The vineyard that drapes across MONA’s peninsula is southern Tasmania's oldest, with vines first planted by Italian entrepreneur Claudio Alcorso in 1958. It's now run by MONA, with tours and tastings available. The cellar door is elevated above the museum's grounds – sip its luscious reds with MONA's lawns below you and John Olsen’s The Source on the ceiling above.
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MONA
0.05 MILES
Twelve kilometres north of Hobart's city centre, MONA is burrowed into the Triassic sandstone of a peninsula jutting into the Derwent River. Arrayed…
Salamanca Place
6.3 MILES
This picturesque row of three- and four-storey sandstone warehouses is a classic example of Australian colonial architecture. Dating back to the whaling…
Kunanyi/Mt Wellington
5.95 MILES
Ribbed with its striking Organ Pipes cliffs, kunanyi/Mt Wellington (1271m) towers over Hobart like a benevolent overlord. The view from the top stretches…
Cascade Brewery
6.01 MILES
Standing in startling, Gothic isolation next to the clean-running Hobart Rivulet, Australia’s oldest brewery (1824) is still pumping out superb beers. The…
Waterfront
6.13 MILES
Hobartians flock to the city’s waterfront like seagulls to chips. Centred on Victoria Dock (a working fishing harbour) and Constitution Dock (full of…
Hobart Convict Penitentiary
5.61 MILES
The courtrooms, cells and gallows at 'the Tench' had a hellish reputation in the 1800s, and every convict in Tasmania passed through here. The barracks…
Nearby Hobart attractions
1. MONA
0.05 MILES
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2. Tasmanian Transport Museum
1.49 MILES
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3. Moonah Arts Centre
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5. Lady Franklin Gallery
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6. Lost World
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