Hobart lies on the banks of the Derwent River estuary, a broad, drowned river valley in the south of Tasmania. The main metropolitan area as a whole is hilly, but it is dominated by Mount Wellington, less that 10km west of the city centre.
Snow falls on Mount Wellington and the adjacent highlands for a few days in most winters.
Large areas of bushland still exist on the outskirts of Hobart. Founded in 1804, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital.