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Awesome community trail running events on Hobart's iconic mountain! Spanning four events across the year, the Series offers adventure, community spirit and a chance to immerse yourself in nature! At each event, choose from the longer Enduro distance or the shorter Sport distance. The Sport distance is fantastic if you're a trail kid (or have one at home!), if you'd prefer to run a shorter run, or if you're dipping your toes into trail running for the first time. They also have a third category, the Taster, with a 5km "pram-able" course at Tolosa in August, and shorter distances at our Ridgy Didge (September 27) event too. The courses feature trails through alpine heaths and past dolerite cliffs, to dry peppermint forests and buttongrass moorland. The Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal community) generously welcome and share Kunanyi with trail runners – and for that, they're eternally grateful. Your support crew are very welcome to join in, and they have BBQs, and games for the kids at the Event hubs, to give you the chance to have a yarn and connect with others in this beautiful trail running community.

Unshackled is an award-winning immersive digital exhibition that reveals the untold story of Australia's convict past. Unlike the popular narrative of punishment and chains, Unshackled tells the story of the Assignment System — where convicts earned their freedom through skill and labour. Through cutting-edge digital storytelling, visitors can connect with individual convict stories from the 160,000 men, women, and children transported to Australia. The exhibition brings the Assignment System to life through immersive projections, interactive displays, and deeply personal narratives. Housed in the purpose-built Nigel Peck Centre at Woolmers Estate, Unshackled is accessible in all weather and is included with combined admission tickets.

Tasmania's longest-running and largest Sunday market, the Evandale Sunday Market features an eclectic range of stalls including fresh produce, handcrafts, collectibles, antiques, and food stalls. It is located at Falls Park in the beautiful historic village of Evandale, close to Launceston and the Launceston airport, and operates between 8:00 am and 1:30 pm every Sunday.

In 2009 Farmy began with an honest and simple philosophy: if you couldn’t eat it, drink it, grow it, or meet the producer, then you wouldn’t find it at Farmy. That ethos has always held true. Now, that little carpark farmers’ market that began with just 12 producers now hosts a street-side seasonal cast of over 200, and has grown into an essential Sunday ritual for locals. We’re also acknowledged as one of the top five farmers’ markets in the country. Tasmania’s distinct growing seasons make for an ever-changing array of cool climate produce – that’s what we celebrate every Sunday. Staying true to what’s in season locally is reflected throughout the market on fresh produce stalls, in artisan foods and on street food vendors menus. Nestled in a groovy alcove in the middle of Farmy you’ll find the Grub Hub. This is where it’s at on Sunday in Hobart for breakfast, a cheeky brunch or lazy lunch, with all the hustle, bustle and smells of a street food market. Each Sunday you’ll find ten rotating street food vendors dishing up international cuisines with a local twist. See you Sunday.

Don Market, is one of the oldest markets on the northwest coast of Tasmania and has been operating for over 50 years in 2026. A dynamic, ever evolving market boasts both indoor and outdoor stalls(weather permitting). A great range of stalls - from fresh fruit and vegetables, to plant stalls, regular craft and makers products, new handbags, bric-a-brac and so much more and a sit-down or takeaway cafe in the back of the hall. They have regular weekly stallholders and also transient stalls which come alternate weeks or even just drop in once or just now and then. This adds to the interest and the market is usually not the same two weeks in a row. The hall itself shares some historical values, maintaining its old-fashioned façade and noticeboards of years gone by, and from the Don Memorial Hall, where the market is held, you can look across the road to the Don River and the popular Don Railway.

