Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Forestier Peninsula is joined to the rest of Tasmania by an isthmus called East Bay Neck , near the town of Dunalley about 60 km from Hobart .
Simplified: This in turn is joined to the rest of Tasmania by an isthmus called East Bay Neck , near the town of Dunalley ( about 60 k by road from Hobart ) .