 17 Sorell New Norfolk B32 Midway 5 B31 Bream BAY Molesworth PITT Pt WATER Forcett 13 21 Creek B35 Cambridge Lewisham Lachlan 12 Copping Marion Bay Mt Lloyd Collinsvale GLENORCHY CLARENCE Dodges 10 Seven Mile Ferry BAY NORTH HOBART Bellerive Beach BAY 11 Carlton Primrose BLACKMAN Rokeby 20 5 Sands Dunalley Fern Tree Lauderdale FORESTIER FREDERICK HENRY RALPHS BAY PENINSULA Mountain River B64 11 Taroona Sandford BAY 13 Cremorne Murdunna Longley 25 Grove KINGSTON 19 TASMAN Lower C Deslacs B33 Sloping Judbury 19 Longley Sandfly Blackmans Opossum Clifton Beach Main NORFOLK NATIONAL PARK Ranelagh Bay Bay Saltwater Eaglehawk Pirates Glen Huon Margate Howden South River BAY Neck Bay Huonville Arm 9 21 Electrona NORTH Tinderbox Betsey I Taranna Pelverata WEST Premaydena Waterfall Bay T A S M A N Snug BAY 17 Dennes Iron Pot Koonya Coningham Point Franklin 17 B37 TASMAN PENINSULA B68 22 Oyster Cove 10 STORM Nubeena 9 WEDGE BAY 16 Barnes Barnes Bay Hippolyte B68 Kettering White Beach 11 Castle Forbes Bay Bay FORTESCUE BAY Rocks The Lanterns 13 Port Huon Nicholls Rt Woodbridge B66 Highcroft Port C Hauy Promontory Lake Picton Peppermint Bay 8 BRUNY BAY Lake Geeveston Wattle Cygnet Lake Riveaux Grove Birchs Bay Arthur 11 TASMAN MUNRO ISLAND Lake T Jupiter E Gardners Bay GREAT Lymington N NATIONAL PARK BIGHT G BAY Y C HUON RIVER T 21 MAINGON BAY R Middleton Raoul O 23 P C Pillar 46 Simpsons Bay Hartz Lake Garden Pt Lake Cracroft ISTHMUS C Raoul HARTZ MOUNTAINS Island Ck Tasman I Gordon BAY Lake Geeves NATIONAL PARK Pine Lake Surveyors Bay L Sydney Simpsons Bay ADVENTURE 6 Dover Alonnah BAY PORT ESPERANCE B66 8 SOUTH BRUNY SOUTHWEST 7 19 Adventure Bay NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK Lunawanna PART OF TASMANIAN WILDERNESS BRUNY WORLD HERITAGE AREA 18 Bay GREAT of ISLAND Islands Lune River Southport TAYLORS SOUTHPORT Ida Bay BAY CLOUDY BAY SOUTH BRUNY Southport Lagoon New NATIONAL PARK River 30 Lagoon C Bruny Tasman Hd Louisa Oval Lake Bay Louisa I PRION BAY Red Pt RECHERCHE BAY Catamaran De Witt I Cockle Creek MAATSUYKER South Cape GROUP Bay South Cape South East Cape This signs means your holiday hosts for detailed maps see have achieved Tourism Accreditation – www.tasmap.tas.gov.au it’s your guarantee of quality. 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.