This classic French game is great if you're looking for a fun activity with friends and family.

It's a game for everyone, where grandparents, parents and children can play on equal terms, as neither age, gender or ability matter.

Pétanque, sometimes called boules, is a target sport, where participants throw weighty metal balls, aiming to get them as close as possible to a small wooden target ball, called a cochonet or jack. It is related to Italian bocce and lawn bowls.

For ages 7 and over. Participants must wear closed toe footwear.

How do I attend?

Returning or used 'I'm In' before?

I'm In
  • Log into 'I'm In' to choose the Healthy Hobart session(s) you wish to attend and then bring your phone along to each one.

First timers

You can register for Healthy Hobart in any of the following ways:

  • Fill in your details just once by downloading the 'I'm In' by Healthy Tasmania phone app available from the Apple Store and Google Play Store. Then simply bring your phone along to a session and scan the QR code on your phone with the session coordinator's phone. Note: If you already have the app, please check you have the most recent update.
  • Register using the online form.
  • Complete a paper form at the session.

What's on:

Events and points of interest around Hobart.

13 Nov 2024 - 23 Nov 2024
2024 Tasmania Hosted Golf Tour
It’s a place to enjoy the finer things in life and that goes for the golf, too, with Australia’s #2 and #4 courses.
23 May 2024 - 15 May 2025
Build & Booze in Hobart
Enjoy a glass of complimentary wine while you spend the evening Handbuilding your heart out! This guided workshop will teach you the basics of Handbuilding.
5 Sep 2024 - 18 Dec 2025
Friends of Knocklofty Bushcare
Helping transform the city-fringed bushland of Knocklofty Reserve.
7 Sep 2024 - 27 Jan 2025
Disrupt, persist, invent – Australians in an ever-changing world
‘Australia: home of the “fair go”’. But is it really the free and fair place you’d hope for? What can we change?
17 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024
Oatlands Art Retreat
Oatlands Art Retreat is an art retreat designed for artists of all levels working in any medium to come together and work side-by-side, gain new
1 Mar 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
Phoenix Creations Wooden Spoon Carving Workshops
Welcome to a day of creative mindfulness with David and Michelle of Phoenix Creations. In their small studio tucked away just 2 minutes from Cygnet's
19 Nov 2024 - 24 Nov 2024
Monotony Bay with Evelyn
A solo exhibition of works by Evelyn Bryan.
18 Jul 2024 - 31 Jul 2025
Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls
In-person storytelling experience takes visitors on an emotional journey through the stories of seven remarkable convict women who faced life’s hardships with resilience.
19 Nov 2024 - 23 Nov 2024
A Simple Space | Gravity & Other Myths presented by the Theatre Royal
Wayfinder confronts today’s collective anxiety with unbridled energy and optimism. Dancenorth continues its push into innovative production design with a custom inflatable
22 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024
Aurora | The Theatre Royal presents the Australian String Quartet
Aurora sees the acclaimed Australian String Quartet build a shimmering sound-world from three distinct compositions. Listeners will be transported to the late 18th Century,
All events