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Welcome back the reigning champions for their first home match since lifting the WBBL|11 trophy!
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades
4th November
Ninja Stadium, 7:10pm
Be part of the celebration as the defending champions take to the field for the first time at home this season. With plenty of excitement, anticipation, and a new title defence underway, this is a match you won't want to miss.
Under lights in a prime-time fixture, expect big hits, world-class cricket, and some of the best players in the game showcasing their talent.
Gather your family and friends, fill the stands, and make some noise as we welcome the Hurricanes home for the opening home match of the WBBL|12 season.
Get on Board. Tickets only $15, and kids go free!
The Lutruwita Animation Festival (LUTAF) is a one-day celebration of animation from Lutruwita/Tasmania and beyond, held at the historic State Cinema. Featuring a vibrant program of screenings, talks, workshops, and a Student Competition, LUTAF spotlights Australian animated filmmakers, from cutting-edge releases to diverse and underrepresented voices.
Participants can discover animated works rarely seen elsewhere, connect with industry professionals, and immerse themselves in Nipaluna/Hobart's dynamic cultural scene. LUTAF offers both entertainment and professional development, making it a cultural highlight and a uniquely Tasmanian meeting place for animation lovers.
Eats, drinks, design, music! Tasmania is renowned for its quality produce, and that's what you'll find at this market; a diverse range of food and locally crafted small batch drinks alongside a myriad of design stalls.
Add in live music from local talent and the scene is set for a wonderful Friday night! Engage with passionate stallholders, who'll share their story with you. The market is dog and family-friendly.
The market operates on selected Fridays between October and March.
Please refer to the website for the full market schedule.
Christine (Kit) Hiller's practice is grounded in a deep connection to place, shaped by her life in Northwest Lutruwita/Tasmania and inspired by its landscapes, nature and communities, as well as experiences gathered through travels abroad.
Born in Nipaluna/Hobart in 1948 and trained at the Tasmanian School of Art, in Coming Home Hiller returns to the city where her artistic journey began. The exhibition brings together works from across Hiller's career, including her renowned depictions of Tasmania's flora and fauna, landscapes and a profound ongoing series of self-portraits – a motif she has consistently returned to over a period of 50 years.
Over a prolific career spanning four decades and over 100 public exhibitions, Hiller has worked across a diverse range of media, including watercolours and oils, printmaking, and dioramas. Her portraits have been shown in the Archibald Prize exhibition on five occasions, and she has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award for Women Portrait Painters three times. Hiller's work is represented in major public and private collections throughout Australia. She is represented by Handmark Gallery, Hobart, and Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney.
Two hilarious shows for the price of one!
First, set sail with a hilarious crew of swashbuckling pirates in How I Became a Pirate, as young Jeremy Jacob discovers that adventure is exciting, but there are some treasures that simply can't be found on a treasure map. With pirates, buried treasure and plenty of swagger, it's a rollicking musical adventure for the whole family.
Then, things take a deliciously dark turn with The Addams Family, where Wednesday Addams has fallen in love with a very 'normal' young man and decides to introduce him to her wonderfully weird family. What could possibly go wrong? As the Addams and Beineke families come together for one unforgettable dinner, secrets, surprises and plenty of Addams-style mayhem are guaranteed.
An Exitleft musical comedy double bill. Big theatre. Young stars. Presented by ExitLeft's fabulous Junior performers, these two 30 minute Younger@part adaptations deliver a family friendly theatrical experience packed with music, comedy, character and plenty of heart.
Two completely different worlds. Two hilarious musicals.
One magical night at the theatre.
Van Diemen Pet Expo is Tasmania's dedicated pet and community market, bringing together pet lovers, local businesses, independent makers, food vendors and animal welfare organisations in a welcoming outdoor setting at Long Beach Reserve, Sandy Bay.
The event celebrates Tasmania's vibrant pet community and local small businesses, offering visitors the chance to discover unique pet products, meet passionate local makers, explore pet services and enjoy great food in a relaxed, dog-friendly environment.
