| Hobart is Australia's second oldest city and the
state capital of Tasmania.
NATURAL WORLD
Hobart is separated from mainland Australia by the 240-kilometer
stretch of the Bass Strait. The city is located between the estuary
of the Derwent River and and Mount Wellington. Hobart is Tamania's
chief port.
Wellington
Park is a natural reserve covering 18,250 hectares. The park
is valued for its natural and cultural significance, water catchment
importance and recreational opportunities. The park features some
of the State's most recognisable landmarks such as Sleeping Beauty,
Collins Cap and Collins Bonnet, and Hobart's backdrop, Mount Wellington
(or Kunanyi). .
CITY PARKS
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical
Gardens is the country's second-oldest botanical gardens. The
site is located in the Queens Domain, a ridge of modified remnant
grassy woodland adjacent to Government House, about 2 kilometres
from downtown. The Domain is a significant natural and cultural
heritage landscape. Sandstone quarries within the Domain supplied
building material for the Gunpowder Magazine, Government House as
well as three significant structures within the gardens. Midden
sites (mostly mounds of oyster shells), attest to a long history
of habitation.
CRUISES
Cruise boats leave from Watermans Dock head upriver to Moorilla
Vineyard or downriver to Wrest Point Hotel-Casino and further to
the D'Entecasteaux Channel.
MARKETS
The Hobart City Council hosts the Salamanca
Market every Saturday from 8.30am to 3.00pm at Hobart's Salamanca
Place.
HISTORY
The city is named after Robert Hobart, Secretary of State for
War and the Colonies at the time of settlement.
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