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P Constitution Dock P Hunter Street VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Davey St. Once joined to Hobart Town by
The main anchorage for a sandbar and known as Hunter Practical Information
fishing boats and yachts also Island, this historic harbour-side Hobart. * 221,000. n 20 Davey
serves as the finish line of the locale is an art and culture St (03) 6238 4222. _ Sydney–
annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht precinct. It is lined with colonial Hobart Yacht Race (26–29 Dec).
Race. This famous race attracts warehouses and was once the ∑ discovertasmania.com.au
an international field of site of the Jones & Co. IXL jam Transport
competitors (see p45). factory. The heart of this redevel- k 20 km (12 miles) NE of the
Constitution Dock borders opment is the award-winning city. @ Red Line Coaches,
the city and the old slum dis- Henry Jones Art Hotel (see p497). Transit Centre, 230 Liverpool St.
trict of Wapping, which has
now been redeveloped. Many P Theatre Royal
of the old warehouses have 29 Campbell St. Tel (03) 6233 2299. Once a barracks for convicts
been restored to include & for shows only. 7 8 tours 11am sent to Australia from the UK,
restaurants and cafés. One Mon, Wed, Fri; book ahead by phone. this building was later the
houses the idiosyncratic restau- ∑ theatreroyal.com.au Hobart Gaol for more than 100
rant, the Drunken Admiral. Built in 1837, this is the oldest years. A guided tour takes in the
theatre in Australia. Almost former chapel, cells and gallows.
E Tasmanian Museum gutted by fire in the 1960s, the
and Art Gallery ornate decor has since been E Museum of Old and
40 Macquarie St. Tel (03) 6211 4134. restored and can be admired New Art (MONA)
Open 10am–4pm Tue–Sun. Closed during a guided tour. 655 Main Rd, Berriedale. Tel (03) 6277
Good Fri, 25 Apr, 25 Dec. 7 8 - 9900. Open 10am–6pm Wed–Mon.
∑ tmag.tas.gov.au P The Tench Penitentiary 7 - = ∑ mona.net.au
This 1863 building, designed by Chapel Historic Site One of Hobart's main
the city’s best-known colonial Cnr Brisbane & Campbell sts. Tel (03) attractions, this musem carved
architect, Henry Hunter, is 6231 0911. Open 10am–2:30pm daily. out of a sandstone cliff houses
now home to a fine collection Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec. & 8 obli- a collection that ranges from
of prints and paintings of gatory, by appt 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, ancient Egyptian mummies
Tasmania, Aboriginal artifacts, 2:30pm Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri; 1pm, to some of the world’s most
and botanical displays. 2:30pm Sat & Sun. unusual contemporary art.

Museum of Old
Hobart City Centre and New Art
The Tench Penitentiary
1 Narryna Heritage Museum Chapel Historic Site Airport
20km (12 miles)
2 Battery Point ARGYLE MELVILLE ST CAMPBELL
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3 Salamanca Place BR IS B AN E S T S T REE T SACKVILLE ST
4 Castray Esplanade EL I ZA BET H STR S TR EE T ST Theatre
Royal
5 Parliament House B AT HURS T EET Federation
Concert Hall
6 Maritime Museum S TR EE T LIVE R P OO L STREET Tasmanian
of Tasmania Museum and HUNTER Centre for
Art Gallery
7 Constitution Dock ELIZABETH COLLINS Town Victoria ST the Arts
Dock
ST MALL
Hall
8 Tasmanian Museum MURRAY ST Maritime Museum WHARF
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and Art Gallery FRANKLIN Constitution
Dock
9 Hunter Street St David’s SQUARE FRANKLIN Sullivans
Cathedral
Cove
0 Theatre Royal HA RR I N G TO N VICTORIA ST DESPARDS T S T S MORRISON ST Elizabeth Street Pier
q The Tench Penitentiary S TR E E T Parliament Watermans
Chapel Historic Site Transit COLLINS ST S T House Dock
MAC Q U A RI E S T REET St Davids Arts Centre SALAMANCA ESPLAN NADE
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Salamanca
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B A RRA C K
D AVE Y PLACE
MONTPELLIER RETREAT AV Point Park
S T SANDY BAY ROAD Battery Princes
MO LL E
H A M P D E N R O A D
CIRCUS
ST Narryna STOWELL AVE A KELLY ST SOUTH ST ARTHURS
Anglesea Heritage Museum
Barracks SECHERON RD
CLARKE AV E N U E
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ST SANDY BAY ROAD DEWITT ST C OLV I LLE ST R E ET MONA ST
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KINGSTON CRELIN S T S T G E ORG ES Church W
St George’s
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0 yards 500 BAT H STREET TERRAC E NAPOLEON ST
CROMWELL ST
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