Explore Fern Tree
The district Fern Tree of in Hobart (Tasmania) is located in Australia about 537 mi south of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 77 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 36% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
14°C (56 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
18°C (65 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Islington Hotel
Mayfair Plaza Motel
The Lodge on Elizabeth
Bay View Villas
St Ives Apartments
Grosvenor Court Apartments Hobart
ibis Styles Hobart
Apartment on King
Clydesdale Manor
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Videos from this area
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Drive to Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania
http://WorldTravelGeeks.com On Saturday of our family holiday, we set off to drive up Mt Wellington in search for snow. We took the journey slowly, stopping along the way to enjoy the views...
Baz's hobbies - 11X - Tasmania - Hobart bus Tour & Cascades
Continuing our Australia West to East drive, we take a bus tour to Australia's oldest brewery.
Hot water drilling on the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
SQUIZMIX organised, produced and facilitated a live online global event for International Polar Year in 2009, bringing together three polar drilling experts from the Antarctic Research Centre...
Invasion Day 2011
Michael Mansell's speech at Invasion Day rally organised by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, 26 January 2011.
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site Television Promo
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site Television Promo.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Mount Wellington (Tasmania)
Mount Wellington is a mountain on whose foothills is built much of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is often referred to simply as 'the Mountain' by the residents of Hobart, and it rises to 1,271 metres AHD over the city. It is frequently snow covered, sometimes even in summer and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but criss-crossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. There is also a sealed but narrow road to the summit, about 22 kilometres travel from the city.
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia. UTAS is a sandstone university and is a member of the international Association of Commonwealth Universities. UTAS offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of disciplines.
City of Hobart
The City of Hobart is a local government area of Tasmania, Australia. It is one of three local government areas covering the metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart.
Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located immediately south of the central business district, and adjoins the suburb of Battery Point, and has a long frontage to the River Derwent. The suburb has many large homes, and is known as one of the city's prestigious areas. In the more southern areas of Sandy Bay, close to the water and also high on the slopes of Mt Nelson, are some of Tasmania's most expensive real estate.
Edge Radio
Edge Radio is a community radio station situated in the Australian city of Hobart. It is a youth oriented station, with most of its presenters under the age of thirty. Edge Radio focuses on local music, running a Tasmanian music show weekly. The studio is located in the University of Tasmania's Hobart campus. It also broadcasts some of the best of Australian music and is known for being on the forefront of presenting new Tasmanian and Australian music to audiences.
Cascade Brewery
Cascade Brewery is the oldest continually operating brewery in Australia. It is based in South Hobart, Tasmania. The Cascade estate (originally a saw milling operation) was founded beside the clean water of the Hobart Rivulet in 1824 by Peter Degraves, an entrepreneur who emigrated from England. In 1826 charges were laid against Degraves for debt and he was taken into custody until 1831. In 1832 Peter Degraves built a Brewery on his property. It is now owned by Foster's Group.
St. John Fisher College (University of Tasmania)
St John Fisher College at the University of Tasmania was established in 1963 and built by the Catholic Church and its community. The college was named after 16th century scholar St John Fisher and provides accommodation for around 100 students. It is located in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, on campus at the University of Tasmania. The smallest of the three residential colleges at the University of Tasmania.
Fern Tree, Tasmania
Fern Tree (at 450 metres), is Tasmania's highest community of any size. The name Fern Tree is adapted from the common name of the plant Dicksonia antarctica (Tasmanian Tree Fern) which grows abundantly in the area. Set beneath Mount Wellington, whose summit is at 1270 metres above sea level, Fern Tree is 13 km by road from Hobart's central business district.
Division of Denison
The Division of Denison is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir William Denison, who was Lt-Governor of Van Diemens Land 1847-55. It is located in central Hobart, today including the suburbs of Glenorchy, New Town and Taroona. Denison has been a consistently marginal seat, but was held by the Australian Labor Party between 1987 and 2010 with little difficulty.
Hobart College (Tasmania)
Hobart College is a senior secondary college located at Mount Nelson, in Hobart, Tasmania. In January 2009 it became the Hobart Campus of the Tasmanian Polytechnic and the Tasmanian Academy, formed as part of the Tasmania Tomorrow reforms, but the changes were reversed in 2011. Hobart College offers courses for Year 11 and 12 students studying for their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) and Certificates for a wide range of careers.
Cascades Female Factory
The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collectively comprise the Australian Convict Sites, listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.
