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Overview

No doubt about it, Hobart鈥檚 future is looking rosy. Tourism is booming and the old town is humming with low vacancy rates, high real-estate prices and new-found self-confidence.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Australia, Tasmania, Hobart. Tourists take in the spectaular view of Hobart from the top of Mount Wellington at 1271m.

    Kunanyi/Mt Wellington

    Hobart

    Ribbed with its striking Organ Pipes cliffs, kunanyi/Mt Wellington (1271m) towers over Hobart like a benevolent overlord. The view from the top stretches鈥�

  • Wharf at MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art.

    MONA

    Hobart

    Twelve kilometres north of Hobart's city centre, MONA is burrowed into the Triassic sandstone of a peninsula jutting into the Derwent River. Arrayed鈥�

  • Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Salamanca Place

    Hobart

    This picturesque row of three- and four-storey sandstone warehouses is a classic example of Australian colonial architecture. Dating back to the whaling鈥�

  • Cascade Brewery (1824), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Cascade Brewery

    Hobart

    Standing in startling, Gothic isolation next to the clean-running Hobart Rivulet, Australia鈥檚 oldest brewery (1824) is still pumping out superb beers. The鈥�

  • Battery Point

    Battery Point

    Hobart

    Tucked in behind Salamanca Pl, the old maritime village of Battery Point is a tight nest of lanes and 19th-century cottages. Spend an afternoon exploring:鈥�

  • Cascades Female Factory Historic Site

    Cascades Female Factory Historic Site

    Hobart

    This World Heritage Site was where Hobart鈥檚 female convicts were incarcerated and put to work. Around 12,500 women were transported to Tasmania, and at鈥�

  • North Hobart

    North Hobart

    Hobart

    Hobart at its most bohemian, the Elizabeth St strip in North Hobart (aka NoHo) is lined with dozens of cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs 鈥� enough to keep鈥�

  • Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

    Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

    Hobart

    Incorporating Tasmania's oldest surviving public building, the Commissariat Store (1808), TMAG features Aboriginal and colonial relics and an excellent鈥�

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