Autumnal Tasmanian Beauty
Nipaluna/Hobart is a beautiful place to visit all year round, and autumn is no exception. The changing of the seasons is an exhilarating experience in Tasmania, full of colour and breathtaking landscapes. Feel the refreshing morning air tingling on your skin, as you step out for a day of exploring around the city or further afield. We love our four seasons in Tasmania, and many outdoor business’ operate all year round, rain hail or shine. So come on, live like a local and embrace all that a Tassie Autumn has to offer.
Talk a stroll around the
waterfront.
Hobart is the perfect city for a pleasant autumn stroll with so much to see and experience within walking distance of The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel. The waterfront is a treasure trove of hospitality businesses, fine art galleries, and bespoke artisan shops. Buy fresh oysters from a fish punt or some fish and chips for the kids and find a seat in the autumn sunshine to enjoy.
Surrounded by clean oceans, pure air, rich soils and a seasonal climate Tasmania has become world renown as a producer of high-quality food and gourmet products. You can sample some of these highly sought after Tasmanian products at one of the local farmers or artisan markets.
Salamanca Markets
The Salamanca Market runs every Saturday 8.30 am to 3 pm in Salamanca Place on the waterfront. A vibrant market loved by locals and visitors alike. You can buy a bag of crunchy new season apples, sample some hand-crafted spirits, select from a range of food vans or local restaurants for breakfast or lunch, be delighted by live music, purchase works by local artisans and much more.
Farmgate Markets
Farmgate market opens on Sundays in Bathurst Street Hobart and is packed with food stuff fresh from the farm to you. Fresh produce and pantry staples, street performance, food vans and fragrant coffee combine for a lovely Sunday morning outing. The stalls change each week and with the seasons.
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
If culture is your calling the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 program is in full swing with a series of events happening in and around Hobart.
Some Hobart based performances include:
Towards Takayna, by Nigel Westlake, takes its inspiration from the staggering natural beauty of Tasmania’s north-west.
OBSCURA II delivers an
all-embracing, multi-sensory experience. A realm where music, light and vision come together.
Take the family to experience the Mini TSO Ensemble a performance created especially for children.
Polar Opposites is a program of four works that evoke the North and South pole. One of the works Romantarctica by Kraggerud was Co-commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Arctic Philharmonic, the southernmost and northernmost professional orchestras on Earth.
The Theatre Royal
The Theatre Royal, Australia’s oldest continually operating theatre, is a stone’s throw from The Old Woolstore. The Theatre is a part of the Hedberg Performing Arts Precinct and hosts a variety of performances with something to suit all ages.
Here is a selection of some of the shows happening this autumn:
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takara nipaluna - Learn more about palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) history and our city on a walking tour created by award-winning palawa and Walpiri woman Nunami Sculthorpe-Green.
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The Carbon Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable Enviroteens - From Australia’s enormously popular and only marsupial Walkley award winning cartoonist comes this hilarious environmentally-friendly adventure.
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Faced with her mum’s depression a young girl compiles a list of every brilliant thing that makes life worth living.
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A creative documentary performance exploring the beauty, grotesque and poetic in the madness and mundane of motherhood.
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The Irish Music & Dance Sensation will have you laugh, cry and jig into the night with a show that has entertained thousands.
The Turning of the Fagus
And for those looking to venture further afield, the Turning of the Fagus is a seasonal phenomenon that attracts visitors to the state each year.
From late April till early May Tasmania’s only deciduous native tree fagus, Nothofagus gunnii sets the alpine wilderness ablaze with colours ranging from golds through to rusty oranges. The Fagus can only be found in Tasmania and is considered a scientific treasure, with a fossil record of over 80 million years. Commonly known as tangle foot, due to its low twisting branches, it can be found at Mt Field National Park an hours’ drive from Hobart, or surrounding Cradle Mountain in the Tasmanian Highlands.
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Photo credits:
Salamanca Arts Center - Alastair Bett
Salamanca Market - City of Hobart and Alastair Bett
Farmgate Market - courtesy of Farmgate Market
TSO - Supplied Courtesy of Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Theatre Royal - Supplied Courtesy of The Theatre Royal nipaluna
Fagus - Tourism Tasmania and Arwen Dyer
