Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Nº 76 · 42.9°S 147.3°E
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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.
Best time to visit
Coastal walks and thermal springs favour the warmer months, when clifftop tracks and outdoor pools are most comfortable. Cellar doors and distilleries operate year-round, making shoulder seasons a practical time to combine tastings with shorter daylight walks. Higher-country accommodation and alpine terrain suit those prepared for cold, off-grid conditions outside summer.
What sets it apart
The region's weight sits in production, not spectacle: small-batch distilling and brewing outnumber every other category by a wide margin, followed by craft studios rather than restaurants or shops — table listings and independent shops are comparatively rare. That imbalance points to a place organised around makers working alone or in pairs, spread across dozens of small towns rather than concentrated in a visitor precinct. Heritage and convict-era sites add historical depth without dominating the count, reinforcing a region defined by production and place rather than curated tourism infrastructure.
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A selection of standout places across Hobart & Southern Tasmania
Richmond Arms Hotel
On Bridge Street in Richmond, where sandstone buildings stand witness to nearly…
ShopsCrawleighwood Garden & Nursery
Forty minutes south of Hobart, down in the valley at Nicholls Rivulet, this is…
Wine & spiritsBruny Island Cider
Australia's first apple trees went into the ground here in 1788, when William…
Museums & galleriesGlenorchy Art and Sculpture Park
A boardwalk and sculpture trail unrolls along the Elwick Bay foreshore in…
MakersCygnet Gallery
Cygnet Gallery operates from a prime location on Hobart's Mary Street, open…
VintageRing Road Antique Centre
A ten-dealer antique centre gathered under one roof on the edge of New Norfolk,…
Wine & spirits
7K Distillery
New Norfolk, TAS
New Norfolk distillery with a broad range that runs from fruit-forward gins — raspberry, bramble,…
Bakehouse Distillery
Dover, 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,…
Belgrove Distillery
Kempton, TAS
Farmer-distiller Peter Bignell runs this Kempton operation on biofuel, making rye whisky in…
BOS Brewery
Tea Tree, TAS
David Ellis started BOS on his bush block outside Richmond in 2021 — a home-brewing habit that…
Bream Creek Vineyard
Bream Creek, TAS
Fred Peacock's vineyard sits above Marion Bay with Maria Island on the horizon — a view that frames…
Brew Distill Ferment
Moonah, TAS
A comprehensive homebrew supply store specialising in brewing, distilling, and fermenting equipment…
Brewlab Craft Beer Cafe
Derwent Park, TAS
Hobart's premier craft beer destination showcasing the finest Tasmanian brews in a vibrant café…
Bruny Island Beer Co
Adventure Bay, TAS
Started in 2016, the brewery occupies repurposed dairy milk vats behind the cheesery at Bruny…
Bruny Island Cider
Alonnah, TAS
Australia's first apple trees went into the ground here in 1788, when William Bligh planted an…
Caledon Estate
Richmond, TAS
A sheep farm in Richmond until 2018, Caledon is now 11 hectares of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling…
Callington Mill Distillery
Oatlands, TAS
A restored 1837 windmill precinct in Oatlands anchors this single malt whisky operation, which took…
Coffee
Beansmith Coffee Roaster
Cygnet, TAS
A small roaster in Cygnet, in Tasmania's Huon Valley, supplying beans to stockists and wholesale…
Cheeky Devil Coffee Roasters
Kingston, TAS
A family-owned roaster in Kingston, just south of Hobart, roasting ethically sourced specialty…
de Lacey Coffee Roasters
Moonah, TAS
# de Lacey Coffee Roasters Located five minutes from Hobart in Moonah, this roastery operates a…
Lottie Lane Coffee Roasters
Moonah, TAS
A specialty roastery in Moonah, on Hobart's northern edge, roasting ethically sourced single…
Shake Roasters
Moonah, TAS
A Tasmanian roaster built around bringing café-quality coffee home — led by the house Shake It Up…
Museums & galleries
Art Farm Birchs Bay
Birchs Bay, TAS
A not-for-profit association fostering engagement between community, art, and landscape through a…
Channel Museum
Margate, TAS
This museum celebrates the cultural heritage of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel region in Southern…
Coal Mines Historic Site
Saltwater River, 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…
Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park
Glenorchy, TAS
A boardwalk and sculpture trail unrolls along the Elwick Bay foreshore in Hobart's northern…
Harvest and Light
Geeveston, TAS
Microbiologist and photographer Cassy Faux runs three things from one Geeveston shopfront: a…
Huon Apple and Heritage Museum
Grove, TAS
The Huon Apple and Heritage Museum in the Huon Valley celebrates the region's century-long…
