The genteel waterfront suburb immediately south of Battery Point, climbing the slopes between the Derwent and the mountain. Sandy Bay is mostly residential — large weatherboard and Federation houses, gardens, and the University of Tasmania main campus. The Sandy Bay Beach at Long Beach is a sheltered swimming spot popular with locals on hot summer afternoons; Nutgrove Beach, further south, is a longer sandy stretch with a popular café.
The most visible landmark is Wrest Point, the 17-storey 1973 hotel and casino on a small headland — Australia's first legal casino, and visible from across the harbour. The lower-rise Sandy Bay shops along Sandy Bay Road have good neighbourhood cafés (try Daci & Daci's outpost or Pigeon Hole) and a Tasmanian-only bookshop called Hobart Bookshop.