Recreational opportunities abound

Hobart area residents are fortunate to have easy access to a variety of safe, sandy swimming beaches within 20 minutes of the CBD. This is increasingly rare for a capital city and adds greatly to our quality of life. Each year an estimated 20,000 anglers fish the region and there are plenty of boating opportunities across the harbour and in our bays. Easy and challenging walking tracks are used throughout the seasons by visitors and locals alike.

  • Playing in the water. Image: iStock / Goami. Swimming
    Swimming

    Hobart area residents are fortunate to have easy access to a variety of safe, sandy beaches within 20 minutes of the CBD.

  • Ripples on the Derwent. Image: Derwent Estuary Program. Fishing and seafood safety
    Fishing

    The Derwent estuary supports extensive recreational fishing activities, as well as being an important regional fishing port.

  • Juncus along pathway, Windermere. Image: Derwent Estuary Program. Walking and riding
    Walk/ride

    There are a range of walking, cycling, mountain biking and horse riding tracks in the Derwent Estuary region.

  • River Derwent. Image: Tourism Tasmania / Rob Burnett. Boating
    Boating

    The Derwent Estuary has a very active sailing community with hundreds of yachts moored at various docks.

  • Australian shelduck pair. Image: Helen Cunningham.
    Ducks

    Tasmania is home to 11 beautiful native ducks, and many of them regularly visit the Derwent Estuary.