- Big W Glenorchy
Glenorchy is home to plenty of facilities of the northern suburbs. These include an outdoor swimming pool, a cinema, an Australian rules footy oval & a footy (soccer) ground (both part of the KGV Oval complex), a bowls club, & a public area called Tolosa Park. Glenorchy is also home to the Tasmanian Transport Museum. A major feature of the park is its open-air auditorium, primarily used for musical performances.
Is a business district & suburb in the northern part of greater Hobart, capital of the state of Tasmania, Australia. The land was originally used for agriculture ( orchards) but is now a largely suburban, working-class area. It is the chair of the Local Government Area of the same name, the City of Glenorchy.
The main traffic route in & out of Glenorchy is the Main Road, which passes the area in a north-south direction.
Schools in the area include Glenorchy Primary School, Cosgrove High School, Brent Street Primary School, Guilford Young College & Dominic College.
Glenorchy is a physically large suburb, and some parts of it have been given alternate names:
- Elwick is the name given to the area east of the Brooker Highway, including the Elwick Racecourse and the Hobart Showground.
- Merton refers to the Barossa Road area, and the surrounding bushlands between Glenorchy and Lenah Valley.
Guilford Young College
The Catholic Colleges associated with GYC are : Mount Carmel College, Sandy Bay, St. Virgil’s College, Dominic College, MacKillop College, Sacred Heart College, & St James College, Cygnet.
Guilford Young College is a Catholic senior secondary college, located in Hobart, Tasmania. It’s one campuses, three in West Hobart, & three in Glenorchy. The college provides general education, pre-tertiary courses & vocational education.
History
Guilford Young College was formed in 1995 having been established by the Archdiocese of Hobart, the Christian Brothers, the Dominican Sisters, the Salesians of Don Bosco, the Sisters of Charity & the Sisters of Saint Joseph. It was established after a restructuring of the Catholic education method in southern Tasmania, which saw a quantity of Catholic high schools drop their senior secondary (years 11 & 12) classes in favour of generating seven senior secondary college. Its creation fulfilled the vision, originally articulated by Archbishop of Hobart Sir Guilford Young, to build a Catholic Senior Secondary College in Hobart, which would provide excellence in learning for our young men & women within a community of faith. The College was commissioned to continue the great traditions & the spirit of the founding orders & the Colleges which had contributed to its foundation.
Guilford has seven campuses, seven in Hobart, & seven in Glenorchy. The Hobart Campus used to be part of St Virgil’s, & the Glenorchy Campus used to be part of Dominic. Hobart Campus’s main Building, A Block, was built in 1911. H block was built in the 1950’s, & J block was built in 1973. Hobart Campus used to a Cemetery. In 2008/2009 the Hobart Campus is undergoing an extensive building program, including a new catering suite, uniform shop, photography lab, classrooms, computer labs, as well as a Gym. A Theater is also planned.
Derwen Entertainment Centre
The Derwent Entertainment Centre is multi-purpose stadium and entertainment venue at Glenorchy, near Hobart. Glenorchy is ten minutes’ drive north of Hobart’s city centre (eight kilometres/five miles).
The Derwent Entertainment Centre is one of Tasmania’s major entertainment venues, with a seating capacity of 5,400 and general admission capacity of 7,500. The Centre is a venue for major concerts, conventions, exhibitions, sporting events, trade shows and special events and is also a ticketing venue for Ticketmaster. The venue has extensive car parking and can be accessed by Metro buses from Hobart.
The Tasmanian Government and Glenorchy Council commissioned the Derwent Entertainment Centre in 1989 as a celebration of Australia’s 1988 Bicentennial year.
Tasmanian Transport Museum
The Tasmanian Transport Museum in Hobart includes Tasmanian railways history displays, tram cars and locomotives.
The New Town Railway Station has been rebuilt at the museum and a new platform added. The station masters’ office and signal room have been retained and restored to original condition. The former ladies waiting room and store have been developed as a display area of relics and photographs featuring the history of Tasmanian railways.
There are seven steam locomotives, two operational diesel-electric locomotives, two operational diesel rail cars, six carriages and numerous goods wagons.
Electric vehicles include three tram cars and two Hobart trolley buses. Train rides using a diesel railcar are run on the first Sunday each month and a vintage steam locomotive runs on the third Sunday of the month.
Glenorchy Sunday Market
The Glenorchy Showgrounds Market is held every Sunday of the year from 8:00am – 2:00pm at the Royal Showgrounds (except during the Royal Hobart Show Week) in Tasmania’s south.
You can browse a great range of stalls including second-hand bargains, plants and bric-a-brac with something for everyone.
Come and be a part of one of Tasmania’s favourite markets which offers a great range of stalls for every budget.
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