Australia travel: A local’s top tips for visiting Hobart, Tasmania

For Sarah Clark from Intrepid Journey, there’s nowhere fairly as magical as Hobart, Tasmania. Right here, she shares her high foodie picks and favorite weekend haunts.

I have been fortunate sufficient to journey the world and to reside in lots of international locations, however there’s merely no place like Tasmania.

My favorite factor to do in Hobart is to stroll the waterfront and surrounding Battery Level historic space. I like to recommend stopping in for a have a look at the 150-year-old Lenna Lodge mansion home and climbing to the highest ground “widows stroll”, which reveals you all angles of Hobart. The lodge’s Chandelier Bar is a hidden gem and a fantastic spot for a drink. Additionally, head to Salamanca for the Saturday markets.

On the subject of the very best locations to eat and drink, Prepared Bros, a small restaurant and wine bar in North Hobart, has a fantastic vibe. It additionally has superb Italian share plates, and the very best wine record this aspect of the Tasman. It is a locals’ hang-out for certain. In case you are in search of seafood, do not go previous Pearl and Co for lunch and views over the water.

In case you are up for a drive for lunch, then I’d extremely advocate each The Agrarian Kitchen in New Norfolk (30mins from Hobart) and Coal River farm and Frogmore vineyard in Cambridge.

The climate right here will be chilly, however the wonderful thing about Hobart is that it would not rain fairly often so we get clear crisp winter days. Kunanyi/Mt Wellington shields us from a number of the climate and rain.

The East Coast is pristine, with lovely seashores and a few heat summer time days and the West Coast is ruggedly gorgeous. I believe the very best climate is in February/March and we get some attractive Easter climate too.

While you go to, do not forget your “Tasmanian tuxedo” (what we locals name a black puffer jacket), and are available able to eat, drink and pattern all the nice native produce. You’ll want to pre-book your lodging and rental automobile to make sure you get your high picks, then simply loosen up and benefit from the laidback Tassie way of life.

For extra on Tasmania, see discovertasmania.com.au