93: Lieutenant Hayes (exploring the Derwent River) came ashore, found carnelian stones on the beach and called the bay Cornelian Bay after the carnelian stones.
Carnelian is a brown-red mineral commonly called a semi-precious mineral.
It is a form of silica coloured with iron oxide. Colour is between pale orange and intense black.
When I wander Cornelian Bay the stones don’t attract me. They appear boring, normal and not unusual. An early explorer saw something in the stones which I don’t and 200 years later we live with the name.
Cornelian Bay is one of the few local places named uniquely. Not named after a person who never came here or a foreign place.
1804: Sullivans Cove was settled and Cornelian Bay became the place for a farm that grew vegetables and other produce for the people in Hobart.
Later Cornelian Bay became a popular recreational spot. Boatsheds were built.
Baths, changing rooms and diving board were built by the Hobart City Council in the late 1800s. and given to the aquatic club members for free.
1999: Boatshed Restaurant was built.
The roof of the restaurant was built to copy the boatsheds.
Beside the restaurant is a café which is open during the day.
Beside the restaurant is a public toilet.
2009: The baths and diving board were destroyed by a fire.
Today swimming in Cornelian Bay is legal but very uncommon.
Cornellian Bay is popular as a place to walk or wander. An off-lead dog area exists on the north side of Cornelian Bay near the cemetery.
Cornelian Bay is a popular place to moor your boat; jet ski; kayak; canoe or sit in a boat adjusting the sails.
Fishing from the sheds used to be common. Many stories of people catching and selling fish during the depression.
Today fishing is infrequent. People are reluctant to fish. The story is that toxic metals in the river make the local ground dwelling fish unsafe and unhealthy to eat. Fish passing through are safe to eat. Seals and dolphins can be seen eating the local fish.
Cornelian Bay has a beach. By the beach is a road. Across the road are numerous sporting fields.
The sport fields are used for hockey, soccer, football, running, social activities and dog exercising. They are very well maintained by Hobart City Council. Newtown Rivulet is the council border. Glenorchy Council begins at the rivulet.
Cornellian Bay is popular as a place to walk or wander. An off-lead dog area exists on the north side of Cornelian Bay near the cemetery.
Cornelian Bay is a popular place to moor your boat.
You will see people on or in jet skis, kayaks, windsurfing and canoes.
Most popular activity is sitting in a boat adjusting the sails.
Fishing from the sheds used to be common. Many stories of people catching and selling fish during the depression.
Today fishing is infrequent. People are reluctant to fish as they think toxic metals in the river make the fish unsafe and unhealthy to eat.
Carnelian is a brown-red mineral commonly called a semi-precious mineral.
It is a form of silica coloured with iron oxide. Colour is between pale orange and intense black.
When I wander Cornelian Bay the stones don’t attract me. They appear boring, normal and not unusual. An early explorer saw something in the stones which I don’t and 200 years later we live with the name.
Cornelian Bay is one of the few local places named uniquely. Not named after a person who never came here or a foreign place.
1804: Sullivans Cove was settled and Cornelian Bay became the place for a farm that grew vegetables and other produce for the people in Hobart.
Later Cornelian Bay became a popular recreational spot. Boatsheds were built.
Baths, changing rooms and diving board were built by the Hobart City Council in the late 1800s. and given to the aquatic club members for free.
1999: Boatshed Restaurant was built.
The roof of the restaurant was built to copy the boatsheds.
Beside the restaurant is a café which is open during the day.
Beside the restaurant is a public toilet.
2009: The baths and diving board were destroyed by a fire.
Today swimming in Cornelian Bay is legal but very uncommon.
Cornellian Bay is popular as a place to walk or wander. An off-lead dog area exists on the north side of Cornelian Bay near the cemetery.
Cornelian Bay is a popular place to moor your boat; jet ski; kayak; canoe or sit in a boat adjusting the sails.
Fishing from the sheds used to be common. Many stories of people catching and selling fish during the depression.
Today fishing is infrequent. People are reluctant to fish. The story is that toxic metals in the river make the local ground dwelling fish unsafe and unhealthy to eat. Fish passing through are safe to eat. Seals and dolphins can be seen eating the local fish.
Cornelian Bay has a beach. By the beach is a road. Across the road are numerous sporting fields.
The sport fields are used for hockey, soccer, football, running, social activities and dog exercising. They are very well maintained by Hobart City Council. Newtown Rivulet is the council border. Glenorchy Council begins at the rivulet.
Cornellian Bay is popular as a place to walk or wander. An off-lead dog area exists on the north side of Cornelian Bay near the cemetery.
Cornelian Bay is a popular place to moor your boat.
You will see people on or in jet skis, kayaks, windsurfing and canoes.
Most popular activity is sitting in a boat adjusting the sails.
Fishing from the sheds used to be common. Many stories of people catching and selling fish during the depression.
Today fishing is infrequent. People are reluctant to fish as they think toxic metals in the river make the fish unsafe and unhealthy to eat.
