![]() It’s the type of history that captivates crowds. It happens to be very close to a whisky distillery. About 40 minutes from Hobart is the country’s first golf course set up by a Scottish fellow who wanted a taste of home. Our more modern history of European exploration and settlement is young in many respects. Indigenous stories date back thousands of years and are evident in middens and the way our early Tasmanians touched the landscape lightly. There’s stories of indigenous Tasmanians, explorers, mining, agriculture, lost husbands in world wars and piners seeking out famed Huon pine. It’s history that goes back to the beginning of Aussie times. It’s also home to the finish line of one of the world’s greatest blue water ocean races, The Rolex Sydney to Hobart. Calm rivers, spinnakers of energetic colour across the Derwent and secret coves. Water runs deep – it’s the second deepest port in the world but also offers a myriad of waterways that please the sailor who has navigated a globe of oceans. It is a port town that dates back to early explorers and convicts sent here for stealing rams. It sits at the southern end of the island, on the edge of the River Derwent. ![]() That’s good reason to make it your first port of call. Hobart is where the bulk of Tassie locals live. We didn’t mention it began as a penal colony in 1804, but that’s another story. A place where people still say hello – their relaxed pace now on trend in a busy world. What’s all the fuss? It’s probably because you can have early morning sand between your toes, wander city streets, head to a mountain summit and be back in time for cocktails on the waterfront. ![]() Boutique hotels are filled to the brim and visitors are flocking to this harbour-side city in numbers not seen. This slower pace, once the chuckle of Australian city counterparts, has now become an endearing drawcard. Hobart is humming – it’s Tasmania’s lively capital that retains an old town salty-air feel. ![]()
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