# Tasmania: map, what to do and when to go

Hobart as a base for 19th-century convict sites, contemporary art, islands and national parks

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## Direct answer
- **Tasmania: how do you get to the island and from Hobart airport to the center?** Hobart International Airport (HBA) is in Cambridge, about 17 km northeast of the center, and is Tasmania's main airport.
- **Tasmania: how many days should you stay?** I'd stay at least three days in Tasmania, based in Hobart: the first for Sullivans Cove, Salamanca Place, Battery Point and the Female Factory; the second for MONA, by ferry, and the top of kunanyi in the afternoon; and the whole third for Port Arthur, by car.
- **Tasmania: which national parks pass should you buy?** Every national park requires a pass, sold online and at visitor centers.

## Sullivans Cove, Salamanca Place, Battery Point and the Female Factory
Start at the waterfront of Sullivans Cove: Constitution Dock, Princes Wharf and the sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place. If it's a Saturday, the morning belongs to Salamanca Market, from 8:30 to 15:00.
- Salamanca Market
- Salamanca Place
- Battery Point
- Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Constitution Dock

## MONA by ferry and the top of kunanyi
Choose a day from Thursday to Monday and book your MONA entry time; the museum opens at 10:00. Take the first ferry of the morning from the Brooke Street pier; the crossing takes about 30 minutes.
- kunanyi / Mount Wellington

## Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula
Leave Hobart early by car for Port Arthur, 90 minutes away; the site opens at 9:00.
- Port Arthur Historic Site

