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Moulting Lagoon

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Moulting Lagoon

Moulting Lagoon is a large wetland of extraordinary beauty at the northern end of Great Oyster Bay on Tasmania's east coast. It is internationally recognised because it contains rare and significant wetland plants and animals and supports high numbers of waterfowl and aquatic species. The lagoon provides year-round habitat and breeding sites for many Tasmanian waterfowl in particular black swans and is an important feeding site for birds migrating from the northern hemisphere. There are numerous Aboriginal heritage sites recorded within the Moulting Lagoon area. Evidence confirms that Aboriginal nations have inhabited Trowunna (Tasmania) for at least 37,000 years. The Paredarerme(also known as the Oyster Bay nation) occupied the area at the time of European invasion. The Paredarerme nation included ten bands and their territory covered 7,800 square kilometres. Today this area continues to be significant to the Aboriginal community. All Aboriginal heritage sites are protected under the Aboriginal Relics Act 1975. An ideal location for birdwatching, fishing, kayaking and photography.

Coles Bay TAS

6.5 km away

Freycinet National Park - Friendly Beaches Lookout — Image credit: Karen Skews

Natural Attractions

Freycinet National Park - Friendly Beaches Lookout

The Friendly Beaches are a long expanse of beach in Tasmania, Australia. They are just north of the famed Freycinet Peninsula on Tasmania's East Coast. A scenic lookout overlooks the beaches with a short few minute drives to the actual beaches. This area is in the National Park so parks passes are required.

Friendly Beaches TAS

10 km away

Fishing from shore - Friendly Beaches (north) edit

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Fishing from shore - Friendly Beaches (north)

Friendly Beaches North is a spectacular secluded beach that you can often have to yourself with excellent surf fishing. It is also a popular surfing beach. The dirt road that leads to Friendly Beaches can be found 26 kilometres north of the town of Cole's Bay. You'll have to drive a few minutes on a dirt road to get to the carpark so make sure you have a reliable car. From the carpark, it's just five more minutes walking to the beach.

Coles Bay TAS

10 km away

Douglas-Apsley National Park — Image credit: PWS copyright

Natural Attractions

Douglas-Apsley National Park

This understated national park near Bicheno, on the East Coast of Tasmania, is a gem awaiting discovery by those with a real sense of adventure. It’s a place of surprising contrasts, featuring tranquil waterholes, deep river gorges and thundering waterfalls, including the spectacular Apsley Falls. The crystal-clear waters that run through the park are a welcome sight on a hot summer’s day. Enjoy a picnic, a short walk, go for a refreshing swim, or take time out for quiet contemplation. Walks within the national park will take you through a diversity of vegetation and terrain, including picturesque Apsley Gorge. Experience marshlands, wet gullies and pockets of rainforest. Douglas-Apsley National Park may fly under the radar, but it protects an important swathe of dry eucalypt forest as well as numerous rare and endangered plants and animals. Please visit the Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania website (parks.tas.gov.au) for further information about this national park including how to get there and things to do. Refer to the ‘know before you go’ webpage for more important information about alerts, safety in parks and entry fees.

Bicheno TAS

13 km away

Fishing from shore - Swanwick Rivermouth

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Fishing from shore - Swanwick River mouth

Access via the Swanwick Boat Ramp, you can fish from the shore here for dinner. Swanwick is on the East Coast of Tasmania, an Island State of Australia. It is adjacent to the Freycinet National Park where native animals can be seen in a unique environment within a few metres of the roads. Short walks will reward you with even more spectacular scenery. Swanwick has access to a variety of water sports from safe beaches for children to ocean game fishing areas. To help you relax from a hard day at the beach try tennis or golf. In addition to the National Park, you can view other scenic areas and visit nearby wineries. The local oyster farm runs tours of their operation on Great Oyster Bay, offering views of pelicans, swans and other birdlife as well as the spectacular scenery from the water.

