Surging Rivulet Exposed

Cascading from the scree-slewn slopes above the city, the Hobart Rivulet’s crystal clear waters were the lifeblood of the new settlement. Since foundation times the city has grown and has suppressed the natural expression of the Rivulet, ultimately burying it and piping it to the sea.

This vision rewinds 200 years of history celebrating this natural feature. The Vision proposes revealing the Rivulet at the historical confluence of the Park Street and Hobart Rivulets where they joined as one to flee the confines of the foothills and flow into the Derwent, near Hunter Island. To pass through the site means traversing the mouth of this city making watercourse, in the footsteps of all those who trod these shores past.