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Arts
Skirt around nimble jugglers working Launceston’s Festivale;
hear the harps, banjos and tribal drums of Salamanca’s
buskers; take your seat at the Theatre Royal, Australia’s
oldest working theatre; or catch a performance by one
of the world’s finest small symphony orchestras, in
the TSO’s Federation Concert Hall.
Galleries & Museums
You can sense it in the 10,000 year old stone carvings
at Tiagarra, Devonport; view it on the outdoor walls
of Sheffield’s murals; touch it in a Huon Valley wood
turner’s studio; hear it in Australia’s largest collection
of steam-driven relics at Pearn’s Steam World, Westbury
and experience every aspect of our culture and heritage
in the fine exhibitions at Launceston’s Queen Victoria
Museum - http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/
and Art Gallery or the Tasmanian Museum - http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/
and Art Gallery in Hobart.
Admission to most public galleries and museums is free.
Local operators can advise on entry conditions and displays
of special interest. Visit http://my.discovertasmania.com/
and discover some of Tasmania’s contemporary artists,
sculptors, painters and ceramacists.
Sport
Cricket - Tasmania's state cricket team, the
Tasmanian Tigers, is one of our sporting icons and a
source of pride for all Tasmanians. Bellerive Oval,
on the eastern shores of the Derwent River overlooking
Hobart's CBD, is the Tasmanian Tigers home ground. Boasting
magnificent corporate, member and public viewing areas
and state-of-the-art media facilities the oval underwent
extensive re-development in 2002. The ground has capacity
for 16,200 fans and is regularly used for international
test and one-day games during the summer season.
Australian Rules Football - Each year, the magnificent
Aurora Stadium at Launceston's York Park is the venue
for a number of big, regular-season AFL games featuring
Hawthorn.
Yachting - Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - The
Rolex Sydney Hobart is a 628nm yacht race which begins
in Sydney Harbour and finishes in Hobart. Each December
on Boxing Day you can see the world's greatest yachts
charging through Sydney Heads as they take part in the
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Days later, in Hobart,
the excitement builds as news of who will be the first
boat to arrive comes through to Constitution Dock in
Hobart.
Acknowledgements:
The Tasmanian Tourism Commission releases materials
solely for the purpose of positive promotion of Tasmania
as a tourism and travel destination. We are greatful
to the Tasmanian Tourism Commission to be able to offer
you this information in assistance to your planning
of your next Tasmania holidaying vacation.
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