King Frederik and Queen Mary will bring their whirlwind six-day Australian tour to a close with a much-anticipated visit to Hobart on Thursday.
It will mark the Danish monarchs' first official visit to Mary's home state in more than two decades, their first since assuming the throne in 2024.
Locals are gearing up for a glimpse of the couple, with crowds expected to gather along the city's waterfront for a schedule greeting from 4.30pm.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world," Hobart resident Vivian Dance told AAP.
"Queen Mary is very special to Hobart, she is what dreams are made of getting to marry her prince."
Hunter Street on the city's waterfront will be closed to traffic to afford onlookers an uninterrupted view, a sign the city is firmly in the grip of royal fever.
Local mother Ashley Blakesley plans to leave work early for a chance to welcome the homecoming queen.
"I've been warning my workmates I might be off work for a little bit tomorrow," she told AAP.
"If I happen to get word (Queen Mary) is down at a school or somewhere, I'll shut my computer and head off."
She plans to bring with her a newspaper clipping from 2024, when her son Harrison joined other local students to plant a tree marking Queen Mary's coronation.
Ms Blakesley visits the tree at least once a week, on her regular trip to the playground where it was planted.
"I often just glance over to see how tall it's getting, it makes me smile," she said.
The self described "keen royal watcher" has been lucky enough to meet King Charles, but said there is not doubt Queen Mary is her favourite royal.
"I just think it's amazing that a lady from Hobart is now queen of a country," she said.
Their Tasmanian itinerary remains under wraps but is likely to include a stop in with the queen's relatives, including her father John Donaldson, a former applied mathematics professor.
Born Mary Donaldson, the future queen was raised in the Hobart suburb of Taroona, on the city's southern fringe.
Though her royal lodgings are thousands of kilometres away, Queen Mary's link to the island state is deep and enduring, a point made by Premier Jeremy Rockliff in an advance of the visit.
"Tasmanians and Queen Mary have a special bond, and we are delighted the King and Queen of Denmark will be finishing up their Australian visit in our great state," he said.
"This is a significant national event, and it's fitting for Tasmanians to be able to welcome Queen Mary home in-person."
It follows a jam-packed two-day tour of Victoria, which included a green transition business event, a pop-up Danish-Australian art installation, tours of sustainable and renewable energy developments and a kick of the footy at the MCG.
They brought their tour of the mainland to an end with an evening reception at Melbourne's botanic gardens on Wednesday.
The Hobart stop-in will offer a personal ending to the pair's whistle-stop tour, designed to deepen trade ties between Queen Mary's adopted and home nations, with a focus on a shared, green future.
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