scenic viewpoint
kunanyi / Mount Wellington
1,271 m summit above Hobart reached by a sealed 21 km road to an enclosed observation shelter overlooking the Derwent estuary.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Battery Point
Tasmania, Australia · Oceania
About Battery Point
Battery Point is worth a stop: 53km from Devils Kitchen.
Battery Point is in Tasmania, Australia, with about 2,100 people. You drive on the left here.
Battery Point (; BAT-ə-ree-POINT) is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the Hobart central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart.
Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were established on the point in 1818 as part of theRead more
Hobart coastal defences. The battery was situated on the site of today's Princes Park. The guns were used to fire salutes on ceremonial occasions but were never called upon to repel an invasion. The battery was decommissioned after an 1878 review of Hobart's defences found that its location would tend to draw an enemy's fire onto the surrounding residential neighbourhood. The site was subsequently handed over to the Hobart City Council as a place of recreation and amusement. When the council carried out works to beautify the park in 1934, they discovered tunnels which had served as a magazine for the original battery. In 1973, a green ban was placed by the Builders Labourers Federation to prevent destruction of certain buildings by developers.
The suburb is generally known for its well-preserved colonial-era character. Arthur Circus, a historic park surrounded by cottages with picket fences, is a prominent heritage feature. The cottages were originally constructed for garrison officers.
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What is there to see near Battery Point?
Within an hour or so of Battery Point: kunanyi / Mount Wellington (8 km), Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) (10 km), Port Arthur Historic Site (51 km), Tessellated Pavement (51 km).
Where is Battery Point?
Battery Point is in Tasmania, Australia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,142
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Tasmania
- Timezone
- Australia/Hobart
- Coordinates
- -42.8899, 147.3332
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Worth the detour from Battery Point
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
10 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Port Arthur Historic Site
Preserved 19th-century convict penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, a World Heritage site at the end of the Arthur Highway.
51 km · about 60 min drive
photogenic
Tessellated Pavement
A flat shore platform at Eaglehawk Neck fractured by tectonic stress into an almost perfectly rectangular grid, then eroded into pans and loaves. Best at low tide near sunrise.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Devils Kitchen
A collapsed sea cave near Eaglehawk Neck where the ocean boils 60 metres below in a narrow dolerite chasm, with Tasman Arch a short walk away. Both are metres from the car park.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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- Right herekunanyi / Mount Wellington1,271 m summit above Hobart reached by a sealed 21 km road to an enclosed observation shelter overlooking the Derwent estuary.
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