For camera-conducive views over New Norfolk and a sweeping Derwent River bend, take the road along the northern side of the river eastward for 1km, then up a steep, unsealed side road to this ace lookout.
Pulpit Rock Lookout
Hobart & Around
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
MONA
10.03 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
15.51 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
12.18 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
14.23 MILES
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Waterfront
15.45 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
14.94 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…
Moorilla
10.04 MILES
The vineyard that drapes across MONA’s peninsula is southern Tasmania's oldest, with vines first planted by Italian entrepreneur Claudio Alcorso in 1958…
Nearby Hobart & Around attractions
1. Church of St Matthew
0.84 MILES
Built in 1823, St Matthew’s is Tasmania’s oldest church. It’s been extensively modified since it first rose from the ground – its best features today are…
2. Willow Court Historic Site
1.23 MILES
Infamous Willow Court dates from the 1820s and once housed invalid convicts before it became a mental institution. In 1968 it had 1000 patients, but by…
3. Salmon Ponds
5.34 MILES
In 1864 rainbow and brown trout were bred for the first time in the southern hemisphere at this hatchery, 9km west of New Norfolk. You can feed the fish…
4. Two Metre Tall
6.26 MILES
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5. Stefano Lubiana Wines
6.71 MILES
Is this Tuscany? Sonoma Valley, maybe? No, it's Granton, about 20km north of Hobart and 16km southeast of New Norfolk, but the vibe is very international…
6. Moo Brew
9.17 MILES
Stand-out beers from Moo Brew, MONA's own craft-beer brewery in nearby Bridgewater, include a zingy Hefeweizen and a hoppy pilsner. Call to organise a…
7. MONA
10.03 MILES
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8. Moorilla
10.04 MILES
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