Plan Your the Team at Freycinet Lodge Is on Hand to Help Make Your Experience with Us Truly Unforgettable
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plan your The team at Freycinet Lodge is on hand to help make your experience with us truly unforgettable. Whatever your question or need, just ask one of our friendly staff and we’ll do all we can to help. • Check-in time is from 2pm, and check-out is 10am. Late check-out is subject to availability and charges may apply. • The park’s abundant wildlife includes Bennett’s and • As the Lodge is located within Freycinet National Park, • Complimentary WiFi is available in the main rufous wallabies, pademelons, brushtail possums, a valid national parks pass per vehicle is required for all Lodge building. eastern quolls and a huge variety of birdlife. overnight guests for the duration of your stay. • Mobile phone reception is limited within the park. • Help keep our wildlife wild. Please do not feed the • 24-hour and 8 week holiday parks passes are available The Telstra network provides coverage in most areas, animals, as this can cause them to become sick, or for purchase at reception. but you may wish to check coverage with your develop nuisance behaviours. • A parks pass is not required if you’re visiting the Lodge mobile provider. • To prevent wildlife from entering your cabin, please as a day visitor and will not be exploring the park. • The Lodge’s post box is cleared each weekday at 11am. ensure windows, doors or fly screens are closed at Stamps are available from reception. all times. • Guest laundry facilities are available 24/7. • Many native animals are nocturnal and driving in the evening and at night can be hazardous. Please drive • Contact information for our after hours Emergency carefully and observe speed limits. Duty Manager can be found just inside the Lodge’s main entrance. • Local beaches in Coles Bay are safe for swimming, • The holiday town of Coles Bay is a five minute drive although they are not patrolled. Please be aware of from the Lodge. weather and ocean conditions when swimming. • You’ll find a convenience store (including a post office and news agency), small supermarket, café, bakery, take-away shop and tavern in the town. Fuel is available in Coles Bay. • Water at Freycinet Lodge and Coles Bay town water is treated and is perfectly safe to drink. Around freycinet & beyond Freycinet National Park is rich in both beauty and history. As visitors to the park, we kindly ask you to help us protect the plants, animals and Aboriginal sites within the Now that you’ve explored the Freycinet Peninsula, park, to ensure they can be enjoyed for generations to come. the rest of Tasmania is ready and waiting for you! Spend time with us as you continue your journey around Tasmania, and discover more of this amazing state. Visit Strahan on Tasmania’s remote west coast and join Gordon River Cruises for • Declared in 1916, Freycinet National Park is equally As you explore Freycinet National Park, please help an unforgettable wilderness experience. Tasmania’s oldest and one of the most loved to protect this incredible wild place by following these simple minimal impact principles: national parks. Nestled among breathtaking alpine forest • Freycinet was named after Henri and Louis Freycinet, 1. Plan ahead and prepare Find out about the places in the heart of the wilderness, Cradle members of French explorer Nicholas Baudin’s 1802 you want to visit on your walk, prepare for the Mountain Hotel is the perfect base from expedition. weather and always carry a map. which to explore the Cradle Mountain– • The park stretches over 16,803 hectares of the 2. Walk and camp on durable surfaces Keep to formed Lake St. Clair National Park. Freycinet Peninsula, and is approximately tracks and campsites. 48 kilometres long and six kilometres wide. 3. Dispose of waste properly Pack it in, pack it out! Tasmania’s west coast is a place of • Freycinet Lodge nestles within the Freycinet National Please bring any rubbish and leftover food with you remarkable natural beauty. Visit Strahan Park, sitting lightly among 4.53 hectares of natural, when you leave the park. Village and let us introduce you to the forested land. 4. Leave what you find Help protect the park’s incredible wilderness that awaits just • The rugged granite Hazards Mountains are flecked with significant places by respecting Aboriginal and outside your door. pink feldspar, which gives the mountains their rosy tint. other cultural sites and leaving plants, rocks and • Freycinet’s dazzling white beaches are comprised other natural objects as you found them. While you’re exploring Cradle Mountain- of quartz sand and fine silica, giving them their 5. Use a fuel stove No fires are allowed within the park, Lake St. Clair National Park, factor in pure colour. so please use a fuel stove if you’re planning to some time to visit the wonderful Cradle prepare hot food or drinks during your walk. Mountain Wilderness Gallery. 