Blog – Hobart Walking Tours

March 13, 2017

Hobart Cafe Tour – cold climate coffee at its best

On your visit to Hobart, you will be delighted to discover all the delicious delights that the locals love: our food, our wine and our coffee – but with more than 70 cafes within a ten minute walk of the GPO, how can you choose where to start? Fret no more – I have solved Continue reading →

January 17, 2017

To market, to market, to buy a….

It doesn’t take long before you realise there is more to Hobart than Salamanca Markets on Saturdays, but if markets really are the only reason you’ve come to Hobart, then here are some more for you:

Hobart Twilight Market

Hobart’s Friday night twilight market can be found at two locations: Long Beach, Lower Sandy Bay Continue reading →

November 25, 2016

Hobart Cafes

I have spent the past several months deep in research into Hobart’s CBD cafes and culture for our brand new Hobart’s Cafe Culture tour and I was amazed to find there are over 70 cafes within a short 10 minute walk of the GPO – I love tour research! Many locals have been Continue reading →

November 5, 2016

What Style is that Hobart Building?

Open House Hobart is a great once-a-year opportunity to explore Hobart’s fabulous architecture and see inside some of our iconic buildings. This year we were very excited to offer two free 90 minute tours walking around the CBD, exploring the different styles and history attached to many of our wonderful heritage and modern Continue reading →

August 3, 2016

Three Capes Track versus Overland Track

The new Three Capes Track just south of Hobart on the Tasman Peninsular has been a huge success since it opened in December 2015. While there are many excellent walks in Tasmania, the Three Capes Track and the Overland Track from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair are the two walks getting the most attention Continue reading →

February 21, 2016

David Collins

20th February, 1804 – Hobart Town First Settlers 1804 – Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, David Collins When David Collins put his hand up for the job of Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, I bet they never went into detail about what he was in for: bushrangers, escaped convicts, disgruntled settlers, corrupt officers, poor supplies, Continue reading →

September 7, 2015

Dodgy as a District Constable

The case of Constable McQueen and the notorious Mrs Saunders. Policing in colonial Hobart was a matter of contention for many years, as it was for every British colony. Hobart, however seems to have been the stand-out example of how not to do it. Under Governor Arthur (1824 – 1837) the colony of Van Diemen’s Continue reading →

August 11, 2015

Grisly and Grim – the Hobart gallows and gibbet

We stop at many interesting locations on our walking tours and one place that consistently alarms and amazes guests is the location of the gallows, which was in use in the British colony from 1806. This site today is marked by the monument to our First Fleeters, at what is now the intersection of Hunter Continue reading →

July 8, 2015

A Whole New Idea!

Hooray!! At Hobart Walking Tours we are very excited to launch our new advertising look! This idea we have come up with has energised us all. For so long we have struggled with how to sustainably manage our marketing. We wanted to promote our tours in the Hobart Visitor Centre, but we didn’t want to Continue reading →

June 22, 2015

Oh the shame! Henry Jones: son of convicts!

Henry Jones and his Convict Stain

Many people are travelling to Tasmania in order to discover their convict heritage. On a recent tour we had Sarah & Allan from Frankston, Victoria, who wanted to make their trip as close to the convict experience as possible. An obvious place to start was to come by ship. Continue reading →