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gillsand (contributor)

One of Hobart’s treasures is St. David’s Park. Located in the city center, and just off the famed Salamanca street, it is a haven in a city that hardly needs one yet so beautifully green. Having visited in the summer, we were also lucky to see most of the park’s flowers in bloom. Try to include this park on your route when heading towards Battery Point. If memory serves me correctly, this park was once the city of Hobart’s cemetary.

For those of you with a passion for botany and horticuluture, St. David’s Park has wonderful mature plantings of beech, birches, elms with a scented garden along Sandy Bay Road frontage. IT aslo has mass bulb plantings and a good selection of magnolias, fuchsias, rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.

talentcarling (contributor)

When former Governor Sorell arrived in Hobart in 1817, he found the town defenseless, and ordered the construction on Battery Point of the Mulgrave Battery. Hastily built, it was described as ‘a poor pitifiul mud fort’, armed with old and decrepit ships’ guns and with poor visibility over the Derwent.
Governor Franklin, arriving in 1836, found the town still defenseless and after a panic in 1841 when French and American whaling ships visited Hobart (England’s enemies at the time), another battery was begun. The Prince of Wales Battery, mounted with ten guns was completed behind the Mulgrave Battery also poorly sited, with limited visibility and vulnerable to enemy fire from the side.
In 1854, with the Crimean War alert, the Albert Battery was built behind the Prince of Wales Battery. Following tradition, it too was poorly sited and poorly equipped.
Both batteries were condemened in 1878 and dismantled. There is no record of what happened to the guns but in 1882 the Battery Reserve was handed over to the City Council as a recreation ground.
In spite of considerable work and expense Hobart was effectively defenseless throughout this period. Ironically, the only time the port was ever of any foreign interest was before the town was founded.
Today Princes Park is a lovely park with a great view of the water and it’s sloping landscape is an excellent place to sit back and relax.

lloydclamp (contributor)

The lovely Botanical Gardens are definitely worth a visit. Although not very large, they display a wide variety of plants and flowers. Pay special attention to the collection of native Tasmanian plants, which includes many rare species.
There’s a visitor’s centre with giftshop and restaurant inside the gardens.
The Gardens are open every day from 8am to 5pm/6.30pm and entrance is free.

linkedobeisant (contributor)

Parliament House Gardens is in the historic Salamanca area and is framed with sweeping annual displays, oaks, elms, limes and plane trees.This little park across from the Brooke Street Pier and adjacent to the Hobart Parliamentary House is a great place to sit down, relax and watch the time pass by. With it’s beautifal lawns, tall trees, plenty of shade and bountiful gardens, it’s sure to please all. Who knows you may get to see some famous Hobart official or other Australian politician leaving the building. Be sure to enjoy a walk amongst the 150-year-old majestic oak trees.

miaowbawhair (contributor)

At Princes Park, you’ll find a monument that honors the memory of 92 exiles transported from Canada to Van Diemen’s land in 1840. Their struggle was a significant factor in the evolution of responsible government in Canada and Australia.

Unveiled by the Canadian High Commissioner Brian Schumacher on the 12th of December 1995 during the Centenary year of official Canada-Australia trade relations.

alpinestones (contributor)

There are plenty of parks and greens in Hobart, big & small.
A central feature of this site is a statue of the great explorer, Sir John Franklin, serenaded by a majestic fountain.

Located in the centre of Hobart and surrounded by Macquarie, Elizabeth and Davey Streets.
This was the site of the first Government House.

Magnificent oak trees provide shade for visitors who have come to enjoy the area. A great place to rest some tired feet or catch a breather before you continue your exploration of Hobart.

There is ample seating and public convenience facilities are located on the Elizabeth Street frontage of the Square.

summitthey (contributor)

The best things in life are free; so the saying goes and the Botanical Gardens in Hobart certainly add credence to that statement.
The Gardens are open every day from 8am to 5pm/6.30pm and entrance is free.
There’s a visitor’s centre with giftshop and restaurant inside the gardens and a toilet nearby. More often than not there’s an exhibition on to add even more to your visit. Spring is obviously a good time, along with autumn but these shots were all taken in late summer.
You can catch a bus from the CBD or the red tourist bus regularly stops outside the gate.
They have an eclectic display of varied vegetation from around the world and it’s situated on a hillside with nice veiws over the Derwent.

belleshears (contributor)

Parliament House Gardens are located adjacent to the historic Salamanca area; in fact, if you’re visiting the markets there’s a fair chance you’ll walk right next to them.
They have, at the right time, sweeping annual displays with mature oaks, elms, limes and plane trees; some up to 150 years old.
This little park adjacent to the Hobart Parliamentary House is a great place to sit down, relax and watch the time pass by.
They had a display of Da VInci machines taking up some of the room when I was last there.
However, with its beautiful lawns and tall shady trees, it’s guaranteed to put you in a relaxed state of mind.
You may get to see some famous Hobart official (not that you’d necessarily recognize him/her) or other Australian politician leaving the building.

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