Hobart Cruise Port

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Hobart is the State Capital of Tasmania, the large Island situated to the south of the Australian continent. First settled by the British in 1803 as a Penal Colony, it is one of Australia's oldest cities and is full of history. This busy seaport is a popular port of call for Cruise Ships with plenty of tour options available.

Visit the Cadbury factory or the Cascade Brewery for tours and tastings, explore Mount Wellington, at 1271m high, it dominates the city skyline. Cruise the Derwent River, to explore further inland. Don't miss a visit to see the famous Tasmanian Devil, an angry little beast, noted for its unnerving cry.

Check out the standard small group tours below or if you want a Private tour see the Signature Class range of options.

Hobart is the most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. A resident of Hobart is known as a "Hobartian". The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River. The skyline is dominated by Mount Wellington at 1,271 metres (4,170 ft) high.

Hobart was named Australia's 6th most sustainable city, by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2010.

The first settlement began in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the Derwent River, amid British concerns over the presence of French explorers. In 1804 it was moved to a better location at the present site of Hobart at Sullivans Cove. The city, initially known as Hobart Town or Hobarton, was named after Lord Hobart, the Colonial Secretary.

The area's indigenous inhabitants were members of the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe. Violent conflict with the European settlers, and the effects of diseases brought by them, dramatically reduced the aboriginal population, which was rapidly replaced by free settlers and the convict population.

Charles Darwin visited Hobart Town in February 1836 as part of the Beagle expedition.

Hobart Town, from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, and the whole of Tasmania 36,505, but since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and the sealing trade, it rapidly grew into a major port, with allied industries such as shipbuilding.

Hobart has a mild temperate oceanic climate with the highest temperature recorded 41.8c (107.2f) on 4 January 2013. Compared to other major Australian cities, Hobart has the second fewest daily average hours of sunshine, with 5.9 hours per day, Melbourne having the fewest. However, during the summer it has the most hours of daylight of any Australian city, with 15.2 hours on the summer solstice.

Although Hobart itself rarely receives snow during the winter, the adjacent Mount Wellington is often seen with a snowcap.

During the 20th century, the city itself has received snowfalls at sea level on average only once every 15 years; however, outer suburbs lying higher on the slopes of Mount Wellington receive snow more often, owing to cold air masses arriving from Antarctica coupled with them resting at higher altitude. These snow-bearing winds often carry on through Tasmania and Victoria to the Snowy Mountains in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.

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