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HOBART NEW OPENINGS Lady Hester (52 Sandy Bay Road) has finally opened in a permanent location, so now you can fulfill your cravings for their iconic sourdough donuts anytime - within business hours at least. A new coffee shop, Macquarie Soul (71 Macquarie Street) is open opposite TMAG and may just be the perfect place to pick up a pick me up after an educational visit to the museum. New Hobartians, Scott and Lauren, have relocated from Melbourne, bringing their passion for coffee to our city. Ozus (56 Hampden Road, Battery Point), which was previously a coffee caravan chugging around Taroona, has settled down in the space that previously housed Pollen Tea Room in Battery Point. But Taroona locals can rest easy, the van will still be serving coffee! Picnic Cafe (109 Liverpool St) has reopened in Mathers Lane
and is back with all day breakfast and brunches as well as a sweet and savoury waffle menu. Masters of the French Patisserie, Daci and Daci, are expanding their franchise into a third store, opening in the ex-Flight Centre space on Sandy Bay Rd. Hobart’s first rooftop restaurant AURA (110 Liverpool Street) opens this month, with a lounge bar and event space too. Liberty Emma, a small Tasmanian business that’s been supplying Hobartians with fine leather bags, wallets, sterling silver jewellery, homewares and fragrances for seven years has finally taken the leap into a bricks and mortar address at 101 Murray St. Juan Nuiz Casas has launched his high end life style leather brand Etica at 139 Macquarie Street. INDIGENOUS WALKING TOUR TO LAUNCH IN 2021 Six years ago, while working at TMAG, Nunami Sculthorpe-Green had the idea of a walking tour of Hobart that focused on the Aborignal palawa viewpoint. She has carried the idea close to her heart over the years while she continued her history studies. Finally next year, March 2021, it will emerge into the spotlight. Takara nipaluna (which translates to ‘walking Hobart’ in palawa kani) is the product of years of research and collaboration on the part of Nunami, which has seen her collaborate with radio personality Ryk
Nunami with her super cute daughter Tanganutura. 8
NEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY Goddard, playwright Sarah Hamilton, and Annette Downs, Senior Producer at Tasmania Performs. In her work Nunami shatters the idea of Indigenous history as something to be ghettoised in the ‘before period’ of Hobart and instead shows how the history of the palawa people intertwines with the city, as she takes you along the Rivulet, which like the Aboriginal population, predates European arrival and, though sometimes diverted, sometimes obscured, remains proud to this day. Nunami was originally discouraged by the threat COVID poses to the tourism industry, “Initially I thought, what’s the point of even doing this now, but having had the time to actually work on it and because of the stuff I’m telling, I think it’s more important for local audiences. I definitely want Tasmanian Aboriginal people to know these sites in the city, as well locals who may have no idea.” Locals may appreciate more than most the way Nunami makes tangible fragments of Hobart’s past. Sites such as Truganini’s home, where the Travel Lodge now sits on Macquarie St. “I used to walk to work along the same street, “ said Nunami. “I like to imagine her, with a beanie on, walking three dogs down Macquarie Street.” Ultimately, Nunami is heartened by her experiences this year, “It seems like everyone’s really pulling together to support each other. It’s really an opportunity to showcase the art we do have in the state.” FIND YOUR FEET RELEASES NEW TRAIL PROJECT Wilder Trails is a new community project from Find Your Feet to encourage people to get out and about in the wilderness of Tassie. Wilder Trails spotlights “toe-tingling trails” around Tasmania for you to choose from, learn about, prepare for, and then hike, run, or walk as you choose. The trails are considered suitable for all athletic abilities. Once you’ve completed your trek, you can visit the Find you Feet website to collect that trail’s special commemorative badge or lapel pin. Proceeds support the continuation of the project and community-driven environmental and cultural projects around Tasmania.
