525 East Derwent Highway, Geilston Bay TAS 7015, Australia
The address hosts a single‑storey house. It is the sole residential feature listed for the property.
It is in Geilston Bay, a largely residential suburb on Hobart’s Eastern Shore of the Derwent River. The suburb is known for quiet streets, bushland reserves and waterside recreation.
Geilston Bay is notable for its Late Oligocene‑Early Miocene fossil site, which yielded the first recognized assemblage of fossil marsupials in Australia. The locality also hosted lime kilns and a limestone quarry that operated from the 1830s until the early‑20th century.
Nearby amenities include the Geilston Bay Boat Club, the Geilston Bay Tennis Club, and several bushland reserves such as Natone Hill, Thoona and Pilchers Hill that are popular for walking and dog‑exercise.
Sugarloaf Hill is about 0.6 km away, while Geilston Bay Park and the Grass Tree Hill Rivulet are each roughly 0.9 km from the address.
The Saracens Head Inn (0.9 km), Risdon Brook Bridge (1.3 km) and Bowen’s Landing Site (1.7 km) are all heritage‑listed locations near the house.
Air and soil monitoring have identified elevated levels of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and heavy metals such as zinc, lead and cadmium, largely linked to the nearby Risdon Zinc Works. Growing sensitive vegetables is recommended in raised beds with clean soil to reduce exposure.
