It would give riders a "100k/ph thrill" lasting "one minute and 20 seconds" — but opponents to a zip-line plan for Hobart's ...

A 1.2km zip line down the front of kunanyi/Mt Wellington is an adventure activity compatible with the area’s management plan and should be approved by Hobart City Council, its proponents say.

Starting from Hobart's waterfront on Saturday, the day before the race, Mr Smith, alongside his support team, pushed his piano to the summit of kunanyi/Mount Wellington, 1,271 metres above sea level.

You can check the latest road status on the City of Hobart website. For a forecast of the weather conditions on kunanyi/Mt Wellington, visit the BOM's website.

Hobart may have begun as a ramshackle penal colony at world’s end, but it soon grew wealthy from whale oil and wool. The Islington has views of Mount Wellington, or Kunanyi in the local tongue.