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A Taste of Bruny Cloudy Bay Mount Midway 8 Mickeys Lagoon Forest Reserve Bay 1300 889 557 Great C644 Mangana Bluff Taylors ❃ 5 Walks: Bruny Island Accommodation Services and its personnel are committed to provid- 1 Alonnah Dray Track: easy, 30 mins one way, gravelled formal surface, ample parking at ing quality service and information for visitors to Bruny Island. pontoon, old rock-walled carriageway between two previous jetty sites. 2 Big Hummock: easy, 15 mins return, a timber stepped boardwalk takes you to spectacular We are the largest accommodation provider on the island, offering over 35 accom- panoramic 360 degree views. modation facilities, ranging from cottages, cabins, holiday houses to luxury execu- 3 Cape Queen Elizabeth: moderate, 3 hours return, coastal heathland, spectacular views, tive beach-front cottages, including eco-friendly, solar-powered and pet-friendly. Big & Little Lagoon, forty spotted pardalote. Bruny Island Accommodation Services also offer visitor and touring guide informa- 4 Clennettt’s “Top Mill” site: easy, 30 mins return, western side of Coolangatta Rd. Old tion including tour bookings. mill site, vintage machinery, interpretation boards, rainforest and eucalypt. 5 East Cloudy Head: demanding, 4 hours return, 360 degree views, heathlands and birds. 6 Fluted Cape: challenging/steep climbs, 3 hours return, dry forests, whaling history, views to Tasman Peninsula, soaring sea-cliffs, sea-eagles. We offer a full management service for property owners, for further information or 7 Grass Point: moderate, 1.5 hours return, coastal walk, suitable for families, mainly flat, whaling history information trail, dry forests, magnificent coastal views. to make a booking phone: 1300 889 557 or (03) 6293 2096 8 Labillardiere Peninsula: demanding, complete circuit 5 hours. www.brunyislandaccommodation.com.au 9 Luggobine circuit: moderate, 1.5 hours, heathlands, exposed coastline, beaches and dry www.brunyisland.net.au forest, magnificent coastal views. 10 Mavista nature walk: easy, 30 mins return, rainforest, a lovely walk that meanders to Hobart (25 km) through a fern glade next to Waterfall Creek, access is off Resolution Rd at Adventure Bay. 11 Mount Mangana: moderate, 1.5 hours return, rainforest, ferns and eucalypt, spectacular panoramic views. 13 12 the Slide Track: not recommended as track has not been maintained, 6 hours one way, Snug Dennes slippery when wet, follows an abandoned timber-getting tramway, rainforest, ferns, eucalypt, Point spectacular views. Only attempt this walk with the use of the Slide Track map/information Bligh NebraskaBeach Bull Bay Point Bruny Island leaflet. main rd Killora rd B68 Rat Killora Bay C625 C625 Channel Highway Killora rd Barnes Bay Attention: fuel only available from the Adventure Bay General Store. Barnes Bay rd Not all roads shown on this map are constructed or maintained by the State Government or Local Davis rd Davis Church rd Power rd Councils and no warranty is given that roads will be open or fully maintained at all times. Kettering Black-water dump available at Alonnah council depot. visitor centre Barnes Bay C625 B66 Missionary rd 15 Lennon rd Apollo Bay 10 Mulcahys rd Trumpeter Bay Apollo Bay rd Bruny Island main rd Pybus rd MissionaryWhaymans rd Snake Island Bay Matthew Flinders 6 drive Ritchie rd Great Smoothys Bay Point Variety Bay Harvey rd Harvey Stuart rd 3 1 Little Fancy Bay Great Bay Chuckle Head Bruny Island Neck game reserve Fancy Bay 3 Little Simpsons Lagoon Jack Dwyer Drive Point Moorina B66 Bay Bruny Island mainBig rd Lagoon Hounds Tooth bbq Alonnah Isthmus Cape Queen Bay Elizabeth Neck Beach 2 ❇ Big Hummock penguin rookery Simpsons Sheepwash Bay Bay The Neck Simpsons Adventure Bay Lumeah rd Bay Matthew Flinders Bruny Island Neck game reserve drive BrunySimpsons Island Bay rd main rd Sheepwash rd bbq Lutregala Adventure Bay rd Wooreddy11 rd Blighs rocks Satellite Creek 7 Island AlonnahDillons rdForest 12 Reserve 9 5 Coal Point Lockleys rd Cemetery rd 8 Wooreddy rd B10 Resolution rd C630 Penguin Ventenat 4 Island Point 2 Two Tree Point 7 Mount Adventure Bay Fluted Daniels Bay Mangana forest East 6 Cape Bruny Island main rd reserve Cove Lunawanna Coolangatta4 rd C629 11 14 Little 571 Waterfall Creek 1 Taylors 13 ▲ state reserve Cloudy Bay rd Mount Bay C644 Mangana 10 Fitzgeralds rd 12 Lighthouse rd Clennetts Link Bruny Island Accommodation Services pty. ltd. state forest Partridge Cuthberts rd Cape Island C629 Connella Lockleys rd Cloudy Bay rd Labillardiere Peninsula Tinpot Bay a taste of Bruny Cloudy Bay Mount Midway 8 Mickeys Lagoon forest reserve Bay 1300 889 557 Great C644 Mangana Bluff Taylors ❃ 5 Bay Whalebone Cloudy Point Beach LEGEND Jetty Cloudy Bay 9 Beach - Lockleys rd Hobart Kettering 45 mns cloudy Roberts Point - Adventure Bay 45 mns corner Mount Bruny Roberts Point - Alonnah 35 mns ❃ forest reserve Roberts Point - Cape Bruny 90 mns C629 Mabel Roberts Point - Dennes Point 30 mns Old Jetty rd Bay Roberts Point - Lighthouse 70 mns Roberts Point - Lunawanna 45 mns Ambulance non emergency 1800 008 008 Lighthouse rd historic South Bruny sealed road C644 Health centre 6293 1143 national park gravel road lighthouse walking track Parks & wildlife 0417 384 548 Courts ❇ West Cloudy Head East Cloudy Head Island Cape Bruny boat ramp picnic area Fire brigade 000 Boreel toilet landing ground Head campsite caravan park Police 6293 2090 petrol scenic lookout ❇ Kingborough council 6211 8200 Tasman Head state forest After hours medical assistance 1800 022 222 The Friars reserves Dial 000 to activate all emergency services national park www.brunyisland.net.au EMAIL: [email protected] EMAIL: WWW.ISLANDGRAPHIC.COM.AU e d i © Island Graphic and Digital and Graphic Island © Phone 1300 889 557 or 03 6293 2096 2096 6293 03 or 557 889 1300 Phone t Graphic Design: Mhrylyn Hanson-Wallis and Willem van Dooren Dooren van Willem and Hanson-Wallis Mhrylyn Design: Graphic . i 11 Mhrylyn Hanson-Wallis and Willem van Dooren van Willem and Hanson-Wallis Mhrylyn S . o Kalloniatis, Ilianthe Berry, Warwick Photography: th A industry. n . 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