South Hobart, Tasmania
South Hobart is one of Hobart's southern suburbs. It is bound by Dynnyrne, Fern Tree, West Hobart and the CBD.
Mount Nelson, Tasmania
Mount Nelson is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia above the Hobart suburb of Sandy Bay and to the south of Hobart's CBD. It is one of the oldest and more prestigious suburbs in Hobart. The main road in Mount Nelson is Nelson Road, which extends up the mountain from the Wrest Point Hotel Casino in the suburb of Sandy Bay. It is famously known for its "bends", which consist of seven very sharp corners created as the road winds its way up the mountain.
Jane Franklin Hall
Jane Franklin Hall in South Hobart, Tasmania, is a non-denominational residential college of the University of Tasmania. Familiarly referred to as ‘Jane’, it was founded by the Tasmanian Council of Churches in 1950 as a residential college for women before becoming co-educational in 1973. Jane is a non-denominational Christian institution unobtrusively supported by chaplains of various Christian faiths.
Kingston High School (Tasmania)
Kingston High School is a co-educational high school in Kingston, Tasmania. The school teaches students in grades 7-10 and currently has approximately 650 students enrolled. The school is a six-stream school, with at least six class groups for each year level at the school. The current principal is Jake Fitzpatrick who is supported by two assistant principals.
Lenah Valley, Tasmania
Lenah Valley is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Wellington, north of the CBD between Mount Stuart, New Town and the City of Glenorchy. The main arterial thoroughfares are Augusta Road, Creek Road, Lenah Valley Road and Girrabong Road. Lenah Valley Primary School and Immaculate Heart of Mary Primary School are found in the area.
Tolmans Hill, Tasmania
Tolmans Hill is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is likely to be the last large scale greenfield suburban development to take place within Hobart city. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 490. There was much controversy when the Tolmans Hill development was first announced as planning permits were not widely made available to the public.
Dynnyrne, Tasmania
Dynnyrne is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the hills south-west of the city, surrounded by the suburbs of Sandy Bay, South Hobart and Tolmans Hill. Dynnyrne is Tasmania's second most affluent suburb according to documents released by the Australian Taxation Office. The postal code for Dynnyrne is 7005 which is shared with Sandy Bay. Many houses situated in Dynnyrne were constructed in the 1990s. Many parts of Dynnyrne have extensive views over the Derwent River.
West Hobart, Tasmania
West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is in the hills immediately west of the city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district.
Mount Stuart, Tasmania
Mount Stuart is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is a relatively hilly suburb, similar to the adjoining West Hobart. Mount Stuart lies on a ridge that extends from a foothill of Mount Wellington, known as Knocklofty. A predominantly residential suburb, there was only one shop in the area, located at the end of Elphinstone Road, but has since closed. There is currently a hairdresser at the top of Elphinstone Road The main school in the suburb is Mount Stuart Primary School, which opened in 1957.
Firthside, Tasmania
Firthside is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Kingston, in the greater Hobart area, capital of Tasmania, Australia. It is located on the northern edge of the Kingston urban area. Firthside offers all the conveniences of Kingston without the traffic due to the easy access to/from the Southern Outlet. The Firthside area was originally settled by Dutch migrants.
ABT (TV station)
ABT is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Hobart, Tasmania. It began broadcasting on 4 June 1960, with studios in inner city Hobart and transmitter at Mount Wellington.
Wellington Range
The Wellington Range is a mountain range in the Tasmania, Australia. The range is mainly composed of dolerite and features evidence of past glaciation. Prominent features include Mount Wellington, Collins Cap, Collins Bonnet via Myrtle Forest, Trestle Mountain, Mount Marian, Mount Charles and Mount Patrick via Middle Hill. The Wellington Range is part of the Wellington Park Reserve.
Ridgeway, Tasmania
Ridgeway is located south of Dynnyrne and can be accessed by Waterworks Road and Ridgeway Road from Dynnyrne, or via Chimney Pot Hill Road from Fern Tree. In Ridgeway there are two plant nurseries, and a small number of homes. Prior to the 1967 bushfires Ridgeway was a market garden area with its own school and church. There also used to be another nursery next to Plants Of Tasmania.
Kingborough Sports Centre
The Kingborough Sports Centre is a multi-purpose sports venue located in the southern Hobart suburb of Kingston. The centre was opened on 19 May 1979 and since opening has become a vital part of the Kingborough Community. After the centre was opened it became the area's main venue for indoor sports such as volleyball, basketball and netball.