More than a market, Van Diemen Pet Expo creates opportunities for pet owners to connect, discover useful resources and engage with organisations working to improve animal welfare. Each market features a changing mix of stallholders and seasonal themes, creating a fresh experience for returning visitors.
Proudly focused on local enterprise and community connection, Van Diemen Pet Expo is where Tasmania's pet community comes together to shop local, meet like-minded people and celebrate the special place pets hold in everyday life.
Why watch from home when you can experience it live?
Join them under lights at Ninja Stadium for this exciting prime-time fixture between the Hurricanes & Strikers and cheer on your favourite players from the stands.
With tickets just $15 and kids free, it's the perfect excuse to swap the couch for an unforgettable night of cricket. Bring the family, round up your friends, and enjoy the electric atmosphere as the Hurricanes do what they do best.
From big hits and brilliant catches to plenty of entertainment on and off the field, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
Get on board. Tickets only $15, and kids go free!
31st Richard Jones Memorial Lecture
What helps places flourish in a changing climate?
As the climate changes, cities and communities are grappling with interconnected social, environmental and economic challenges. Local knowledge and collective action have an important role to play, but how do we organise at the scale needed to create lasting change?
Join Kaj Lofgren, CEO of Regen Melbourne, for the 31st Richard Jones Memorial Lecture, to consider how people and organisations can work together to raise their ambition for the places they call home. Drawing on his work across Greater Melbourne, Kaj will explore how shared ambitions can bring communities, researchers, businesses and government together, and how local efforts can connect to create change at a wider scale.
Explore the relationship between place, leadership and transformation, and discover what becomes possible when communities help plant the seeds of change.
This year's Sir James Plimsoll Lecture will be presented by Julie-Ann Guivarra, Australia's first Indigenous woman to serve as an ambassador and now Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency. Drawing on her extensive diplomatic and leadership experience, Julie-Ann will reflect on Australia's changing place in the world and the importance of trust, cultural understanding and diverse perspectives in strengthening our international relationships.
The Sir James Plimsoll Lecture is a prestigious annual event jointly presented by the University of Tasmania, the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Named in honour of Sir James Plimsoll, a distinguished diplomat in Australia's history, the lecture series was established in 2005 to feature influential figures in the field of international relations, both from Australia and beyond.
In Lutruwita/Tasmania's South-West, the landscape can change in minutes. Mountain ranges disappear into cloud, tannin-stained creeks surge, and familiar contours shift as fronts roll in from the Southern Ocean.
It is within these constantly changing conditions that Clifford How developed the work for his upcoming exhibition, 'Southwest Solitude'. From Port Davey to Bathurst Harbour, this new body of work draws us into one of the most remote places in the world — a place few of us will ever experience for ourselves.
Clifford How has practised as an artist for over eighteen years, exhibiting extensively across Tasmania and in Sydney. He is the recipient of the Hornsby Art Prize (2018), Wrest Point Art Award (2017) and TASART Award (2016), and has been a finalist in The King's School Art Prize (2024), Calleen Art Prize (2017), Glover Art Prize (2017, 2016) and Paddington Art Prize (2016).
In 2018, How's practice was featured in Amber Creswell Bell's A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast, alongside other notable Australian landscape painters.
Come join them on the second Friday of each month for an evening to unwind after the long weeks with an Apothecary G&T, a glass of Single Malt Whisky, great company with live music by local musician Fred Pribac and food van.
Family friendly, and you are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy.
Five times ARIA Award winning artist Katie Noonan has released her 30th studio album: Alone but All One.
The album is an intimate and powerful exploration of love in all its stages and features Katie's first songwriting collaboration with acclaimed writer Trent Dalton. The album is a powerful and delicate offering with Katie's piano and a string quartet the only accompaniment for her exquisite vocal performance.
Alone but All One is a quiet turning inward - a return to something essential. Musically it is very stripped back - just Katie, her piano and a string quartet, recorded live in her lounge room on Gubbi Gubbi Country in the hills behind Nambour, Queensland.