Coles Bay TAS

14 km away

Swanwick Kayaking

Natural Attractions

Swanwick Kayaking

Launching from Swanwick or Bagots Point, allows you to kayak around the Moulting Lagoon, well known for its incredible bird life. Fishing is also a favourite past time here and being shallow in many areas there are not a lot of boats to disturb you. Beware of the outgoing tide as it can be quite strong.

Coles Bay TAS

14 km away

Freycinet Golf Club

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Freycinet Golf Club

Freycinet Golf Club is located on the Freycinet Peninsula, 6.5 kilometres west of Coles Bay, Tasmania near Freycinet National Park and Wineglass Bay. The Freycinet Golf course was designed by Bill Husband and opened in 1993. It is challenging and enjoyable for all players and a true test for the serious golfer. Freycinet Gold Club is a community course and all work is done by members who give their time for free in pursuit of a great course for all to enjoy. The course is a par 72, The Slope rating is 129 for Men and 120 for Women. It contains three par threes, three par fours and three par five holes.

Coles Bay TAS

14 km away

Felicity’s Organic Beauty

Spas and Retreats

Felicity’s Organic Beauty

Feel and look great after a visit to this little unique organic beauty boutique tucked away in seaside Bicheno. This is a popular place with the locals, that has earned an excellent reputation for the care and attention that you receive. Felicity is highly trained and offers essential beauty such as waxing, tinting, hybrid tinting, lash lifting and organic tanning. Or enjoy a luxurious organic facial, body treatment or toxic-free manicure or pedicure. This organic salon prides itself of the ethicality of its products and gifts. Using organic or natural handmade products for both treatments and home care. Enjoy Skin Juice, Paudha Skincare , Lemon Canary Organic Essential Oils, Luk Beautifood, Sol Sista Suncare, Sunbutter Freycinet Tallow Creams, Sienna Toxic Free Nail Polish and Viv la Body natural deodorants & perfumes, and lots of other gifts and goodies. Gift Vouchers are also available. Bookings are by appointment only.

Bicheno TAS

16 km away

Spiky Bridge — Image credit: Rob Burnett

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Spiky Bridge

Spiky Bridge was built by convicts in the mid 19th century on the east coast of Tasmania located 7.5 kilometres from the town of Swansea. The bridge is made from field stones laid without mortar or cement and the parapet features upright stones, giving the bridge a spiky appearance. On the nearby hill are the remains of the governor's cottage which overlook the bridge.

Swansea TAS

16 km away

Great Oyster Bay and Freycinet Peninsula Fishing

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Great Oyster Bay and Freycinet Peninsula Fishing

Major angling species; Rock lobster, flathead, couta and striped trumpeter, albacore, southern bluefin tuna, Australian Salmon, and bream. Flathead is the prime target in Great Oyster Bay as are seasonal squid. Large wrasse are also easily caught, but rarely kept as food. Whiting is targeted by a few anglers, but these seem to be in isolated pockets. Shore and boat fishing is popular in the Swan River, just north of Swansea - especially for bream. One kilogram specimens are common and 2 kg fish are regularly taken. There are several easily reached access points on the Swan River - mostly along the Dolphin Sands road. Crabs, prawns, pretty fish and nippers all make good bait. The Swan River also has good fishing in the lower reaches for large garfish and leatherjacket. While a boat can be useful here it is not essential for success. On the southern side of Dolphin Sands is Great Oyster Bay. Nine Mile Beach and the many other beaches and rocky outcrops that flank the northern and western sides of Great Oyster Bay are great and popular fisheries.

