South Hobart is one of Hobart's southern suburbs. It is bound by Dynnyrne

Dynnyrne, Tasmania

Dynnyrne is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. It is situated in the hills south-west of the city, surrounded by the suburbs of Sandy Bay, South Hobart and Tolmans Hill. Dynnyrne is Tasmania's second most affluent suburb according to documents released by the Australian Taxation Office. The postal code...

, Fern Tree

Fern Tree, Tasmania

Fern Tree , is Tasmania's highest community of any size. The name Fern Tree is adapted from the common name of the plant Dicksonia antarctica which grows abundantly in the area...

, West Hobart

West Hobart, Tasmania

West Hobart is an inner-city suburb of Hobart, Tasmania . It is located in the hills immediately west of the city centre, and shares the postcode 7000 with that district....

 and the CBD.

A refuse tip is located here within McRobies Gully.

South Hobart is home to many of the most beautiful homes in Hobart, including the classical Georgian residence of Milton. South Hobart is also home to a small Government housing area.

The Cascade Brewery

Cascade Brewery

Cascade Brewery is the oldest continually operating brewery in Australia. It is based in South Hobart, Tasmania. The Cascade estate was founded beside the clean water of the Hobart Rivulet in 1824 by Peter Degraves, an entrepreneur who emigrated from England...

, the oldest brewery in Australia, is located here.

Huon Road runs through South Hobart and is an extension of Davey Street

Davey Street, Hobart

Davey Street is one of the main streets of the central business district of the city of Hobart, capital of Tasmania, Australia. As well as forming the southern border of the CBD, it is part of the A6, technically making it part of the Huon Highway....

. Huon Road used to be named "The Huon Highway

Huon Highway

The Huon Highway is an highway in southern Tasmania, Australia. The highway forms part of the and connects Hobart with the southern parts of Tasmania. The original Huon Highway was a twisty two-lane road skirting around Mount Wellington, but that section of the Highway was bypassed in stages...

" and was the major road to the Huon Valley

Huon Valley

The Huon Valley Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania. It is the southern-most local government area in Australia.It encompasses the town of Huonville, on the Huon River, some surrounding towns, and many protected areas and forestry plantations...

 until the opening of the Southern Outlet

Southern Outlet, Hobart

The Southern Outlet is a 13km dual-carriageway limited-access highway that connects Hobart to the southern parts of Tasmania, Australia...

 during the latter half of the 20th century. Autumn time during the 1950s would see apple trucks continually travelling along this road carting apples to Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, thus helping Tasmania to earn its title of "The Apple Isle".

The area is known for its high green

Green politics

Green politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy...

vote which is reflected by the existence of a community sustainability network. This is co-ordinated through a community.