Help shape our Open Spaces

The City of Hobart is developing an Open Space Strategy to guide the management of existing open spaces and shape how the City delivers new ones! This plan aims to protect native wildlife and respect cultural and historic areas of significance, while offering Hobart's residents and visitors a wealth or recreation and tourism opportunities.

About our Open Space Strategy

Project Overview

When you think of ‘open space’ in Hobart, what comes to mind?

Here in Hobart, we love our open spaces. With more than 4700 hectares of bushland, parks and reserves, there are many places for activity, contemplation, gathering and play.

Our open spaces are home to an abundance of native wildlife, plants, woodlands, forests and grasslands. They are also places of cultural and heritage significance and provide a wealth of recreation and tourism opportunities.

What is this project about?

After completing our first round of community engagement on open spaces, a draft Open Space Strategy for Hobart has been developed, and we are now inviting feedback on it. Here's how you can have Your Say:

How will your feedback be used?

This strategy will guide the provision and management of existing open spaces and the delivery of new and improved open spaces to meet the needs of Hobart’s residents and visitors, now and into the future.

About Open Spaces

What are Hobart's 'open spaces'?

‘Open space’ referred to in the strategy is land owned or managed by the City of Hobart, and used primarily for leisure, active or passive recreation, nature conservation and other public uses. The strategy excludes restricted access sportsgrounds, such as North Hobart Oval, and the New Town Sports Precinct.

This strategy includes:

Draft Open Space Strategy

Open Space Map

Open Space Map

The following is a map of Hobart's Open Spaces.

  • Dual recreation parks are marked in dark green.
  • Parks are marked in light green.
  • Bushland is marked in orange.
Open Space Map Hobart
St David's Park
St David's Park
Runners at the Rivulet track
Runners at the Rivulet track
Legacy Park BBQ
Legacy Park BBQ
Mountain bikers
Mountain bikers
St David's Park
St David's Park
Waterworks Reserve
Waterworks Reserve
Domain Athletics Centre
Domain Athletics Centre
Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds with Hobart Dog Walking Association
Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds with Hobart Dog Walking Association
South Hobart Oval and Park
South Hobart Oval and Park
St David's Park
St David's Park

How to have your say

Join a round of engagement! Check the dates to see when we're taking feedback.

Round 1

Status: Closed

This round of consultation is now closed.

  • Take the online survey

    Take the online survey. Feedback will be considered to form the first draft of the Open Space Strategy.

    Take the online survey 

  • Add a photo

    Add a photo of your favourite open space to the interactive map.

    Add a photo 

Round 2

Status: Closed

This round of consultation is now closed.

  • Take the online survey

    Take the online survey from 8 October to 12 November 2025

    Have your say on the City’s draft Open Space strategy. What are we missing? The survey link below will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

    Take the online survey

  • Visit a pop-up

    Speak directly with the Your Say Hobart engagement team and project experts at the below times and locations:

    • Mathers House, Tuesday 13 October, 11.30am-1.30pm
    • Long Beach, Saturday 1 November, 11.00am-1.00pm

    Visit a pop-up

  • Show us on the map

    Where should there be more public green space or facility upgrades in Hobart? Tag a location on the map and tell us more.

    Show us on the map 

What we heard

Feedback on the Open Space draft we've heard from the community so far.