Moonah Arts Centre
Moonah, TAS
Moonah Arts Centre is a leading Tasmanian arts organisation housed in a former church, supporting…
Museum of Old and New Art
Berriedale, TAS
MONA is a private museum, built into a cliff face north of Hobart, presenting David Walsh's…
Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site
Hobart, TAS
Designed by Irish-born colonial architect John Lee Archer, this Brisbane Street complex was built…
Port Arthur Historic Site
Port Arthur, TAS
Forty hectares of sandstone ruins on the Tasman Peninsula, where eleven UNESCO-listed Australian…
Richmond Gaol
Richmond, TAS
Built from local stone in the 1820s, Richmond Gaol sits on Bathurst Street in one of Tasmania's…
Makers
Art House
Huonville, TAS
Nestled along the Huon Highway in Tasmania, Art House offers a distinctive blend of creative space…
Artosaurus Gallery and Studios
Moonah, TAS
Sara Lindsay is an artist. Her son Declan is obsessed with dinosaurs and art. Together with…
Balfour House Gallery
Cygnet, TAS
An artist-run initiative on Mary Street, Balfour House has given working studio space to more than…
Castle Workshop
Nicholls Rivulet, TAS
James Vaughan spent three decades teaching and sourcing timber from Tasmania's west coast mills…
Craig Howard & Son - Heritage Furniture
Geilston Bay, TAS
Father-and-son workshop in Geilston Bay working exclusively with Tasmanian special species — Huon…
CUCKoO
Cygnet, TAS
Art historian and textile designer Caroline Davies Choi runs this Cygnet shop from 17 Mary Street,…
Cygnet Gallery
Cygnet, TAS
Cygnet Gallery operates from a prime location on Hobart's Mary Street, open daily as a vibrant hub…
Dr. Sawfish - Hot Glass Studio
Geeveston, TAS
Dr. Sawfish brings molten magic to Tasmania's Huon region with its hot glass studio practice.…
Ellard Blacksmithing
Coningham, TAS
Jason Ellard is a young Tasmanian bladesmith working from a home forge at Coningham, south of…
Forge+
Port Huon, TAS
Forge+ is a dedicated knifemaking workshop in the Huon Valley, its forge looking out over the Huon…
Geckostrands textile studio
Franklin, TAS
On Kay Street in Franklin, Tasmania, Geckostrands works in fibre — spinning, dyeing, weaving. The…
Huon Art
Cygnet, TAS
Cygnet's largest gallery brings together painters from across the Huon Valley, the Channel, Hobart,…
Places to stay
'Questa' Heritage Cottage
Barnes Bay, TAS
A 1900s cottage on Barnes Bay's waterfront, Questa has been restored and extended without losing…
28 Gates Luxury Farmstay
Gretna, TAS
A 2,500-hectare seventh-generation sheep farm in Gretna, an hour north-west of Hobart in the…
43 Degrees Bruny Island
1 Lumeah Road, Adventure Bay, TAS
Adventure Bay sits at 43°S, a latitude that brought Abel Tasman in 1642, Cook's support vessel…
Aquila Eco Retreat
Hobart, TAS
Alice and Jason's family farm in Tasmania's Coal River Valley has been converted into an off-grid…
Armytage House
Hobart, TAS
A c.1830 sandstone barn on the Midland Highway at Bagdad, 35 minutes north of Hobart, originally…
Ashdowns of Dover
Dover, TAS
Gary and Lorraine's three-room B&B on the Huon Highway in Dover, 70 minutes south of Hobart in the…
Birch Lane
90 Cradoc Hill Rd, Cradoc, TAS
Peter and Michelle travel enough to know what actually matters in a room. Their self-contained Huon…
Bothwell Hotel of the Highlands
Bothwell, TAS
Licensed in 1836 as MacDonald's Brewery, and since then racing stables, a pub, a tavern, a morgue…
Bowhill Grange
Oatlands, TAS
Built 1854 as part of the Anstey Barton estate, then home to the Agnew family for six generations…
Bruny Island Secrets Retreat
Adventure Bay, TAS
A single cabin on Adventure Bay Road sits between South Bruny National Park and the Southern Ocean,…
Camp Nowhere
Breona, TAS
A renovated fisherman's shack on the shore of yingina / Great Lake, in Tasmania's Central Highlands…
Curringa Farm
Hamilton, TAS
Tim and Jane Parsons are sixth-generation Tasmanian farmers running 3000 sheep across 750 acres…
Nature
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
Brighton, TAS
A wildlife sanctuary dedicated to connecting people with Tasmania's unique native animals through…
Cape Hauy
Port Arthur, TAS
A dramatic coastal walk ending at towering dolerite sea cliffs on the Tasman Peninsula. The Totem…
Chauncy Vale Conservation Area
Bagdad, TAS
In the hills near Bagdad, north of Hobart, this quiet sanctuary was set aside in 1946 by the…
Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary
Bagdad, TAS
One of Tasmania's oldest private conservation areas, established in 1946, this natural reserve…
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs
Hastings, TAS
In the forested far south beyond the Huon, Newdegate Cave is the largest dolomite cave open to…
Hastings Thermal Springs
Hastings, TAS
A natural thermal pool fed by underground springs in the Huon Valley south of Hobart. The water…
Hobart Zoo and Aquarium
Tea Tree, TAS
A family wildlife park near Richmond in the Coal River valley, about half an hour north of Hobart,…
