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Since 1945, the Derwent  near “Constitution Dock” in central Hobart has seen the finish of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, one of the longest and most difficult bluewater races in the world.  A little upriver the Hobart Regatta is held; the oldest event of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. Apart from 1967, when the south of the state was being devastated by bushfires, it has occurred every year since 1838.

Since 1945, the Derwent  near “Constitution Dock” in central Hobart has seen the finish of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, one of the longest and most difficult bluewater races in the world.  A little upriver the Hobart Regatta is held; the oldest event of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. Apart from 1967, when the south of the state was being devastated by bushfires, it has occurred every year since 1838.

Part of the river, between Hobart and New Norfolk, is the natural habitat of a rare colony of black swans.

Part of the river, between Hobart and New Norfolk, at a point where the road and rail links to the north of the state cross the river. at the appropriately named Bridgewater, is the natural habitat of a rare colony of black swans.