I combined three short walks around the town to make a very pleasant afternoon stroll of around 2 1/2 hours and about 8km.
Sunday in the Southern Midlands
Tasmania’s Midlands Highway is the island’s main north-south route, linking the two major cities of Hobart and Launceston. It runs for about 200km through a broad grassland valley that contains farmland, sheep properties and historic towns and villages that were once major coaching stops for a journey that could take several days.
Australia’s Wooden Boat Festival
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival has grown to be among the biggest of such events anywhere in the world
In the footsteps of Charles Darwin
A twelve kilometre stroll on Hobart’s Eastern Shore allows walkers to retrace the footsteps of the young Charles Darwin.
Kaoota Tramway Track
The track now follows a six kilometre section of the original tramway from the hills behind Margate to Kaoota Road.
A walk from New Town to South Hobart via the Mount Wellington Fire Trail
A walk from New Town to South Hobart via Mount Wellington Fire Trail
Old and new tracks in Kingborough
This New Year’s Eve walk took me along beaches, bush tracks and suburban streets to revisit some old and familiar haunts, revisit one I’d not seen for years, and to explore a new trail at the southern end of Blackmans Bay Beach.
Exploring the ‘Southern Trove’ south of Hobart
The area south of Hobart offers a wealth of experiences, incredible scenery ranging from alpine areas in the Hartz mountains, dense rainforests, calm rivers, fertile agricultrual land and coastal beaches.
Open House Hobart 2016
The annual Open House Hobart provides the opportunity to have a good old stickybeak inside buildings that are not normaly accessible to the public.
Tempest at TMAG
Tempest is probably the biggest single exhibition that TMAG (the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) has ever staged. Far from being confined to the usual temporary exhibition galleries on the ground floor, the show has taken over almost every space within the institution and staff from pretty much every corner and discipline – from decorative…