This place is an absolute gem. Goulds have friendly staff, many who can give expert advice on a…read morerange of health needs - just get ready to queue! It is on offer for those seeking alternative advice (and products) from allopathic medicine. They also have a small range of items you could buy as gifts (or for yourself!) such as incense, candles, cute lanterns, children's musical instruments, bags etc, all at reasonable prices. I don't live locally anymore, but have friends that patron regularly still and it sounds like the quality and service are as good as ever.

Modern building located in the Hobart CBD. Its "cool" architecture challenges first time visitors…read moreto discover which floor they are in. Also it encourages healthy lifestyle such as walking since there is no parking space for visitors at all. So my suggestion is to park in the Domain area or Argyle Street Carpark, which is about 5-10 minute walking to the building. Actually there are 5 spaces reserved for UTAS medical staffs and more reserved for patients inside the building. If you get to the building from Campbell Street, keep driving into the carpark even though you see three pillars splitting you and the carpark. The pillars will automatically push down so that you can get inside. There is no instruction board to let people know that they can pass through the pillars. So some drivers reversed their cars all the way back to the street, which is difficult since it is a curved and narrow path. Don't do it. Even if you have to get out of the building, still get into the carpark and turn your car there. Anyway, if you are neither a UTAS medical lecturer nor a patient, don't waste time driving into the building. No parking space for you there even if you have a parking permit which covers Hobart CBD.

"Your pharmacist has a rock star kinda name," a friend commented when I instagrammed my cold and…read moreflu tablets. (Yeah, I did that. Don't look at me funny.) I don't know if I was served by the rock star himself that morning when I rocked up not long after opening time and said "PLEASE HELP ME I THINK I AM DYING" or something along those lines, but in any case, Jerry Hampton's Amcal North Hobart Pharmacy has become my go-to pharmacy. I ditched the one up the road when I showed up after 1pm on a Saturday and it was closed. Sorry guys, but when this one here is open until 10pm every night, it's a no-brainer. Also, they were happy to give me pseudoephedrine for my cold virus, without hesitation. Winner. (Plus: the tablets totally helped and I was well on the way to recovery by the time I was finished the run of them.)

Besides coffee, if there is one industry NOT in short supply in the Hobart CBD, it's optometrists…read more There's at least 7 all within walking distance of the the Elizabeth St Mall/Cat and Fiddle arcade. Glasses are glasses, right? Well, sort of. With that many options, how you choose one? Dust off your university calculus: Optometrists and retail optics exist on a 3 axis scale: cost vs service vs clinical optometry. You can also think of it this way: if the three standards, choose any two. You won't (generally) find a cheap, highly clinical optometrist. Choose what's your preferred axis. Island serves the Cheap, Decent service, low clinical model. Not to say the optometrists are bad, but they perform 20 minute eye tests that are all bulk billed. If you have a reasonable prescription and no significant issues, you'll be fine here. Complex issues get referred off. As far as the glasses go, Island Optical actually has more reach than you might think- they're pet of The Optical Superstore chain on the mainland (abbreviated to TOSS. Insert funny joke here about being a tosser). Some big name brands do this thing where they rebadge their "B stock" or end of line run outs or one or two fashion cycles ago as a seperate brand- you'll find lots of these here, so you can get brand name quality at a really good price. It just won't have the "fancy" logo on them.

It is always hard to find a good doctor In a new city, I was very lucky to find this practice…read more Knowledgable, friendly and professional, what more could you want. The other good thing about this practice is that they run two surgeries, one in Sandy Bay and the other is in Collins St in Hobart.

Super friendly and efficient front desk staff but arrogant and non-communicative doctor, will not…read morego back even if all the other doctors there are great.

I picked this place mostly because it was the closest BUPA Member First physiotherapist to me that…read morewasn't at Salamanca Place, and while Andrew is definitely a skilled physio, he's also very good at conversation. A physio with decent food recs around town is a physio I know I can trust. I was in even more pain for a good twenty-four hours after Andrew treated me, but my experiences tend to be that physio work always makes it worse before it gets better, and I'm happy to report that it got better. I hope I don't have to see you again soon, Andrew, but if I get hurt again, I'll see you then.

Martin takes fantastic care of me whenever I see him. He is an optometrist who actually gets to…read moreknow his patients and care for them - taking the time to really do a proper consultation whilst not charging the earth. He also has some great equipment - actually forking out to get gear that not even the 'big boys' of optometry in Tasmania have (I think one of his toys was the first in Australia).

I went to see Dr Matthew Clougher Today in Glenorchy for a extremely bad pain in the side of my…read moremouth, I don't go to the dentists much as I have a bad experience with a dentist in my area. after seeing Mr Clougher today I will never go to any other dentist, he was SUCH a wonderful person, I suffer from panic attacks and informed him and he's assistant they could not of been kinder to me, I had a tooth pulled and they were such lovely people. Also I thought it was very well priced, Thank you