Mount Field National Park
National Park, TAS
Tasmania''s oldest national park with tall swamp gums, alpine tarns, and the iconic three-tiered…
Remarkable Cave
Port Arthur, TAS
A sea cave on the Tasman Peninsula where waves surge through a tunnel creating dramatic spray and…
Russell Falls
Mount Field, TAS
Tasmanias most famous waterfall and one of the first nature reserves declared in Australia. Russell…
Sphinx Rock Lookout & Walk
Mount Wellington, TAS
A sandstone platform on kunanyi / Mount Wellington, reached by a level track of under three…
Shops
Black Swan Bookshop
New Norfolk, TAS
New Norfolk's independent bookshop on Stephen Street keeps shelves broad enough to cover Tasmanian…
Crawleighwood Garden & Nursery
Nicholls Rivulet, TAS
Forty minutes south of Hobart, down in the valley at Nicholls Rivulet, this is a private garden…
Greenhill Nursery
Leslie Vale, TAS
Just off the Huon Highway, this family-run operation has built its name on scale — advanced trees…
Harmony Garden Centre
Lauderdale, TAS
Pheonix Garden
New Norfolk, TAS
This New Norfolk garden centre stocks fountains, pots and gardening tools alongside pet food and…
Redbreast Plants
Margate, TAS
This Margate outlet offers access to more than 500 varieties of Australian native plants propagated…
Vintage
Hobart City Mission Op Shop Howrah
Howrah, TAS
One of Hobart City Mission's op shops, this one on Rokeby Road over on the city's eastern shore at…
Ring Road Antique Centre
New Norfolk, TAS
A ten-dealer antique centre gathered under one roof on the edge of New Norfolk, half an hour up the…
Second Chance Re-use Shop
Mornington, TAS
Attached to the Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station, this reuse shop sells what the tip…
The Glenorchy Tip Shop
Glenorchy, TAS
Since 1993, Glenorchy's tip shop has sorted the discards of greater Hobart into something worth…
Food & dining
Appinoka Regenerative Farm
Mountain River, TAS
Thomas and Nanette Botha bought this run-down block at the foot of Sleeping Beauty in 2019 and…
BAKED Gluten Free
Moonah, TAS
What started as a side project at a Hobart café in 2014 has grown into a dedicated gluten-free…
Barilla Bay Oysters
Cambridge, TAS
A working oyster lease, restaurant and retail seafood shop on the Tasman Highway at Cambridge, five…
Castle Hotel, Bothwell
Bothwell, TAS
Licensed continuously since 1829, this Georgian hotel on the corner of Patrick and William Streets…
Coal Valley Apricots
Campania, TAS
Moorpark apricots, grown spray-free and left to ripen fully on the tree, are the single focus of…
Driftwood Restaurant
Lauderdale, TAS
Stephen and Ruth Hickman run Driftwood out of Lauderdale, twenty-five minutes east of Hobart on the…
Everydays Smokin BBQ & Bar
Moonah, TAS
On Main Road in Moonah, this kitchen serves barbecue for takeaway, with online ordering and…
Federation Artisan Chocolate
Richmond, TAS
A Hobart chocolate maker of more than thirty years, taken over by Maurice and Helen Curtis in 2014,…
Get Shucked
Great Bay, North Bruny, TAS
Get Shucked is a locally owned oyster farm and bar on Bruny Island's Great Bay. Oysters are…
Get Shucked Oyster Farm & Bar
North Bruny, TAS
A working oyster farm on Bruny Island's Great Bay, harvesting and shucking daily for bay-to-bar…
Grandvewe - Certified Organic Sheep Dairy and Sheep Whey Liqueur
Birchs Bay, TAS
A certified-organic sheep dairy and cheesery at Birchs Bay, south of Hobart on the D'Entrecasteaux…
Grumpy Bee
Huonville, TAS
A family apiary in the Huon Valley producing pure, raw, cold-extracted Tasmanian honey, with…
Tours & walks
Based in Hobart & Southern Tasmania
East Coast Cruises
Running interactive, educational cruise-and-walk day tours off Tasmania's east coast…
Departs Glaziers BayFranklin River Rafting
Franklin River Rafting is family-owned and operated by the guides who lead the trips…
Departs Bruny IslandInala Nature Tours
Dr Tonia Cochran moved to Inala on Bruny Island in 1988 and has run Inala Nature Tours…
Departs Great BayIsland Scenic Flights
Pilot-guided scenic flights over Bruny Island from the airstrip at Bruny Island Airport,…
Departs CambridgePar Avion
For more than forty years this Cambridge-based operator has flown small aircraft into…
Based hereParagliding Tasmania
Lewisham sits on Pitt Water, the tidal inlet east of Hobart on the road toward Sorell,…
Departs CambridgeRoaring40s Kayaking
A Tasmanian sea-kayaking outfit running guided trips since 1996, from a 2.5-hour paddle…
Departs FranklinSail Kerrawyn
Kerrawyn's wooden hull was built in 1948 or 1949 in Cygnet, then towed to Dunalley to be…
Departs RosettaTasmanian Photography Workshops
Cam Blake hosts small photographic adventures for all skill levels, personally leading…
Departs New NorfolkTassie Bound Adventure Tours
A husband-and-wife, owner-operated and multi award-winning Tasmanian kayaking company…
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