## Port Arthur Historic Site
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Tasmânia · Half a day or more
The former prison on the Tasman Peninsula, 90 minutes by car from Hobart, received the colony's repeat-offender convicts from 1833 to 1877. The sandstone buildings made by the prisoners are spread across a park on the edge of the bay: the ruins of the penitentiary, the cross-shaped Separate Prison, where prisoners were hooded and kept silent, the guard tower, the church and the asylum. Across the water lie Point Puer, the boys' prison, and the Isle of the Dead cemetery. General admission lets you wander at your own pace and includes the free talks by the guides, which change time every day; guided tours, the boat to the Isle of the Dead and the evening lantern tour are paid separately. The Memorial Garden remembers the 35 victims of the 1996 massacre. Open every day from 9:00 to 17:00, except on Christmas Day; the site has been part of the World Heritage list since 2010.
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## Museum of Old and New Art
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City of Glenorchy · Half a day or more
MONA, the private museum of the collector David Walsh, is carved into the cliff of the Berriedale peninsula, upriver: you enter through a ground-level pavilion and descend a spiral staircase to three windowless floors, where antiquities sit alongside contemporary art centered on sex and death. The ferry ride, about 30 minutes from the Brooke Street pier, is part of the visit. It is open Thursday to Monday, from 10:00 to 17:00, with entry by timed ticket; Tasmanians do not pay but still need a ticket, and children under 12 do not pay. The museum does not accept cash, and some works are not suitable for children.
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## kunanyi / Mount Wellington
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City of Hobart · One to two hours
The 1,271 m mountain that dominates Hobart has a paved road of about 22 km to the summit, opened in 1937, and an enclosed lookout with views of the city, the Derwent estuary and, on a clear day, the mountains of the west. From The Springs stop, at 720 m, walks leave for places such as the Organ Pipes, the wall of dolerite columns that can be seen from the city, which starts on the Pinnacle Track. Entry to Wellington Park is free, but the weather changes fast: it can snow at any time of year, the road closes when icy, and the park closes on days of extreme fire danger. Without a car, you can go up on the Explorer bus, which leaves in front of the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre at 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 and 14:00, and also at 15:30 from October to April; the trip lasts 2.5 hours, with 30 minutes at the top.
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## Salamanca Market
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Tasmânia · One to two hours
The Saturday market fills Salamanca Place from 8:30 to 15:00, with more than 350 stalls selling crafts in Tasmanian wood, glass, ceramics, clothing, cheese, bread, wine, spirits and hot food. After a trial with six stalls in November 1971, the official opening was in January 1972, with twelve. It is run by the city council and draws between 25,000 and 40,000 people each Saturday, which makes it the most visited attraction on the island.
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## Salamanca Place
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Hobart city center · Up to half an hour
On the other days of the week, the Georgian sandstone warehouses go back to being what the market hides: a row of galleries, cafés, bars and the Salamanca Arts Centre facing the port. The stone came from the Battery Point cliff, and Kelly's Steps, cut into the rock in 1839, connect the street to the neighborhood above.
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## Battery Point
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City of Hobart · Up to half an hour
Hobart's oldest neighborhood preserves wooden cottages with picket fences, terraced townhouses and the small circular square of Arthur Circus, whose houses were built for garrison officers. It is worth climbing Kelly's Steps, passing St George's church, from 1838, and walking down to Princes Park, where the cannon battery that gave the place its name once stood.
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## Wineglass Bay
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Tasmânia · Half a day or more
The arc-shaped bay of white sand, on the ocean side of the Freycinet Peninsula, is the best-known image of the east coast. The lookout is 2.6 km round trip from the trailhead parking lot, 1 to 1.5 hours, along an uphill path among the pink granites of the Hazards; going down to the beach is another trail, 6 km and 2.5 to 3.5 hours round trip. The park is two and a half to three hours by car from Hobart and requires a park pass.
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## Bruny Island
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Kingborough Council · Half a day or more
The island south of Hobart has two halves joined by a narrow sandy isthmus, The Neck, and shelters colonies of shearwaters and little penguins. In the south are Adventure Bay, where Furneaux and Cook anchored, and South Bruny National Park, with dolerite cliffs above 200 m and the Cape Bruny lighthouse, lit in 1838, which offers guided tours; the park requires a pass, like every national park in Tasmania. Cheese, oyster and wine producers open their doors along the road. You get there by the Kettering ferry, which crosses in 20 minutes.
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## Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
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Tasmânia · One to two hours
From 1828 to 1856, this workhouse in South Hobart held convict women on damp, overcrowded ground, with a great deal of disease and death. Three of the five original yards remain, and the interpretation center, reopened in 2022, tells the story of the women who passed through. It is the only site of its kind with remains that let you understand how these prisons worked. Open every day from 9:30 to 16:30, except on Christmas Day; the visit is by paid ticket with a guided tour (the Convict Women's Tour leaves daily from 10:00), and booking is advisable.
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## Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
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City of Hobart · One to two hours
The state museum, founded by the Royal Society of Tasmania in the 1840s, occupies a group of buildings by the port that includes the Commissariat Store, from 1810. It is the place to understand Aboriginal and colonial history and the island's nature before heading out to the parks. Opening days and hours are on the museum's website.
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## Constitution Dock
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Tasmânia · Up to half an hour
The walled dock in the heart of Sullivans Cove shelters fishing boats that supply the fish trade and the waterside restaurants. Between Christmas and New Year, it is the finishing point and party spot of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
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## Richmond Bridge
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Tasmânia · One to two hours
Built by convicts between 1823 and 1825 with hand-cut sandstone, it is the oldest stone arch bridge in Australia. It stands in the Georgian village of Richmond, 25 km north of Hobart, on the route through the Coal River valley.
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## Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
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Brighton · One to two hours
A wildlife rescue and rehabilitation sanctuary in Brighton, north of Hobart, where about 200 animals of 25 species, such as Tasmanian devils, wombats and kangaroos, live in enclosures. It is a place to see the Tasmanian devil up close, a species declared endangered in 2008 after a facial tumor disease greatly reduced the wild population. A private bus leaves central Hobart twice a day.
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## Russell Falls
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Tasmânia · One to two hours
The tiered waterfall in Mount Field National Park, 64 km northwest of Hobart, is a 20-minute round-trip walk on pavement and boardwalks among tree ferns. The area has been protected since 1885, Tasmania's first nature reserve.
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## Cradle Mountain
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Tasmânia · Half a day or more
The 1,545 m mountain and the glacial lake Dove Lake, in the northwest of the island, make up Tasmania's best-known alpine landscape. The Dove Lake circuit is 6 km and takes 2 to 3 hours; wombats often appear in the fields. It is about four and a half hours by car from Hobart, so it counts as an extension of the trip.
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## Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
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Tasmânia · One to two hours
A garden of about 14 hectares in the Queens Domain, created in 1818, with 19th-century trees, collections of Tasmanian plants and the Subantarctic Plant House, a cool greenhouse with plants from Macquarie Island.
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## Cascade Brewery
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Tasmânia · Up to half an hour
The oldest continuously operating brewery in Australia occupies a stone building at the foot of kunanyi, in South Hobart, built with convict labor. It offers guided tours and a shop.
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**Tasmania: how do you get to the island and from Hobart airport to the center?**
Hobart International Airport (HBA) is in Cambridge, about 17 km northeast of the center, and is Tasmania's main airport. The SkyBus links the terminal to the center every 30 minutes; tickets can be bought only by credit card, on the website, in the app, at the kiosks or from the driver. The other gateway is the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, which crosses Bass Strait between Geelong, near Melbourne, and Devonport, in the north of the island, in 9 to 11 hours, usually overnight and with space for a car.

**Tasmania: how many days should you stay?**
I'd stay at least three days in Tasmania, based in Hobart: the first for Sullivans Cove, Salamanca Place, Battery Point and the Female Factory; the second for MONA, by ferry, and the top of kunanyi in the afternoon; and the whole third for Port Arthur, by car. With five days, I'd add a day on Bruny Island and finish at Wineglass Bay, sleeping in Coles Bay instead of returning to Hobart the same day. Cradle Mountain is more than four hours away by road and needs at least two more days, preferably as the final stop for those continuing north to the Devonport ferry.

**Tasmania: which national parks pass should you buy?**
Every national park requires a pass, sold online and at visitor centers. Going by the prices published on the official websites on 19 October 2026, the daily pass costs A$49.15 per vehicle carrying up to eight people, or A$24.55 per person on foot, by bicycle or by bus, and is valid for 24 hours; the Holiday Pass, valid for up to two months in all parks, costs A$98.35 per vehicle or A$49.20 per person. Two daily passes cost practically the same as the Holiday Pass, and from three park days I'd buy the two-month one; count South Bruny National Park and Tasman National Park too. Cradle Mountain has its own daily pass, A$30.70 per adult with the park bus included; those who hold the Holiday Pass pay for the bus separately, A$15.50 per adult for 72 hours. Park prices are adjusted every year for inflation.

