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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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Howrah
Tasmania, Australia · Oceania
About Howrah
Howrah is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Rokeby, 48km from Devils Kitchen.
Howrah is in Tasmania, Australia, with about 8,300 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rokeby, about 4 km away.
Howrah is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Clarence in the south-east region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of the town of Rosny Park. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 9,545 for the suburb of Howrah.
It is a suburb of the City of Clarence. It isRead more
east of Bellerive and north of Tranmere.
Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the River Derwent to Hobart City from Howrah Beach. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside.
Howrah has a number of parks including Wentworth Park, which is one of the key sport (such as soccer, field hockey, rugby league and touch football) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore.
Clarence High School is generally thought to be in Howrah, due to it being located east of Wentworth Street, however it is in Bellerive. Howrah has a primary school.
Shoreline Plaza is the largest shopping centre in Howrah.
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What is there to see near Howrah?
Within an hour or so of Howrah: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) (14 km), kunanyi / Mount Wellington (14 km), Tessellated Pavement (45 km), Port Arthur Historic Site (46 km).
Where is Howrah?
Howrah is in Tasmania, Australia, about 4 km from Rokeby.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,317
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Tasmania
- Timezone
- Australia/Hobart
- Coordinates
- -42.8873, 147.4055
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Worth the detour from Howrah
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
14 km · about 25 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
46 km · about 55 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Howrah
- 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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