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to see and Where to go in the Hobart Area |
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Take an
historical stroll through Salamanca Place
and Battery Point learning the history of
old Hobart Town. |
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Royal Tasmanian
Botanical Gardens: - Enjoy the perfect day
out in Tasmania's premier garden - unique
flora (including the largest collection of
mature conifers in the Southern Hemisphere),
Sub-Antarctic House, Conservatory, Japanese
Garden and Discovery centre. Dine at the
restaurant or picnic in the tranquil
surroundings |
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Cascade Brewery:
- Tantalise the taste buds with one of the
country's finest beers in Australia 's
oldest operational brewery. Guided tours
available. |
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Tasmanian Museum
and Art Gallery: - Extensive displays of
Tasmanian fauna, maritime and convict
history. Many early colonial paintings. |
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Theatre Royal: -
Australia's oldest theatre and the only
remaining example of the Victorian 'bijou
style'. |
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Penitentiary
Chapel Historic Site: - Georgian
ecclesiastical architecture, former chapel
and criminal court, has underground
passages, solitary cells and an execution
yard. Day and evening tours available. |
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Tasmanian
Transport Museum: - Restored station Museum,
displays, relics, photographic history of
the Tasmanian Railways. Steam &
diesel-electric locomotives, railcars, trams
and Hobart trolley buses. Diesel train rides
on the first Sunday of each Month.
Steam locomotive runs on the third Sunday of
the month. |
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Tasmanian
Distillery and Museum: - in the old gasworks
building. Take the guided tour; learn the
history, watch the distilling process buy
spirits such as 'Sullivan's Cove Whisky' in
the shop. |
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Narrynya
Heritage Museum: - a nationally significant
collection of furniture, china, silver and
paintings in one of Hobart's earliest
colonial homes (1836). |
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Risdon Cove: -
located 8 kms up river, the site is the
location of the first European Settlement
site in Tasmania, founded in 1803 only to be
abandoned 5 months later in favour of the
current location of Hobart City. Risdon Cove
was returned to the land's traditional
owners in 1995. Little has changed in
the last 192 years making it a unique
tourist destination. |
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Local Tourist
Information Centre is located at:
20, Davey St, Hobart. Tel.03 6230 8233 |
