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Beaker Street Festival: Entering Its Second Act In 2026
Dr Margo Adler’s journey into science revealed something unexpected: scientists weren’t the inaccessible experts many people imagine - they were curious, passionate storytellers with ideas worth sharing. That shift in perspective became the seed for Tasmania’s annual Beaker Street Festival, now celebrating 10 years of conversation, creativity and connection.
Tasmania’s Bianca Welsh Is Making Space To Talk About Grief
Drawing on her own experience of profound personal loss, a Launceston restaurateur and mental health advocate is creating space for honest conversations about grief - and how moving forward asks us to carry, rather than leave behind, what we’ve lost.
Q&A: Fiona Ellis-Jones
Between leading a national newsroom and crafting botanical products inspired by Tasmania’s landscape, this media exec has discovered that life at the bottom of the world offers something increasingly rare: space to slow down, connect with community, and breathe a little deeper.
Chasing The Aurora Australis
Every so often in Winter, half of Tasmania either gets in the car or steps into their backyard way past curfew on a weeknight. The happy culprit? The Aurora Australis - a Winter-favouring phenomenon that turns the night sky into one of nature’s most spectacular shows.
The Aurora doesn't book ahead and doesn't hang around. Here's how to join the chase.
Our Top Five Short Walks Near Hobart
When you don’t have it in you to pack your lunch, fill the tank, and drive for over an hour to get started, here are our top five sub-three hour walks near Hobart. For the days you need some Tassie great outdoors time, but still have stuff to do.
The Winter 2026 School Holiday Guide: Hobart
While every school holiday period has a habit of feeling interminably long by around day three, the Winter break (running from 11-26 July this year) can be especially testing. Fortunately, Hobart offers plenty to keep children entertained - and parents sane - from live performances and hands-on workshops to outdoor adventures, kid-centric movie sessions and family-friendly eats. Consider this your guide to making the most of the next fortnight.
Q&A: Pablo Pandani AKA Bec Hopson
A Hobart legal professional has transformed her once personal creative outlet into a collection of widely-recognised visual - and wearable - love letters to Tasmania’s cafés, communities and everyday places.
Q&A: Ian Robertson
From the UK to New Zealand and finally Tasmania’s wild west coast, this former Royal Marine Commando and undercover detective now helms one of the state’s most iconic cultural attractions.
North Hobart’s Best Dinners For Every Occasion
From date-night wine bars to fast fixes, group feasts and family-friendly haunts, North Hobart delivers a dinner for just about every mood and moment. Consider this your go-to guide for eating your way up and down Elizabeth Street - and a few side streets beyond.
Q&A: The Hanngry Italian AKA Courtney Moretti
A Sydney-raised dietitian and freelance baker took a trip around Australia … and didn’t make it past Tassie before putting down roots. For her devoted community of sourdough fans, it’s a turn of events that - ahem - proved to be very good news indeed.
Logging Off and Casting On: Hobart’s Most Wholesome Monday Night Gathering
Every second Monday night, something wholesome is happening at a North Hobart pub. Between the pints and the chatter, a group of people aged anywhere from 17 to 70(-ish) sit together, working with their hands. This is PubKnit, a fortnightly knitting club, and it’s every bit as feel-good as it sounds.
Where To Do Brekky, Brunch & Coffee on Tassie’s North West Coast
Tassie’s north west region doesn’t tend to get the airtime of its big brother counterparts in Hobart and Launceston, but those in the know have been eating and drinking very well out here for years. From bagels with their own cult following, to a converted 1960s milk bar on the foreshore, the north west has quietly built one of the most character-filled breakfast and coffee scenes in the state. Here’s where to start your day while you’re there.
Your Guide To Dark Mofo Recovery
Whether you’re here for a night or for the full two weeks, one Dark Mofo truth remains universal: you will require a recovery plan.
From physical fatigue to something more existential, here’s where to restore your body, replenish your nutrient reserves, and prepare yourself to re-enter the Dark Mofo vortex while you’re in Hobart this festival season.
Boozy Tours & Tastings To Make The Most Of Your Dark Mofo Itinerary
Dark Mofo draws people south for its provocations, but Hobart and its surrounds hold their own: some of the most interesting beverage producers in the country within striking distance of the CBD, and a growing roster of guided experiences that go well beyond the tasting paddle. While you build your Dark Mofo itinerary, we’ve done the legwork on how to drink your way around it.
How To Dark Mofo
We know what you Australian mainlanders are thinking, so - in the name of efficiency- we’ve collated all of the top-ranking How-To-Dark-Mofo FAQs into one handy list. You’re welcome.
I Think I’ll Stay Right Here
On the many places I left, and the one that hasn’t let me go.
Hobart’s Best Eats Under $25
Three years after it was named Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of 2023, ‘cozzie livs’ chat doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon. So when we asked the Bottom of the World team for their hottest tips on navigating Hobart’s food scene economically, the brief was clear: delicious, filling, and definitely not a bank-breaker. Turns out our people know as much about outsmarting inflation as they do about Tassie’s best eats.
Of Course I Came Back (Most of Us Do)
On leaving, returning, and the pride I had to get over to come home.
The 9 Stages Of A Tasmanian Winter
A strategic survival guide to Tassie’s coldest season.
10 Reasons To Visit Bicheno
Tucked away on Tasmania's east coast, the quiet seaside enclave of Bicheno just found itself named #1 on Australian Traveller’s list of Best Aussie Towns to visit in 2026 - and rightly so. From an ancient wilderness at its back to cold-water oysters and handmade perfume on its doorstep, here’s just 10 reasons (there’s plenty more) this former whaling port might just be the most extraordinary town you haven't been to yet.