Perched on a hilltop looking out over Battery Point and the River Derwent, St. George's Anglican Church is one of the neighborhood’s most prominent historic landmarks. Dating back to 1838, it’s among the oldest churches in Hobart and still holds regular services.
The leafy residential neighborhood of South Hobart offers a few attractions for travelers and many visitors find themselves passing through en route to nearby Mount Wellington. With its handsome Georgian buildings and green backdrop, it’s a picturesque district and home to the famous Cascades Brewery.
Visiting Truganini Lookout is a highlight of Bruny Island, whether you’re climbing up the wooden staircase at sunset in hopes of glimpsing the island’s resident penguins, or just enjoying the panoramic views. The top of the island’s tall sand mound (known both as the Neck Lookout and the Truganini Lookout) offers spectacular 360-degree views of the island.
Just outside Hobart, Tasmania, Runnymede provides a window into life on the island in the 1840s. This National Trust-run house contains old sailing ephemera, maritime artifacts, period furniture, and historic artwork.
This island halfway between Australia and Antarctica is the only place in the world where rocks from the Earth’s mantle are exposed above sea level—a rocky formation known as the Macquarie Ridge. The remote island hosts seasonal migrations of penguins and seals, as well as some 3.5 million seabirds of 13 different species.
A short walk from the Hobart waterfront, the elegant Parliament House houses Tasmania’s Parliament. It was built in the Georgian style using locally quarried sandstone and was initially designed as a customs house. It’s one of many Hobart buildings designed by John Lee Archer and is worth visiting for its architecture alone.
At the mouth of Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania, Bonnet Island is a tiny isle that only opened to tourists in 2009. As such, it’s still a relatively undiscovered location that once served as a tiny, remote outpost, home to resilient lighthouse keepers and their families.
