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FREYCINET HIGHLIGHTS

Explore a peninsula of pink granite mountains, pure white beaches and turquoise sea in .

Capture the perfect contours of Wineglass views. Fish, swim and surf at the Friendly Bay on your camera. Then swim, boat, fish, Beaches, then camp overnight on the white snorkel and scuba dive from the dreamy sand. For a challenge on foot, trek and camp white beach. Go abseiling in the 27-kilometre trail across the Hazard and four wheel drive to Cape Tourville Ranges. Or walk to Wineglass Bay Lookout Lighthouse, where the view will make you for a view you will always treasure. Sail into dizzy. Surf from Friendly Beaches and sea Wineglass Bay on a catamaran. Or sea kayak kayak next to dolphins in Honeymoon Bay. at twilight to Honeymoon Bay and other Meet wetland birds in Moulting Lagoon and sheltered coves and beaches. If you’d like an spot migrating humpback whales on a boat expert guide at your side, join a boat tour cruise. Bushwalk past Aboriginal middens to spot whales and dolphins or learn about and learn about the French explorers who the constellations of the southern sky. first discovered this paradise. At the end of Aboriginal tribes who foraged here for the day, relax in a lodge overlooking Great WILDLIFE seafood and swan eggs on a guided tour. Oyster Bay with a meal of fresh seafood Hear the tales of shipwrecked whalers, and glass of wine made from local vines. Swim with dolphins in Wineglass Bay. early settlers and French explorers on Cruise around and see a sea kayaking tour around Freycinet’s NATURAL BEAUTY white-bellied sea eagles gliding overhead pristine beaches and secluded coves. and large Australasian gannets diving The rich history of ’s East Coast Trek across the jagged peaks of the Hazards for food. If a little penguin isn’t fishing is written in its place names. Freycinet for a spectacular view over Wineglass Bay, right near the Coles Bay jetty you may Peninsula was named after French where dusky pink mountains, blue-green spot one further out. Jump on a boat to voyages while was sea and white sand meet. You’ll see sea Schouten Island and see dolphins leap christened by earlier Dutch navigators. birds, Tasmanian wildflowers and detailed and whales follow ancestral migration rock pools on the hour-and-a-half walk routes between June and September. FOOD AND WINE there. Then descend through forest to Snorkel or dive round Coles Bay and Great the remote, sandy beach. You can also Oyster Bay and see hundreds of colourful Sample freshly shucked oysters at the jump on a scenic flight from Friendly fish swimming amongst the seaweed, Freycinet Marine Farm or watch from Beach and see the magical Freycinet sponges and rock. Keep an eye out for the deck of a boat as they are harvested. Coast from the air. To really commune the rare New Holland mouse around the Try pinot noir, chardonnay, sauvignon with Freycinet’s natural wonder, take a Friendly Beaches. Get up close to wallabies, blanc and riesling at the seven cool- boat from Coles Bay and go castaway in possums, echidnas and potoroos on one climate wineries within an hour’s drive of a wilderness camp at Bryan’s Beach. of the many bushwalks. In the wetlands of Freycinet. Do a food and wine tour with Moulting Lagoon, just outside Freycinet, a knowledgeable Freycinet local. Or enjoy ADVENTURE you can watch black swans, pelicans, and a mouthwatering meal with a log fire at pied oyster catchers wake to a new day. a lodge looking over Great Oyster Bay. Abseil down a granite sea cliff in the This mild and sunny peninsula is famous Hazards and climb the steep grey crags HISTORY for succulent grass-fed beef and lamb, of Whitewater Wall and Lassies Wall. full-flavoured game meats and fresh- Four wheel drive to the cobblestone See burnt shells from the large Aboriginal off-the-boat seafood, including crayfish, shore of Bluestone Bay and Cape Tourville middens on Richardsons Beach and learn scallops and those salt-sweet oysters. Lighthouse, a spot with unforgettable about the Great Oyster Bay and Big River