Touring Battery Point
The district Battery Point of Hobart in Hobart (Tasmania) is a subburb located in Australia about 534 mi south of Canberra, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Night Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 48% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
11°C (51 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
11°C (51 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Salamanca Wharf Hotel
Apartment on King
Mayfair Plaza Motel
GRAND CHANCELLOR - HOBART
Salamanca Terraces
St Ives Apartments
SOMERSET ON SALAMANCA
ibis Styles Hobart
SALAMANCA INN
QUEST WATERFRONT SERVICED APTS
Videos from this area
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Hobart, Tasmania
Scenes from the city of Hobart, Australia. Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania, Australia.
Red Decker Tour Bus - Hobart
The Red Decker is a family owned company that has been running the distinctive London Double Decker around Hobart since 1997. This video introduces the passionate people that make the Red...
Arthur Circus, Battery Point, Hobart Australia Steadiam Walk
Steadicam walk around the famous and historical "The Circus". Located in the suburt of Battery Point in Hobart The Circus is renowned for its early settler architecture. Battery Point is a...
DHC-2 Beaver Scenic Flight @ Hobart / Tasmania
DHC-2 Beaver Scenic Flight @ Hobart / Tasmania VH-YKY.
Bright Green Sparks - Hobart Bike Kitchen
Sustainable Living Tasmania has produced the Bright Green Sparks series of short videos showcasing inspiring projects and community initiatives that will hopefully bring sustainability alive...
Salamanca Place - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00a1-2d24-e840?ytv2=1 - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company) Salamanca Place Hobart Take in some shopping and...
Hail and heavy rain in Hobart, Tasmania 16th December, 2014
I work in an underground office, but I suddenly heard the sound of rain and thunder. Something that has never happened in the 12 years I have worked in this office. I went above ground to find...
Beat Boxing on the streets of Hobart with Jukey Jukebox
Here's our first video for the year, we met up with James from the UK while he was busking in Salamanca. After seeing him perform we decided to have some fun and make a video for him. We shot...
Hobart Victoria Dock Fishing Boat
The Bridge at Franklin Wharf is open and a fishing boat with Skipper and Mate are heading out for a days work.
Destination 10: Tasmania by Campervan Nikandads2008's photos around Hobart, Australia
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Salamanca Place
Salamanca Place is a precinct of Hobart, the capital city of the state of Tasmania. Salamanca Place itself consists of rows of sandstone buildings, formerly warehouses for the port of Hobart Town that have since been converted into restaurants, galleries, craft shops and offices. It was named after the victory in 1812 of the Duke of Wellington in the Battle of Salamanca in the Spanish province of Salamanca. It was previously called "The Cottage Green".
Parliament of Tasmania
The Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Monarch represented by the Governor of Tasmania. The leader of the party or coalition with the most seats in the House of Assembly is invited by the Governor of Tasmania to form government. The head of the government is the Premier of Tasmania.
Sullivans Cove
Sullivans Cove is on the River Derwent adjacent to the Hobart CBD in Tasmania. It was the site of initial European settlement in the area.
Constitution Dock
Constitution Dock is the harbour-side dock area of Hobart, the capital city of the Australian state of Tasmania, on the Derwent River. The dock is adjacent to other Hobart landmark areas, Victoria Dock, Salamanca Place and Battery Point, and forms part of the foreshore of Sullivans Cove. The dock consists of a rock-walled marina with an opening for boats. The bridge is normally closed, allowing pedestrian access around the dock.
Supreme Court of Tasmania
The Supreme Court of Tasmania is the highest State court in the Australian State of Tasmania. In the Australian court hierarchy, the Supreme Court of Tasmania is in the middle level, and is able to both receive appeals from lower courts, and able to be appealed from. The ordinary sittings of the Court occur in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie in Tasmania. The Court's Appeal division sits only in Hobart.
Battery Point, Tasmania
Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the Central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart. Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were established on the point in 1818 as part of the Hobart coastal defences. The battery no longer exists. The area is generally known as one of the city's more prestigious suburbs, with many large and extravagant homes and apartment blocks.
St Michael's Collegiate School
St Michael's Collegiate School, colloquially known as "Collegiate", is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1892 by the Sisters of the Church, the school currently enrols approximately 900 students from Early Learning to year 12, including up to 50 boarders in years 5 to 12.
Macquarie Street, Hobart
Macquarie Street is one of the main streets of the central business district of the city of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the A6, technically making it part of the Huon Highway. It also forms a One-way couplet with Davey Street in the opposite direction. The street starts at its junction with the Eastern Outlet, the Brooker Highway and Davey Street, near the historic Royal Engineers Building.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Hobart and covering Tasmania, Australia. Immediately subject to the Holy See, the area covered was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1842, the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart was erected; elevated as a Diocese a few weeks later; and as an Archdiocese in 1888.
St David's Cathedral, Hobart
The Cathedral Church of St David in Hobart is the principal Anglican church in Tasmania. The dean (as of March 2009) is the Very Reverend Richard Humphrey. Consecrated in 1874, St David's is the Bishop of Tasmania's principal place of teaching. It is a cathedral because it is the place where the bishop's cathedra or seat is placed. It is also the venue for great occasions of diocese, city and state.
Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Elizabeth Street is a major street which runs North-South through the city and suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is named after Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of the Governor of New South Wales from 1810-1821, Lachlan Macquarie. It starts at New Town in the North and runs to the CBD and ends at Sullivans Cove. It notably contains the Elizabeth Street Mall, the Hobart Bus Mall, Elizabeth College, the general Post Office and the North Hobart shopping district.
Hobart Real Tennis Club
The Hobart Real Tennis Club is one of the oldest sporting clubs in the Southern hemisphere, having been founded in 1875. The court is located at 45 Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania. It is the oldest real tennis club in Australia and one of the oldest existing clubs in the real tennis world.
Hobart Bus Station
Hobart Bus Station, more commonly referred to as "Hobart Bus Mall" is a section of Elizabeth Street which serves as Metro Tasmania's primary bus terminus in Hobart's CBD. Hobart Bus Station is utilised by thousands of commuters every day, bringing city workers into Hobart from outlying suburbs, and the neighbouring cities of Clarence and Glenorchy, as well as nearby Richmond, Cambridge and Kingborough.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1843, by the Royal Society of Tasmania under the leadership of Sir John Franklin, the oldest Royal Society outside of England. It receives 300,000 visitors annually.
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart
The Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women was an Australian hospital established at Hobart, Tasmania in 1905 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902 on a site in Hampden Road, Battery Point. The hospital was primarily designed to care for women who were pregnant, in need of natal and neonatal care, and as a training hospital for midwives and nurses.
Maritime Museum of Tasmania
The Maritime Museum of Tasmania is a privately operated maritime museum dedicated to the history of Tasmania's association with the sea, ships, and ship-building, and is located at Carnegie House in Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania. The island state of Tasmania has a long and rich history of association with the sea, going back well before the time of British invasion and settlement on the island.
Hobart Private Hospital
The Hobart Private Hospital is a 146 bed private hospital located in the central business district of Hobart adjacent to the Royal Hobart Hospital. It is owned by Healthscope, one of Australia's leading providers of hospitals, medical and pathology centres. The Hobart Private Hospital provides private health care specialising in the areas of emergency, cardiac, maternity, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, urology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, respiratory medicine, rehab and general surgery.
The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel
The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel is located in Hobart, Tasmania. There are 242 accommodation rooms ranging from Hotel Rooms to self-contained One and Two Bedroom Apartments. Full conference and meeting facilities are also available. Since opening in February 1997, The Old Woolstore has won many awards in both the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence and the Tasmanian Tourism Awards, including winner of the AHA's 2001 National prize in the category 'Superior Accommodation'.
Australian Wooden Boat Festival
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival is a biennial event held in Hobart Tasmania celebrating wooden boats. It is held concurrently with the Royal Hobart Regatta. The festival celebrates wooden boats of all sizes including wooden canoes, kayaks and dinghies as well as yachts and tall ships. The First Australian Wooden Boat Festival was held in 1994 (180 boats). 2005 - 40,000 visitors (450 boats) 2011 - 160,000 visitors (650 boats) The most recent 2013 festival took place 8-11 February 2013
Hobart coastal defences
The Hobart coastal defences are a network of now defunct coastal batteries, some of which are inter-linked with tunnels, that were designed and built by British colonial authorities in the nineteenth century to protect the city of Hobart, Tasmania, from attack by enemy warships. During the nineteenth century, the port of Hobart Town was a vital re-supply stop for international shipping and trade, and therefore a major freight hub for the British Empire.
Hobart Rivulet
The Hobart Rivulet flows down from Mount Wellington and underneath the city of Hobart into the River Derwent. The rivulet was an important source of drinking water for the Mouheneener Aborigines, and later for the first European settlers. The site for Hobart was originally chosen in part due to the availability of fresh water from the rivulet. Because of the pure water of the upper portion of the rivulet, the Cascade Brewery was built beside it.
Parliament Square, Hobart
"Parliament Square" is the name given to the upcoming redevelopment of the block directly behind Parliament House in Hobart, Tasmania. The site is in close proximity to the waterfront and is bounded by Davey Street to the north, Murray Street to the east, Salamanca Place to the west and Parliament House to the south. The block has an approximate area of 7,322 m².
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
The Hotel Grand Chancellor is a twelve-storey hotel located on the waterfront of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia The hotel opened in 1987 as the Sheraton and has since been taken over by the Grand Hotels International group. The Sheraton opened with two restaurants and two bars, however only one restaurant and one bar remain. In 1998 the hotel underwent a sizeable expansion. This was made possible with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's desire to move to a more modern Auditorium.
Salamanca Market
Salamanca Market is a street market in Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania. It is a major tourist attraction in Tasmania, and is held on Saturdays between 8.00am and 3.00pm.
Victoria Dock (Hobart)
Victoria Dock, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is a key dock for Australian Antarctic supply vessels and one of the oldest docks in Tasmania.