Bonnet Hill is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of

Kingborough Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...

in the

Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ...

LGA region of

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

, Australia. The locality is about east of the town of

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

. The 2016 census recorded a population of 505 for the state suburb of Bonnet Hill. The suburb, on the massive hill of the same name in the greater Hobart area, overlooks Kingston; the famous

Taroona Shot Tower The Shot Tower (sometimes referred to as the Taroona Shot Tower) is a historic sandstone shot tower situated in Taroona, Tasmania, Australia. The tower held the title of tallest building within the Australian colonies between 1870 and 1875 and ...

is on it. The hill is a popular cycling route. The sides of the hill are riddled with small paths mostly leading to the nearby Kingston Beach. The Alum Cliffs along Bonnet Hill's

cliffed coast A cliffed coast, also called an abrasion coast, is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs that may or may not be precipitous. It contrasts with a Flat coast, flat or alluvial coast. Formation In coastal ar ...

reach heights of up to above sea level and have vistas facing the Derwent Estuary, Storm Bay, South Arm and

Bruny Island Bruny Island is a coastal island of Tasmania, Australia, located at the mouths of the Derwent River and Huon River estuaries on Storm Bay on the Tasman Sea, south of Hobart. The island is separated from the mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux C ...

History

Bonnet Hill was gazetted as a locality in 1960.

Geography

The waters of the

River Derwent River Derwent or Derwent River may refer to: Rivers in England *River Derwent, Derbyshire *River Derwent, North East England, on the border between County Durham and Northumberland *River Derwent, Cumbria in the Lake District *River Derwent, Yorks ...

estuary form the eastern and south-eastern boundaries.

Road infrastructure

Route B68 (

Channel Highway The Channel Highway is a regional highway that travels south from Hobart To Huonville, Tasmania, Australia. The Channel Highway starts from the end of Sandy Bay Road and travels south toward Huonville via Taroona, Kingston, Huntingfield, Ma ...

) runs through from north to west.

References

Localities of Kingborough Council Populated places on the River Derwent {{Kingborough-geo-stub