Hobart
Tasmania's capital is Hobart, Australia's second oldest capital city and most
southerly city, with a population of about 195,000.
Australia's smallest and most southerly State, 240 km off the south-eastern
corner, separated from the mainland by Bass Strait. Tasmania has a dramatically
different landscape than the mainland, there is no arid Outback here. It is an
island of contrasts: from rugged mountainous wilderness, with lakes, waterfalls
and steeply falling rivers to rolling hills and deserted beaches and unspoiled,
natural beauty of national parks and world heritage areas and with some of the
cleanest waterways and air on earth.
At the southern end of the East Coast, on the Tasman Peninsula, is Eaglehawk
Neck, noted for its bizarre rock formations. Further south is the historic site
of the haunting former penal settlement of Port Arthur, easily one of the most
popular tourist attractions in Tasmania, with chief interest being in the ruins
of the infamous convict establishment, built in 1830.
Despite tremendous development and industrial expansion, the island still
retains much of the beauty and charm of its original architectural character.
Many of the early buildings constructed of solid freestone still stand today,
blending with more modern structures of steel and concrete, but the old world
atmosphere still pervades the cities.
The population of just over 470,000 is found mainly on the northern and
eastern coasts.
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