Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Hobart sits at the bottom of the world with the confidence of a city that has found its stride late but decisively. The Derwent River winds past the harbour where working fishing boats still tie up alongside weekend sailors, while Mount Wellington's dolerite columns rise behind the city like a geological punctuation mark. This is Tasmania's capital, but it feels more like a large town that happens to host a major museum, serious restaurants, and Australia's second-oldest brewery. The surrounding region stretches south through the apple orchards of the Huon Valley and east across the coal-fired power stations and hop fields that remind you this island still makes things. The cultural landscape here reflects a particular kind of confidence that comes from being geographically isolated but intellectually connected. David Walsh's Museum of Old and New Art has become the obvious symbol, but it represents something already present in the city's character: a willingness to take creative risks because there's less to lose and fewer people watching. Small bars operate in converted warehouses, coffee roasters work from suburban garages, and restaurants source from farms you can drive to in under an hour. The Salamanca Markets still happen every Saturday as they have for decades, but the stalls increasingly showcase makers rather than merely vendors. This isn't a scene manufactured for visitors; it's what happens when creative people gather somewhere affordable with good produce and time to experiment.
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Highlights
A selection of standout places across Hobart & Southern Tasmania
LARK Distillery, Pontville
Set among meticulously restored 1800s buildings, this working whisky village is…
CraftCygnet Gallery
Cygnet Gallery operates from a prime location on Hobart's Mary Street, open…
TableWicked Cheese Company
A 30-minute drive from Hobart out to Richmond — the heritage village with the…
RestRichmond Barracks
Built around 1830 as colonial officers' quarters, Richmond Barracks is a…
Fine GroundsBeansmith Coffee Roaster
Mechanical engineer Anthony Loberto started roasting in Cygnet in 2007, and the…
CultureSpring Bay Maritime Museum
A volunteer-run maritime museum on Triabunna's wharf, in a former…
Small Batch
LARK Distillery, Pontville
Pontville, TAS
Set among meticulously restored 1800s buildings, this working whisky village is home to Australia's…
7K Distillery
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
New Norfolk distillery with a broad range that runs from fruit-forward gins — raspberry, bramble,…
Bakehouse Distillery
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Martin discovered that leaves from *Atherosperma moschatum* — Southern Sassafras, banned globally…
Bangor Vineyard Shed
Dunalley, TAS
On the tourist road to Port Arthur, this family-owned vineyard pours cool-climate Pinot Noir,…
Fine Grounds
Beansmith Coffee Roaster
TAS
Mechanical engineer Anthony Loberto started roasting in Cygnet in 2007, and the method still reads…
Botero Coffee Roasters Tasmania
Unit 3/9 McIntyre St, TAS
Tasmania's premier specialty coffee roaster and wholesale partner, bringing quality beans and…
de Lacey Coffee Roasters
TAS
A family roaster and coffee bar on Fleet Street in Moonah, just north of Hobart, where the beans…
Lottie Lane Coffee Roasters
TAS
Chicko and Jess started roasting in 2014 on a 5kg machine wedged into the back of their Hobart…
Culture
Art Farm Birchs Bay
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
A not-for-profit association fostering engagement between community, art, and landscape through a…
Channel Museum
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
This museum celebrates the cultural heritage of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel region in Southern…
Coal Mines Historic Site
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
The Coal Mines Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula preserves the ruins of Australia's first…
Coal Mines Historic Site Tasmania
Saltwater River, TAS
The Coal Mines Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula is a World Heritage-listed property preserving…
Craft
Art House
TAS
Nestled along the Huon Highway in Tasmania, Art House offers a distinctive blend of creative space…
Artosaurus Gallery and Studios
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Sara Lindsay is an artist. Her son Declan is obsessed with dinosaurs and art. Together with…
Balfour House Gallery
TAS
An artist-run initiative on Mary Street, Balfour House has given working studio space to more than…
Castle Workshop
TAS
James Vaughan spent three decades teaching and sourcing timber from Tasmania's west coast mills…
Rest
'Questa' Heritage Cottage
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
A 1900s cottage on Barnes Bay's waterfront, Questa has been restored and extended without losing…
28 Gates Luxury Farmstay
TAS
A 2,500-hectare seventh-generation sheep farm in Gretna, an hour north-west of Hobart in the…
43 Degrees Bruny Island
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Adventure Bay sits at 43°S, a latitude that brought Abel Tasman in 1642, Cook's support vessel…
Aquila Eco Retreat
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Alice and Jason's family farm in Tasmania's Coal River Valley has been converted into an off-grid…
Field
Bicentennial National Trail Barrington
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, NSW
A walk through Antarctic beech forest and subalpine meadows atop the Barrington Tops plateau north…
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
A wildlife sanctuary dedicated to connecting people with Tasmania's unique native animals through…
Cape Hauy
Tasman Peninsula, TAS
A dramatic coastal walk ending at towering dolerite sea cliffs on the Tasman Peninsula. The Totem…
Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
One of Tasmania's oldest private conservation areas, established in 1946, this natural reserve…
Found
Second Chance Re-use Shop
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Attached to the Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station, this reuse shop sells what the tip…
The Glenorchy Tip Shop
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
Since 1993, Glenorchy's tip shop has sorted the discards of greater Hobart into something worth…
the preloved place
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
A vintage, retro and designer secondhand clothing shop in Sorell, north-east of Hobart, open seven…
Table
BAKED Gluten Free
Hobart & Southern Tasmania, TAS
What started as a side project at a Hobart café in 2014 has grown into a dedicated gluten-free…
Bruny Island Cheese Company
TAS
Nick Haddow founded Bruny Island Cheese Co. in 2003 after a decade working with specialist…
Coal River Farm
TAS
Daniel and Melanie Leesong's farm at Cambridge, 25 minutes from Hobart in the Coal River Valley.…
Driftwood Restaurant
TAS
Stephen and Ruth Hickman run Driftwood out of Lauderdale, twenty-five minutes east of Hobart on the…
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