{"id":415647,"date":"2026-02-09T03:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415647\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T03:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:23:16","slug":"new-hobart-zip-line-proposal-for-public-land-but-this-one-wouldnt-be-on-kunanyi-mount-wellington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415647\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hobart zip-line proposal for public land, but this one wouldn’t be on Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another zip-line is being proposed for public land near Hobart, almost a year after the last proposal on Kunanyi\/Mt Wellington was knocked back by the Hobart City Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Developers have sent plans to nearby residents for a 1.13-kilometre zip-line running from a 25-metre tower near Ridgeway Reservoir to a landing pad close to the entrance to Waterworks Reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The landing point would be about 200 metres below the take-off point, and the trip would last about 90 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s similar in scale and design to the previous proposal \u2014 also put forward by the company TAZZIP \u2014 but would be built mostly within council-owned Ridgeway Reserve, rather than in Wellington Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Elevated<\/p>\n

TAZZIP’s proposal for a zip-line in Wellington Park was rejected by the Hobart City Council, but the company is now pushing an alternative, which would be outside the park. (Supplied: TAZZIP)<\/p>\n

Access would be via a car park at Halls Saddle, before visitors are driven to the launch tower along Chimney Pot Hill Road.<\/p>\n

The plans \u2014 sent out by planning consultants All Urban Planning \u2014 state that assessments have been done on noise, natural values, traffic, visual impacts and geotechnical issues.<\/p>\n

“The zip-line infrastructure and activity areas will be located more than 180 metres from the closest residence, helping minimise impacts to nearby properties,” it reads.<\/p>\n

Developers aim to use “existing disturbed areas”, avoid “unnecessary vegetation removal” and to have the landscape as the main visual element.<\/p>\n

The plans also state it avoids crossing walking and mountain bike trails.<\/p>\n

It will be submitted to the council as a development application “shortly”.<\/p>\n

TAZZIP managing director Shane Abel would not comment as the proposal has not yet reached council for assessment.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Shane Abel described the prervious proposal as the “longest, fastest and highest zip-line in the Asia-Pacific”. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)<\/p>\n

Previous proposal knocked back<\/p>\n

The previous proposal for a tower at the Springs to run a zip-line to Strickland Falls attracted 828 representations, almost all of which opposed it.<\/p>\n

Rebuke over ‘strange’ review of mountain management<\/a><\/p>\n

Loved by bushwalkers and tourists, Hobart’s Kunanyi\/Mount Wellington is a challenge to manage. Documents reveal growing tension over how a government review is progressing, with a cable car and ‘all-weather’ solutions part of the debate.<\/p>\n

Hobart council staff recommended its approval however, arguing that it could be defined as “transport depot and distribution”.<\/p>\n

In the mountain’s management plan, an “aerial ropeway” fits under this definition.<\/p>\n

But the majority of councillors rejected this, arguing that it was a tourism development rather than for transport.<\/p>\n

It was also opposed by members of the Aboriginal community.<\/p>\n

It was knocked back by six votes to four. At the time, Mr Abel said he had other sites in mind for the zip-line and would not seek to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

He described the proposal as the “longest, fastest, highest zip-line in the Asia-Pacific”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another zip-line is being proposed for public land near Hobart, almost a year after the last proposal on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[3359,1397,153777,32020,153776,153775,90,153780,153779,56,54,55,153774,153778,153773],"class_list":{"0":"post-415647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-council","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-halls-saddle","11":"tag-hobart","12":"tag-kunanyi","13":"tag-ridgeway","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-shane-abel","16":"tag-tazzip","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-waterworks","21":"tag-wellington-park","22":"tag-zipline"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}