How long from launceston to bicheno

Foodies will love the local seafood including crayfish and abalone. Adventure tourists will enjoy snorkeling, hiking, scuba diving and kayaking. Diamond Island Resort in Bicheno runs a penguin parade for free. If blowholes excite you, for sure you'll like the Bicheno blowhole.

There's plenty to do for families too, such as Tassie devil spotting and plenty of family-friendly walks in the nearby Douglas-Apsley National Park. Widely recognised as one of the most beautiful places in Australia, a visit to the Bay of Fires is a must. Located on Tasmania's East Coast, the bay stretches more than 50 kilometres from Eddystone Point in the north to Binalong Bay in the south. Here, you'll see some of the white beaches and aqua waters with magnificent rock formations orange-hued granite.

Other popular things to do in the Bay of Fires include trekking, camping, bird watching, fishing and boating. Foodies and wine lovers are in for a real treat when they visit the town of Swansea. The area is famous for its seafood and for being the gateway to Tasmania's boutique wine country. Relax, sample and enjoy the charming coastal town of Swansea. Drive back up the peninsula to Copping where you can turn right onto Kellevie Road, which takes you through forest and the hamlet of Nugent to join the Tasman Highway at Buckland.

Stay on the highway through Orford to the port of Triabunna, where you can catch a ferry to Maria Island National Park , which has a convict settlement site, rugged scenery and an amazing collection of wildlife, including Tasmanian devils, wombats and little penguins. Follow it along the shores of the Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve past Freycinet Marine Farm , which harvests Pacific oysters, blue mussels, abalone and scallops daily.

Just down the road is the entrance to Freycinet National Park. The granite peaks of the Hazards provide a dramatic backdrop to bluer-than-blue bays.

Stroll on the postcard-perfect white sands of Wineglass Bay or hike through the bush. Go kayaking, swimming or wildlife spotting. There are wallabies everywhere and you might be lucky enough to sight a white-bellied sea eagle — or a southern right or humpback whale taking time out in the bay. Freycinet Lodge has waterfront cabins and Richardsons Bistro. Saffire Freycinet is a luxury lodge with a superb restaurant.

Turn off onto the C and wind through open farmland and light forest before crossing the South Esk River, zig-zagging a bit and then turning hard left to run northwards towards Nile and Evandale. Just past Nile, watch for the turnoff to the left onto Clarendon Road and follow it to Clarendon House.

The house is a part of the National Trust and has parks and outbuildings to be explored. This is an area of rich farmland with a backdrop of pure wilderness.

Migrants from England, hoping to find a better life in Tasmania, did so with gusto, creating some of the finest homes and estates in Australia. Clarendon House is one of these. From Clarendon House, follow the C into Evandale. Evandale is classified as an historic town, and is famous for its Sunday Morning market as well as the annual World Penny Farthing Races which are held in February.

Evandale was originally settled in and has been well maintained, with many of its original buildings still part of the landscape. Searching Availability…. Continue to Secure Booking System ». Cycling through Evandale.

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