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Overview

Opossum Bay is a quiet, rural‑residential suburb of Hobart situated on the South Arm Peninsula, about 37 km southeast of Rosny Park. With a population of 329 recorded in the 2016 census, the community enjoys a coastal lifestyle framed by the River Derwent to the west and north and Ralphs Bay to the east. Sea breezes in summer keep the neighbourhood comfortably cool, and a string of nearby beaches, including Opossum Bay Beach, Glenvar Beach, Musks Beach and South Arm Beach, provides easy access to swimming, picnics and bird‑watching in the South‑east Tasmania Important Bird Area.