Every first and third Sunday of the month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Lunawanna Makers and Produce Market is sure to inspire. Held in South Bruny Island's historic Lunawanna Memorial Hall, a wood fire creates a warm and friendly atmosphere. No matter what the weather is, you will stay warm and dry inside the hall. This is a community market where everyone is welcome. During the winter months, the market is held once a month on the third Sunday. Hot food is served up from the kitchen with gourmet pizza and fresh pies produced on site. You can help yourself to a cup of tea to help support local charities. Local fresh garden produce, jams, pickles, honey, biscuits, and cakes are available. Plus, we have some very talented artisans on the island who showcase their work. This includes professional photography, paintings, woodwork, basketry, ceramics, crochet, weaving, alpaca wool, skin care products, art prints and fabric crafts. We also have gin tasting of Spirit of Bruny's award-winning White Wallaby Gin. Smiles welcome you on arrival, we look forward to seeing you!

This exhibition celebrates the natural beauty of seashells and the enduring sense of wonder they inspire. It features a striking selection of specimens from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Collections, showcasing a wonderful array of shapes, sizes, colours and patterns. Seashells have long captivated the imagination, holding diverse meanings and purposes across cultures and through time. Today, they continue to fascinate and remain embedded in everyday life, appearing in design and popular imagery. Step into The World of Seashells to discover more about these natural treasures –how molluscs have evolved, how shells grow, what their colours and patterns might reveal –or simply marvel at their extraordinary beauty.

Becoming Modern is a survey exhibition exploring the emergence of modernism in Australia during the twentieth century. Drawn largely from the Tasmanian State Collection, it features iconic Australian modernists alongside lesser-known works, many of which are exhibited for the first time. This large-scale exhibition brings together paintings, sculpture and works on paper, highlighting figuration, abstraction, and foregrounding works by Tasmanian women artists.

This exhibition is a survey of 100 years of photographic history depicting Tasmania's nature, sharing perspectives of the island, Lutruwita, as Aboriginal Country, as well as terrain charted by colonists' exploration, adventure and exploitation. These images reveal an island State through the lens of landscape, capturing meanings of place, nature's beauty and resources, as well as exposing shifting conceptions of the natural world and boundaries of the photographic medium. This exhibition encompasses images developed from wet-plate processes and albumen prints, original cibachrome prints, as well as contemporary digital works, and is accompanied by selected photographic equipment from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection.

French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière is marking a descent into deep time at Mona. Come and sample sculpture, film, photography and installation from the full breadth of Charrière's elemental output—where stone grinds, iceberg groans, mountain heaves—bridging nature, science, history, industry, myth and morality. Until 29 March 2027

'Tasmanian Still Life' is the culmination of a year-long body of work by Tasmanian photographic artist Emma Coombes, bringing together a series of meticulously crafted photographic tableaux inspired by the drama of Baroque painting and the rich natural and cultural heritage of lutruwita/Tasmania. Featuring native flora and fauna alongside objects of beauty, history and antiquity, each work reimagines the traditional still life through a distinctly Tasmanian lens. Blending photography with digital mixed media and painterly techniques, the series balances dramatic lighting and historical references with storybook charm, fairy-tale symbolism and moments of whimsy. Plush creatures, native botanicals and treasured objects become characters within constructed atmospheric scenes that prompt curiosity, imagination and nostalgia. The small number of works pre-released from the collection have received significant recognition, with one shortlisted for a major Tasmanian art prize and another awarded the People's Vote and an Honourable Mention in the international ReFocus Colour Photography Awards. Presented together for the first time in their place of origin, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, 'Tasmanian Still Life' celebrates Tasmania's unique flora, fauna and cultural heritage through immersive photographic narratives that blur the boundaries between fine art, folklore and fantasy. Visit The Elm & the Raven website to view available works.

Bugs are the hidden heroes of our planet. From pollinating plants to breaking down waste, these fascinating creatures play vital roles in ecosystems everywhere. Marvel at the incredible variety found in the world of bugs, from beautiful butterflies and brilliant beetles to marvellous millipedes and spectacular spiders. These tiny wonders are the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on earth. Experts believe there are more species not yet named by science than those already described. Through hands-on activities, games and interactive displays, discover amazing bug superpowers and learn to love nature's little helpers.