--- title: "Hobart Guide" description: "What to do with a few days in Hobart." source: "https://hobartguide.com/" markdown: "https://hobartguide.com/index.md" --- # Hobart Guide Where to Stay ## [Boat Reflections]() — Riverside accommodation at Franklin, on the Huon. Black swans on the water, cider and cool-climate wine within a short drive, and little enough light pollution to see the aurora when it is out. Franklin [boatreflections.com.au]() Things to Do ## [Mountain River Flower Patch]() — A pick-your-own flower patch at Mountain River, just up the hill from Huonville. Open through the summer: take a bucket, cut what you like, pay for what you carry out. Mountain River [mountainriverflowerpatch.com.au]() [![The cover of Volcanic Winter, a novel by Mark Rutherford.]()]() ## [Volcanic Winter, by Mark Rutherford]() — When a plan to combat climate change threatens life on Earth, one man has seven days to stop it. [markrutherfordwrites.com]() [![A black and white portrait of a couple on their wedding day, her head resting on his shoulder. Kinda chic to only invite the person you are actually marrying.]()]() ## [Advertise in Hobart Guide]() — A directory entry runs for thirty days from $22 including GST, goes live once it is approved, and stays on the site afterwards at a decaying position rather than vanishing. You set the amount and you can change it whenever you like. [mafia.net.au]() Events ## [Boy & Bear at the Odeon]() — Friday 28 August, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. The Tripping Over Time Regional Tour, with special guest Middle Palms. All ages. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Bron Lewis: Chaos]() — Thursday 10 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Recommended 15+. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Cygnet Folk Festival 2027]() — Friday 8–Sunday 10 January 2027 in Cygnet. Three days of music, dance and song, with concerts, workshops and showcases across the town. [cygnetfolkfestival.org]() Events ## [Del Amitri: Past to Present]() — Sunday 28 February 2027, doors 7pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Four decades of their greatest music. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Eskimo Joe at the Odeon]() — Sunday 6 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, supported by Alex Lloyd. Licensed 18+ event. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Go West 40th Anniversary Tour]() — Wednesday 2 September, doors 7pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, with special guest Debbie Gibson. All ages. [odeontheatre.com.au]() ## [Hobart Marriage Office]() — Affordable registry-style marriages in Hobart, at 163 Macquarie Street. Short, legal and done in a morning. [marriageoffice.org]() Things to Do ## [Quiet Slow Beauty: Guided Labyrinth Walks]() — Monthly Saturdays, 10am–12:30pm, at Pippin Hill, 89 Connors Road, Cygnet. Upcoming walks: 29 Aug, 26 Sep, 31 Oct, 28 Nov and 26 Dec 2026; 23 Jan and 27 Feb 2027. [events.humanitix.com]() [![A newly married couple kissing while holding martinis. Kinda chic to finish your ceremony and immediately order a martini.]()]() Art & History ## [Julian Charrière: Hard Core]() — At Mona until 29 March 2027. Sculpture, film, photography and installation exploring deep time, geology, science, industry and the changing natural world. Included in museum entry. [mona.net.au]() Events ## [HEALTH with Perturbator and King Yosef]() — Wednesday 23 September, doors 6:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Licensed 18+ event. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Island of Ideas: Combatting the Code]() — Wednesday 30 September, 6–7:30pm, in Southern Tasmania and online. A free public talk asking what happens when governments hand decision-making to algorithms. [utas.edu.au]() Events ## [Ice and Fire: The Mystery of Heard Island]() — Wednesday 26 August, 6–7:30pm, in Sandy Bay and online. A free Island of Ideas public talk with scientists sharing what this remote sub-Antarctic island reveals about a changing planet. [utas.edu.au]() ## [The Internet, by Josh Withers]() — A web development studio building websites for small Australian service businesses that need a modern site: fast, plainly written, and built to be found and quoted by search and answer engines as readily as by a person. [theinternet.com.au]() Events ## [James Morrison Quintet]() — Friday 11 September, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, featuring Patrick Bartley. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Jessica Mauboy: The Story of Me]() — Saturday 5 September, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. [odeontheatre.com.au]() [![A couple embracing on a clifftop at golden hour above a forested valley. Kinda chic to say your vows with mountain views instead of a reception schedule.]()]() Events ## [MISS KANINNA: BLACKPRINT Tour]() — Friday 9 October, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, supported by Mali Jose. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Peking Duk: Paradise Album Tour]() — Friday 6 November, doors 7:30pm, at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Licensed 18+ event. [odeontheatre.com.au]() Events ## [Tom Gleeson: Out of Touch]() — Saturday 29 August at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Early show doors 4:30pm; main show doors 6:30pm. All ages. [odeontheatre.com.au]() ## [Elope to Tassie]() — Two people, a witness, and the best scenery in the country. Where to hold a ceremony for two in Tasmania, which celebrants travel to meet you there, and where to stay after. [elopetotassie.com]() ## [Tasmanian Wedding Directory]() — Hobart, Launceston, the Huon, the east coast and the north west: the register of wedding people working Tasmania, for locals and for couples flying down for it. [tasmanian.directory]() ## [nipaluna]() — The noticeboard for Hobart and the valleys around it: things for sale, rentals and property, jobs, cars, services and community notices. nipaluna is the palawa kani name for Hobart. [nipaluna.com.au]() ## [The Apple Nation]() — An independent guide to living with Apple gear, and a register of the people who fix, sell, support and build for it. Not affiliated with Apple Inc. [theapplenation.com]() ## [Tasmanian News]() — The classified pages for the island: things for sale, property and rentals, jobs, cars and machinery, rural and livestock, services and public notices. [tasmanian.news]() ## [Diploma]() — Australian training and the people who deliver it: registered training organisations, VET providers and professional-development bodies, listed by the field each course leads into. [diploma.au]() Eat & Drink ## [The Tasmanians]() — Living here and making a go of it: food and drink, houses and land, the outdoors, the arts, and what is on around the island. [thetasmanians.com]() ## [Someone who will actually turn up]() — Finds lists Australian trades and home services — builders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, roofers and landscapers — organised by the job you need done rather than by the trade name. [finds.au]() ## [Huon Valley Directory]() — Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Geeveston and Dover: the trades, growers, services and places to stay in the valley, alongside what is for sale, what is going and what is on this week. [huonvalley.directory]() ## [Listen]() — Australian podcasts sorted by what they are actually about — news, true crime, comedy, sport, business, history — with a plain description of each and a link to where it plays. [listen.net.au]() ## [Hobart Directory]() — Local businesses across Hobart and southern Tasmania: the trades, services and small operators a local actually needs, with the contact details out in front. [hobart.directory]() ## [The Best]() — A short list, by field: Australian operators who are among the best at what they do, filed by trade rather than by suburb. [thebest.au]() ## [ANSETT]() — Australia's national guide to services, entertainment, travel and tourism: the operators, venues, practitioners and trades worth the trip, listed by what they do and where they do it. [ansett.com.au]()