6. Be considerate of your hosts and other visitors As you explore, be respectful of your fellow visitors, Located in the heart of Tasmania’s locals and Aboriginal culture and country. vibrant capital, the RACT/RACV Hobart You can find out more about Leave No Trace principles Apartment Hotel places you within by checking with our team at reception or visiting a few minutes’ walk of the city’s best parks.tas.gov.au. experiences. 3/18 RDF2117B Icons - full colour 23 24 COLES Visitors Centre food & beverage BAY & Park Shop 6 CAPE No visit to Tasmania’s east coast is complete TOURVILLE without experiencing the delicious flavours of the 21 History and Heritage Wilderness and Wildlife Action and Adventure Food and Beverage Arts and Culture Derby Cape Tourville Road region’s fresh produce, fine food and exceptional Scottsdale RICHARDSONS cool climate wines. See our reception team for C425 BEACH Lebrina Weldborough Bay of Fires more information and bookings. Legerwood 20 18 SLEEPY BAY The Gardens From walking to flying, cruising Richardson’s Bistro, The Bay Honeymoon Bay 15 18 Top 5 Walks to sea kayaking, or simply relaxing Restaurant, Hazards Bar and Lounge A3 Wineglass Bay Carpark Visit our restaurants and bars to indulge in on a white sand beach—you’ll delicious cuisine prepared by our expert chefs, Pub in the Paddock Cape Tourville B81 Binalong Bay find something you love in using the freshest local produce, accompanied by Distance: 500m Time: 20 minutes Tasmanian wines, beers and spirits. A3 Pyengana Hazards Beach Track Sleepy Bay & Little Gravelly Beach Freycinet National Park. THE HAZARDS Distance: 1.5km Time: 30 minutes Melshell Oysters Wineglass Bay Lookout Mt 19 Visit the Farm Gate Shop located at Yellow Sandbanks St Helens Mt Dove Wineglass Bay Lookout St Columba Falls Amos Distance: 3km Time: 1 – 1½ hours Road, Dolphin Sands. Take in views of the Swan River and Mt farm activity as you slurp down a dozen! 25 FLEURIEU Hazards Beach Circuit Mayson Wineglass Bay Track melshelloysters.com.au (03) 6257 0269 C423 POINT 5 Distance: 11km Time: 4 – 5 hours Mount Amos The Long Lunch Tour Company A3 WINEGLASS Distance: 4km Time: 3.5 – 4 hours 20 LAUNCESTON BAY Savour the tastes of the east coast on a delicious, full day Isthmus Track Prefer not to walk? Jump on-board food and wine tour, including cellar doors, seafood tastings Freycinet Adventure’s Aqua Taxi! and a gourmet lunch. Pick up from Freycinet Lodge. Scamander 1 Wineglass Bay Cruise C401 Spend four wonderful hours cruising longlunchtourco.com.au 0409 225 841 H A the Freycinet coast and enjoying a Perth REFUGE Z gourmet lunch at anchor in beautiful Géographe Restaurant + Espresso Bar A CAPE C401 Wineglass Bay. 21 Enjoy Géographe’s relaxed atmosphere as you feast on ISLAND R Hazards FORESTIER D Lagoon wood fired pizza, fresh seafood, Tasmanian roasted coffee, S 2 Wineglass Bay and Hazards local wine, beer and cider. B43 Key Quartzite B 15 Beach Circuit Walk Ridge geographecolesbay.com (03) 6257 0124 Toilets E Explore the Wineglass Bay Lookout, Ben Lomond A stunning Wineglass Bay and Hazards National Park A4 C Freycinet Marine Farm St Marys 31 Parking H Lone Beach on this five hour loop walk of 22 the peninsula. Tour this working marine farm and taste fresh oysters and Lighthouse Peninsula Track Rock mussels, harvested from the east coast’s clear, clean waters. Ridge C420 3 Sea kayaking with freycinetmarinefarm.com (03) 6257 0140 Nature hotspot Freycinet Adventures Fingal Join a half-day tour and glide over the Birdwatching Freycinet Bakery Café peninsula’s crystal waters, see incredible 23 Mount Elephant Pancakes Choose from a range of baked breads, cakes and Fresh water wildlife and beautiful scenery and enjoy Peninsula Track hot, fresh coffee on a secluded beach. savoury treats, or refuel with a tasty light lunch after your morning walk. Open from 8am every day. A3 Petrol 4 Scenic flight with Freycinet Air The Esplanade, Coles Bay Boat ramp Mt Soar above the Freycinet Peninsula’s Douglas-Apsley gleaming white beaches, mountains Iluka Tavern and Bistro Graham and forests on a truly unforgettable 24 Supermarket/post Drop in for a refreshing drink after exploring Coles Bay, National Park scenic flight. 1 or book in a casual dinner in the bistro. Playground Icons - full colour Mt The Esplanade, Coles Bay Avoca 5 Quad bike tour with ALL4Adventure A4 Walking track Freycinet 0 1 2 3 29 Visit otherwise inaccessible destinations within Freycinet National Park, on a 25 Visit an east coast cellar door KMs fun-packed quad biking adventure. Tasmania’s east coast is world-famous for its fine cool Arts and Culture climate wines. Visit cellar doors along the coast to meet Bicheno Icons - full colour local winemakers and taste award-winning vintages, C301 accompanied by delicious Tasmanian produce and cuisine.