It feels like a deep breath before the next chapter. The creative intention is clear: to honour this moment, share it with care, and trust that others will feel themselves in it too.
Tucked into the heart of Salamanca Square in Battery Point, Plato's is one of Hobart's most loved gift and toy shops — and a must-visit for anyone exploring Tasmania's iconic waterfront precinct.
Browse a carefully curated range of gifts, souvenirs and homewares with a distinctly Australian focus, from wildlife-themed plush toys and local artist prints to puzzles, games and science kits that celebrate the natural world.
Whether you're searching for the perfect Tasmanian memento, a meaningful gift for someone back home, or something to keep curious minds entertained on the journey, Plato's has something for everyone — from newborns to grandparents.
Open seven days, just steps from the Salamanca Market and Hobart's famous waterfront.
Evolo Room Escape provides an opportunity for you to bring your friends, family and colleagues to an experience like no other!
You and your team will be put in a mysterious room filled with Evolo's innovative and decoratively themed puzzles but you only have 60 minutes to figure out how to escape. There are currently three rooms to choose from at Evolo's Hobart site, Secrets of the Jungle, Obscura and Defusal. Your wits, communication skills and friendships will all be put to the test!
Evolo opened its doors as Hobart's first escape room in October 2016 after over two years of planning. Each of Evolo's room escape experiences have been designed and curated by Evolo and can only be found in Hobart, so don't miss out on this experience!
Evolo Room Escape is a 10-minute walk from the Hobart CBD and accessible by bus, with a nearby bus stop outside Woolworths supermarket on Campbell Street. There is also street parking nearby the facility.
Evolo Room Escape has a second site located at 103 Albert Road, Moonah, which is 10 minutes from the Hobart site by car. The Moonah site is home to three 75 minute escape rooms called Diamond Heist, Wild West: Roy's Revenge and Secret Agents: Operation ATOMSHIELD. Plus, a competitive team game known as the Space Race for up to 16 people.
Narryna was built by merchant, Captain Andrew Haig in 1835-40. Haig had previously built Salamanca Place's earliest warehouses.
Located at the gateway to Battery Point, Narryna's architecture, interiors, collection and heritage garden provide a rich experience of early colonial life in Tasmania.
Ask about our group booking rate and special events.
For the first time in decades, Semaphore Cottage is open to the public on a regular basis.
Recognised as the oldest surviving building in Battery Point, Semaphore Cottage was originally built as the guardhouse for the Mulgrave Battery, Hobart's first defensive fortification. Over time, it evolved into the central headquarters for the semaphore telegraph system, which extended from Hobart to Port Arthur. This system, one of the most advanced of its time, could transmit messages across a 54-kilometre chain of stations within minutes.
The cottage's historical significance was acknowledged in the 1930s when the Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania led a successful campaign to save it from demolition. Today, the cottage is cared for by Maritime Museum Tasmania.
Step inside and explore its remarkable story and its role in Hobart's maritime past. Come and discover a hidden part of Hobart's maritime heritage.
With thanks to the Hobart City Council for their generous support in making these public openings possible.
Bombed Yarns is a yarn studio in North Hobart, where Sarah produces soft and squishy hand-dyed yarn. Bombed Yarns also hosts fun, inclusive and crafty events and workshops.
The studio is open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursday, and by appointment at other times.
The studio hosts workshops, social knitting circles and other events. Sign up to the e-newsletter (find on the website) or follow on social media to find out what's happening in the studio!
The State Cinema is a city-wide institution and is of historic significance as a rare working example of a purpose built picture theatre dating from the Federation period.
It is believed to be the first Tasmanian building built specifically for the screening of moving pictures and is the only pre-1970 picture theatre to have survived in Hobart as a functioning cinema.
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is Australia's premier cool climate garden, offering travellers a peaceful pause only minutes from the heart of Hobart.