Freycinet TAS

16 km away

Blowhole spray — Image credit: Tourism Tasmania and Chris Bray Photography

Natural Attractions

Bicheno Blowhole

Bicheno is a family seaside holiday town situated on the east coast of Tasmania which offers visitors a lot to see and do, good accommodation, excellent fishing and close to wildlife. A visit to the Bicheno Blowhole is accessible from the esplanade and there is also car parking close by.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Freycinet Massage

Spas and Retreats

Freycinet Massage

Freycinet Massage has a beautiful Massage Studio in Bicheno and also offers mobile massage on the East Coast of Tasmania. The perfect way to unwind and rejuvenate during your East Coast stay. Take a moment, the world will wait. The mobile massage service is available in Coles Bay, Bicheno and Swansea. Unwind in the comfort of your accommodation. Let us transform your holiday accommodation into a peaceful massage sanctuary. All you have to do is open your door, they do the rest. Planning a romantic escape? Or a getaway with friends? They welcome booking requests from couples and larger groups Relax after visiting one of the many iconic attractions such as Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet National Park, Maria Island, Douglas Apsley National Park, or the Bay of Fires.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

A man enters an outdoor traditional sauna - with ice bath behind him — Image credit: Selkie Wellness

Spas and Retreats

Selkie Wellness

Located in the heart of Bicheno, Selkie Wellness offers a unique blend of evidence-based Remedial Massage, Bodywork, and restorative wellness rituals including Sauna and Ice Bath therapy. Experience the power of contrast therapy in the elements in the Wellness Garden with a traditional sauna and ice bath – designed to reset your nervous system, boost recovery, and reconnect with your natural rhythm.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Community and East Coast Anglican Church

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Bicheno Community and East Coast Anglican Church

A beautiful small church dating to 1881 and consecrated in 1882 to serve the Anglican and Presbyterian communities. It is currently used by the Anglican, Uniting and Catholic Church congregations. We are a church for the East Coast of Tasmania. Offers a weekly church service at both Swansea and Triabunna and a less regular church at Woodsdale and Bicheno. Please stay around afterwards to chat and enjoy a cuppa. Please see the website for church times.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Blowhole - East Coast Whale Trail — Image credit: Karen Skews

Natural Attractions

Bicheno Blowhole - East Coast Whale Trail

The East Coast Whale Trail is a series of coastal stops you can visit with information signs about the whales and where you have a good chance of seeing them. There are 14 trail sites scattered all along the coast from The Gardens in the larapuna/Bay of Fires area near St Helens in the north to Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula. At each East Coast Whale Trail site, you will find a sign with information and stories about them and big sea views to search for signs of whales. There are binoculars installed at two of the Trail sites to help you get a closer view. Whales can throw their fins and flukes, or even their bodies, high out of the water, making great explosions of foam on the sea surface that can be seen from far away. Sometimes they come within a few hundred metres of shore.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Redbill Beach, Bicheno — Image credit: Karen Skews

Natural Attractions

Redbill Beach, Bicheno

Redbill Beach is the main surfing beach for Bicheno. The 1 km long beach curves round between the Diamond Island spit and the southern rocks of Redbill Point and faces east out of the small bay. At low tide and weather permitting, you can walk out to Diamond Island with caution. A 1.5 km long foreshore walking track leads from the Redbill Point around past Lynes Point to Waubs Bay.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club Inc

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club Inc

Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club was first established in the early 1980's - located at Waubs Beach, Bicheno. It's home to Nippers, Patrols, Emergency Response Team, and hosts events like Australia Day celebrations and the annual ocean swim the 'Devil Swim', a unique open water swim over 1km, 2km and 5km, catering to competitive and social swimmers.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Fishing

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Bicheno Kayaking

Due to Bicheno's open exposure to the Tasman Sea many recreational anglers are either rock or beach fishers. A vessel capable of coping with large, unpredictable seas is needed here. Some beach fishing occurs north of Bicheno and also south towards Coles Bay at Friendly Beaches. Australian salmon, flathead and shark are targeted in the surf, while striped trumpeter, barracouta, morwong, leatherjacket and cod are taken offshore. Rocky shores abound around Bicheno and many areas are suitable as fishing platforms. A silver sliced lure is the most common hardware and bait fishing techniques here are less common. There is a marine reserve around Governors Island, opposite The Gulch, which provides an excellent opportunity for diving. The wharf at the Gulch is a popular place to visit in the evenings for salmon, mackerel and trevally to name just a few. It is also a great spot for kids. North of Bicheno are a few accessible beaches that are worth a try if you can find some gutters. In particular, the beach from the turn-off at Four Mile Beach all the way around to the bluff at the southern end of the beach can be good, but look for gutters for the best results.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Golf Club — Image credit: allsquaregolf.com

