Glenorchy

Glenorchy City is bound through the Derwent River on the Eastern facet, Mount Wellington on the Western aspect, Hobart City to the South and Brighton to the North. The Glenorchy CBD is the focus for retail, doctors and government services. The land was at the beginning used for agriculture however is now a in large part suburban, operating magnificence place, that grew quickly after WWII as returning squaddies settle in State Government Housing suburbs.

The town officially starts offevolved at Creek Road Newtown, in Hobart's northern suburbs, and includes, Moonah, Derwent Park, Lutana, Goodwood, Chigwell, Claremont and Austins ferry. It is the seat of the neighborhood government region of the same name, the City of Glenorchy. Glenorchy has public facilities consisting of; the council swimming pool, a cinema, an Australian guidelines soccer oval and a soccer ground, a bowls club.

Glenorchy is also home to the Tasmanian Transport Museum. Schools in the location include Glenorchy Primary School, Cosgrove High School, Guilford Young College and Dominic College. The most important traffic course inside and outside of Glenorchy is the Main Road, which passes the location in a north-south direction. To the south this road becomes Elizabeth Street, Hobart, and to the north it becomes the Midland Highway. Glenorchy is bypassed with the aid of the Brooker Highway which runs along the shorelines of the Derwent river.