Established over 200 years ago, this 14-hectare site includes many unique collections that can be viewed in a relaxed stroll across 2 hours. Visitors can explore displays of Tasmanian flora, featuring rare and threatened species, and see unusual specimens of sub-Antarctic plants. A collection of mature conifer trees, planted in the 19th century, provide a majestic canopy above a Victorian-era lily pond. A traditionally-styled Japanese Garden, herbaceous perennial border, and sandstone conservatory provide year-round delight.
The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens are open daily year-round. Located at Lower Domain Rd, Queens Domain, Hobart, they are only a 5 minute drive or 25 minute walk from the city centre. Ample free parking is available.
A boutique antiquities museum housing examples of the art and culture of the major ancient Mediterranean civilisations. It was established in 1955 by John Elliott, Professor of Classics, to create a teaching and research collection which was also accessible to the public.
From Egypt come the assorted amulets, scarabs and ushabti figures found in most ancient Egyptian tombs. A limestone false tomb door, through which the deceased's spirit could pass, is a highlight.
Much of the Greek collection comprises pottery which traces stylistic developments in Greek art, from early static, geometric decoration to the fluid, elegant figures of the Classical era. Beautiful yet functional, they speak equally of mythical tales, religious reverence, and wild party nights.
Whether it's a centurion's sword, floor mosaics, jewellery and cosmetic items, or bronze surgical implements, the Roman artefacts give many insights into daily life in the Roman world. Once unearthed by archaeologists, they now await discovery by you.
The extensive range of Greek and Roman coins, often miniature works of art, reveal much about political realities and ambitions by their use as propaganda tools - proof that political spin and manipulation has a long history.
Closed during Summer
Beneath the shadow of Mount Wellington, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory is the best place to connect with some of the lesser-known stories of Australia's female convicts. It is located in South Hobart, only a short distance from the Hobart waterfront.
The Cascades Female Factory was a self-contained, purpose-built institution intended to reform female convicts, where the inmates did laundry and needlework services, offsetting some of the Colony's penal costs. Thousands of women and children were imprisoned here, and many never left.
The Convict Women's Tour is a comprehensive guided tour of the Site. It lasts approximately 45 minutes. The first tour starts at 10 am.
The new Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls is an emotional journey through the stories of seven remarkable convict women who faced life's hardships with resilience. Allow approximately 60 minutes. Every day at 11:30am and 1:00pm.
Established in 1824, Cascade Brewery Co. proudly holds a revered place in Australia's Brewing History. From humble beginnings as a sawmilling operation in the foothills of Mount Wellington, Cascade is now the country's oldest operating brewery.
From the classic Tasmanian range of Draught "Red" (Bitter) and "Blue" (Lager) to the class-leading Pale Ale and Stout and ever-popular Cascade Premium Light, Cascade remains at the forefront of Australian brewing after almost 200 years of honing its craft.
The Tasmanian Family History Society is situated in the Heritage-listed Old Bellerive Post Office it is a great place to learn more about your Tasmanian ancestors. It welcomes people researching their family history whether your ancestors were from Tasmania, Mainland Australia or overseas you will find resources that may help your research.
If you are visiting Hobart for a week or just one day they can help you with your family tree research. You will have access to their genealogical resources, including access to Ancestry.com, as well as many databases, monumental inscriptions, undertakers' records, wills, newspaper transcriptions etc. You can be ably assisted by one of the society's volunteers who have a wealth of knowledge in genealogical research.
COVID Restrictions may apply at short notice: Time limits on accessing Ancestry.com computers may apply depending on demand.
Bellerive was settled in the 1820s, it is one of the most historic areas of Hobart and was originally called Kangaroo Point. The name was changed to Bellerive, meaning beautiful river bank, in the 1830s.
Walking difficulty: Easy
Cycling difficulty : Easy
Length: 3km
Time: 1-1.5 hours
Parking: Bellerive Boardwalk
Dogs: On lead
Warning: Although relatively short, there are several steep hills on the walk, especially around Bellerive Bluff.