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Bicheno Golf Club

Welcome to the Bicheno Golf Club. The club is located on the sunny east coast of Tasmania about 5 km north of the town of Bicheno. The course currently consists of 9 holes and 18 tees both the course and greens are fully irrigated to provide excellent playing conditions all year-round. They have a fully-equipped clubhouse and the course is open seven days a week for play.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Waubs Bay Bicheno - East Coast Whale Trail — Image credit: Karen Skews

Natural Attractions

Waubs Bay Bicheno - East Coast Whale Trail

The East Coast Whale Trail is a series of coastal stops you can visit with information signs about the whales and where you have a good chance of seeing them. There are 14 trail sites scattered all along the coast from The Gardens in the larapuna/Bay of Fires area near St Helens in the north to Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula. At each East Coast Whale Trail site, you will find a sign with information and stories about them and big sea views to search for signs of whales. There are binoculars installed at two of the Trail sites to help you get a closer view Whales can throw their fins and flukes, or even their bodies, high out of the water, making great explosions of foam on the sea surface that can be seen from far away. Sometimes they come within a few hundred metres of shore.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Undersong Perfumery, Bicheno — Image credit: Undersong Tasmania

Natural Attractions

Undersong Perfumery

Do you love perfume? Crave natural aromas? You will relish exploring the world of natural fragrance with Grasse-trained perfumer and celebrated author Hilary Burden in her East Coast perfumery. Undersong offers small group tours and bespoke tailored experiences which include: viewing (and smelling) a perfume distillation in progress; experiencing a variety of botanicals; learning about the history of perfume; wandering to see local wild flowers; and, exploring your sense of smell. Refreshments include botanical teas and homemade shortbread. Bookings for small groups can be made by contacting the perfumery by email. Thanks to the power of fragrance this is a unique, hour-long experience that is impossible to forget. Parking is available nearby with easy access from Bicheno's main shopping street.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno, Whalers Lookout Scenic Reserve

Natural Attractions

Bicheno, Whalers Lookout Scenic Reserve

There are two safe lookout platforms, one facing east towards the ocean and over the Gulch, the other over the town and western beaches. You will get panoramic views of the town and its sparkling crescent shaped harbour. Although steep it is family friendly and makes a fantastic picnic spot.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Bicheno Tennis Club

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Bicheno Tennis Club

Bicheno Tennis Club encourages everyone 'to have a hit' and enjoy tennis with the best view in town. You can either have a hit while you are passing through or join the club, for free, year-round play! They have made court bookings simple, and membership accessible. Just use the prompts on the website to make a booking.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

Peggy's Point Bicheno - East Coast Whale Trail — Image credit: Karen Skews

Natural Attractions

Peggy's Point Bicheno - East Coast Whale Trail

The East Coast Whale Trail is a series of coastal stops you can visit with information signs about the whales and where you have a good chance of seeing them. There are 14 trail sites scattered all along the coast from The Gardens in the larapuna/Bay of Fires area near St Helens in the north to Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula. At each East Coast Whale Trail site, you will find a sign with information and stories about them and big sea views to search for signs of whales. There are binoculars installed at two of the Trail sites to help you get a closer view. Whales can throw their fins and flukes, or even their bodies, high out of the water, making great explosions of foam on the sea surface that can be seen from far away. Sometimes they come within a few hundred metres of shore.

Bicheno TAS

17 km away

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