Royal Tasmanian Botanic Garden

Public gardens are beautiful as a rule, but Hobart’s version is on another level. The 14-hectare Royal Tasmanian Botanic Garden is an inner-city haven for all things flora with more than 6,000 species in 42 identifiable collections. You’ll find something different everywhere you turn, like the Japanese Garden, floral clock, the Tasmanian Native Plant Collection and Fernery, the lily pond and the Subantarctic Plant House. You can easily spend a day here strolling around and exploring each corner of the gardens, and the water views across the Derwent are an added bonus. Bring along a picnic lunch, find a shady spot under one of the many trees and enjoy the leafy serenity.