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Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Tasmania, Australia · Oceania
Battery Point is worth a stop: 53km from Devils Kitchen.
Battery Point is a town located in Tasmania, Australia. With a population of 2,142, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Battery Point sits in Australia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Australia/Hobart time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Battery Point to your route.
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 area is generally known as one of the city's more prestigious suburbs, with many large and extravagant homes and apartment blocks. It adjoins the waterfront Salamanca area as well as the nearby prestigious suburb of Sandy Bay.
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Battery Point is located in Tasmania, Australia, Oceania. The coordinates are -42.8899 latitude, 147.3332 longitude.
Battery Point has a population of approximately 2,142 people, making it a town in Australia.
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museum
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
8 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
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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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
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
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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