**Tasmania: how do you visit MONA?**
MONA, the private museum of the collector David Walsh, is carved into the cliff of the Berriedale peninsula, upriver: you enter through a ground-level pavilion and descend a spiral staircase to three windowless floors, where antiquities sit alongside contemporary art centered on sex and death. The ferry ride, about 30 minutes from the Brooke Street pier, is part of the visit. It is open Thursday to Monday, from 10:00 to 17:00, with entry by timed ticket; Tasmanians do not pay but still need a ticket, and children under 12 do not pay. The museum does not accept cash, and some works are not suitable for children.

**Tasmania: what is a visit to Port Arthur like?**
Port Arthur Historic Site, the former prison on the Tasman Peninsula, 90 minutes by car from Hobart, received the colony's repeat-offender convicts from 1833 to 1877. The sandstone buildings made by the prisoners are spread across a park on the edge of the bay: the ruins of the penitentiary, the cross-shaped Separate Prison, where prisoners were hooded and kept silent, the guard tower, the church and the asylum. Across the water lie Point Puer, the boys' prison, and the Isle of the Dead cemetery. General admission lets you wander at your own pace and includes the free talks by the guides, which change time every day; guided tours, the boat to the Isle of the Dead and the evening lantern tour are paid separately. The Memorial Garden remembers the 35 victims of the 1996 massacre. Open every day from 9:00 to 17:00, except on Christmas Day; the site has been part of the World Heritage list since 2010.

**Tasmania: how do you get up kunanyi/Mount Wellington?**
Hobart's 1,271 m mountain, kunanyi/Mount Wellington, has a paved road of about 22 km to the summit, opened in 1937, and an enclosed lookout with views of the city, the Derwent estuary and, on a clear day, the mountains of the west. From The Springs stop, at 720 m, walks leave for places such as the Organ Pipes, the wall of dolerite columns that can be seen from the city, which starts on the Pinnacle Track. Entry to Wellington Park is free, but the weather changes fast: it can snow at any time of year, the road closes when icy, and the park closes on days of extreme fire danger. Without a car, you can go up on the Explorer bus, which leaves in front of the Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre at 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 and 14:00, and also at 15:30 from October to April; the trip lasts 2.5 hours, with 30 minutes at the top. I'd keep the climb for the clearest day of the stay and check whether the summit road is open. With low cloud, the lookout shows nothing.

**Tasmania: how do you get to Bruny Island?**
Bruny Island is reached by the Kettering ferry, about 40 minutes south of Hobart: the crossing takes 20 minutes, with departures every 20 minutes from 6:10 to 19:00. The ticket can be bought on the spot, at the terminal, and is valid for the next available ferry. The Bruny ferry costs from A$58.60 per vehicle, round trip. One day is enough for The Neck, Adventure Bay and the Cape Bruny lighthouse, at the far south, with stops at cheese and oyster producers. South Bruny National Park, where the lighthouse is, requires a park pass. The island is about 50 km long: leave early.

**Tasmania: can you do Wineglass Bay as a day trip?**
Wineglass Bay, in Freycinet National Park, is two and a half to three hours by car from Hobart, along the east coast and through Coles Bay. The Wineglass Bay lookout takes 1 to 1.5 hours round trip; the descent to the beach, 2.5 to 3.5 hours. With five to six hours on the road in total, it works better with an overnight stay in Coles Bay, or as a stop on the way to Launceston and the north. The park requires a park pass.

**Tasmania: when is the best time to go?**
The austral summer, from December to February, is the high season: long days, with 15.3 hours of daylight at the solstice, average highs of 21 °C to 23 °C in Hobart, trails open and a city full with the Sydney to Hobart race and Taste of Summer at New Year. March keeps average highs near 21 °C outside the two high seasons cited by Tourism Australia, and I'd choose it for walking in Freycinet and Cradle Mountain. Autumn, through May, cools quickly. Winter, from June to August, is also high season because of Dark Mofo: highs are near 13 °C, kunanyi usually has snow and the summit road can close with ice, and mountain trails call for cold-weather gear. Spring, from September to November, is the low season, with average highs from 15.7 °C in September to 19.1 °C in November. At any time of year, the top of kunanyi and Cradle Mountain can have snow.

**Tasmania: what precautions should you take in nature and on the road?**
The risks that most change a trip to Tasmania are in nature and on the road. On kunanyi and Cradle Mountain, the weather turns in minutes: bring a waterproof jacket and layers, check the forecast and turn back if visibility drops, as the park itself recommends. The kunanyi road closes with ice or snow, and Wellington Park closes entirely on days of extreme or catastrophic fire danger. The climb to the summit of Cradle Mountain is long, exposed and slippery in winter. Outside the cities, avoid driving at night, when wildlife is active and crosses the roads, and remember that you drive on the left.


## In the Nilo app
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