No Car Required: Tips for Exploring Hobart on Foot

Exploring Hobart on foot

Your boots were made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do around Hobart. Full disclosure: there are a few hills to navigate between the waterfront and the city (luckily, there are many cafes and pubs around to keep your energy levels up).

Things to do on foot:

• Stroll around the historic Hobart waterfront, quench your thirst with a cocktail or beer in the charismatic pubs and bars, enjoy fine dining in the restaurants, or grab fresh fish and chips from Mures Lower Deck.
• Visit the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) to immerse yourself in Tasmanian art, culture and history (entry is free).
• Wander around historic Battery Point, home to the early mariners of Hobart. Play on the swing at Arthur Circus and follow the Sculpture Trail.
• Join a walking tour to learn the local secrets and hear some colourful tales of days gone by.
• Step back in time at the Hobart Convict Penitentiary, the Cascade Female Factory Historic Site, and Narryna (an 1830s merchant’s house).
• Wander the famous Salamanca Market on Saturdays (8.30 am – 3 pm), the Farm Gate Market on Sundays (8.30 am – 1 pm), and Street Eats @ Franko on Fridays (4 pm – 9 pm, December to April).
• Shop till you drop in the reinvigorated Hobart CBD (on the hour, watch the cow jump over the moon in the Cat and Fiddle Arcade).
• Walk up to the restaurant, cafe and bar strip at North Hobart for a pleasant time wining and dining (there is also a cinema and charming gift shops).
• Stop to smell the roses at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens.