Dr Alan Carlton
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Kunanyi / Mt Wellington

Today: Called by us locals The Mountain. Us locals always look at The Mountain behind wisps of cloud to see how much snow is on it.
 
Height 1271 m
Mountain range: Wellington
 
1798: Bass and Flinders circumnavigated the island. They named the Derwent river and Table Mountain.
 
1832: The Mountain was renamed Mt Wellington to honour the Duke of Wellington.
 
1895: Weather station began on the mountain.
 
-1900: Many recreational huts were built by the people of Hobart. Most were destroyed in 1967 by bushfires.
 
1934-1937: Road to the summit constructed to provide useful work for the unemployed in the Great Depression.
 
Today:  Huts for visitors at the Springs, the Chalet and the summit.
The road is often closed above the Springs due to ice or snow.
At the summit there are transmission towers for radio and TV and a weather station.
The summit is home to people scurrying between cars and shelters. People bracing themselves against the cold wind.
Rock climbers often climb at the organ pipes.
There are buses which go to the Springs or the Summit. Endless possibilities. Surf the website.
 
Can walk, run or cycle from sea level or many places up the mountain. You can wander around the summit. There are countless options. The mountain remains motionless and invites you to create an exciting time on it. A time unique and different from others.
 
 
https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/

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  • Home
  • Community
    • Hadley's Hotel
    • Set in bronze
    • Wooden Boat Festival 2019
    • What do you think of Hobart?
    • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
    • The Mountain
  • Explore
    • History >
      • Tasmanian Timeline
      • Early Tasmania
      • David Collins
      • Lachlan Macquarie
      • Robert Knopwood
      • Mid Nineteenth Century
      • John Franklin
      • Lady Jane Franklin
      • Late Nineteenth Century
      • 20th Century
      • Convicts
      • Tasmania’s aborigines
      • TT Flynn
      • Charles Darwin visits Hobart
    • Galleries >
      • Places >
        • Constitution Dock
        • Elizabeth St Mall
        • Elizabeth St Pier
        • Franklin Square
        • Hobart GPO
        • Hobart Town Hall
        • Parliament House
        • RHH
        • Salamanca Place
        • St David's Cathedral
        • St David's Park
        • Theatre Royal
        • Victoria Dock
        • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
        • Kunanyi / Mt Wellington
      • Street art >
        • Street art 1
        • street art 2
        • Street art 3
        • Street art 4
      • Streets >
        • Argyle Street
        • Barrack Street
        • Brisbane Street
        • Bathurst Street
        • Brooker Highway
        • Campbell Street
        • Collins Street
        • Davey Street
        • Elizabeth Street
        • Goulburn Street
        • Harrington Street
        • Hunter Street
        • Liverpool Street
        • Macquarie Street
        • Murray Street
  • about this website
    • about another website
    • Acknowledgement
    • Contact
  • Blog
  • Walking Tours
    • Dave's Walking Tour
    • The Tench Walking Tour
    • Botanical Gardens Circuit
    • ​Alfred’s feeling religious walk
    • Battery Point Sculpture Trail
    • Lachlan gets to the point
    • Street art: Luffy paints the town