The best cycling routes in Gellibrand Point Nature Recreation Area

The Shot Tower Historic Site is one of the tallest buildings in Tasmania, a circular sandstone tower standing 58 metres high that was once used for producing lead shot. Today, anyone can ascend the 259 steps to the top for amazing views over the River Derwent and Hobart. There is also a café, tearoom, parking and toilets on site. It's free to climb the tower from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Tasman Bridge is the city’s main link between the eastern and western shores. Opened in 1965, the bridge includes pedestrian walkways on both sides running directly beside traffic lanes. Walking across feels exposed and noisy, but the elevation gives wide views over the river, Hobart skyline, and surrounding hills. The bridge is also closely tied to Hobart’s history following the 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster, when a cargo ship collision caused part of the bridge to collapse and temporarily split the city in two.

Ryan was super helpful. Easy to book online. The gravel bike was an awesome bike. located a short walk from the dock. https://www.hobartbikehire.com.au/

Nice views of the Derwent river, Mt. Wellington, Hobart, Bruny Island etc

Hotel where famed arctic explorer Roald Amundsen stayed when he returned to Hobart. Also frequented by Errol Flynn.

From this spot you can see 6 different outdoor stores, ranging from hardcore mountaineering suppliers to more casual clothing stores. Kathmandu, Macpac, Paddy Pallin and the local hero; Mountain Creek Outdoors are all within mere metres of this intersection, meaning that you can easily repair or replace any of your camping gear in this spot. A real boon for the bikepacker or bike tourer!

In 2003, the city council of Hobart, Tasmania, named a small park in the city’s affluent Sandy Bay suburb Errol Flynn Reserve, laying claim to the nautical landscape that likely influenced Flynn’s seafaring endeavors and iconic roles. The Battery Point Sculpture Trail cuts through the reserve; the bold, white-painted steel numerals 1909 adorn the green space, a tribute to both Flynn’s birth year and the famous Hollywood sign.

A beautiful monument to the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, the Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum is, as its name implies, an exact reconstruction of the main research hut built in 1911 on Cape Dension by members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, lead by famed Australian geologist, explorer, and academic, Sir Douglas Mawson. The expedition – made up of Mawson, Lieutenant Belgrave Edward Ninnis, and Xavier Mertz – met with disaster on December 14, 1912, during a survey of the largely uncharted Victoria Land when Ninnis' sledge plunged through a crevasse, never to be recovered. With most of the expedition’s supplies, as well as its strongest sled dogs, lost, and over 300 miles away from base camp, Mawson and Mertz rationed their meager supplies and headed back, resorting to eating the remaining sled dogs as they went. Mertz ultimately succumbed to starvation, dysentery, and frostbite, forcing Mawson to carry on alone. On February 8, 1913, Mawson – near-death, skin literally peeling off of his body – stumbled into base camp. Only six hours before, the ship Aurora had departed Cape Denison after failing to locate Mawson and his team. A relief party of six men stayed behind and nursed Mawson back to health, and the weary explorer was forced to spend another winter on the cape.