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Battery Point Walking Tours

Lively stories of historic district

The Wishing Well
Franklin Square
Hobart, TAS 7000

Nearest Train: Metro City Bus Terminal

Phone: +61 (0)3 6223 7570

A pleasant two and a half hour walk through the history of Old Hobart Town led by knowledgeable guides from the National Trust. The walk includes such sights as Salamanca Place with its impressively restored sandstone warehouses and the Royal Tennis building, which is an example of the original courts used for ancestral games. Participants stroll through Battery Point, past grand mansions and seafarers' cottages and through the beautiful St David's Park. The Saturday walk includes morning tea at the historic St George's Church.