Coles Bay - East Coast, Tasmania.
Despite being featured on television and in some of Australia and the worlds more prominent travel literature, Coles Bay might best be described as a little slice of paradise mostly forgotten and left to languish on Tasmania’s east coast, bathed in sunshine and surrounded by rugged mountain ranges and magnificent beaches.
This truly is a place of unparalleled natural beauty, sitting at the very head of Freycinet Peninsula in the north-east corner of Great Oyster Bay and with the world-renowned Wineglass Bay just a short walk across the Hazard Range to the south.
Visual delights aside, Coles Bay boasts a very moderate climate with an average 300days of sunshine per year, more than you get on Queensland’s God Coast, and is surrounded by magnificent, sheltered beaches offering easy access to an unparalleled range of water sports and activities.
Honeymoon Bay comprises four small beaches all providing excellent swimming, diving and snorkeling in brilliantly clear water and sheltered from the prevailing winds.
Bryan’s Beach is the southernmost beach on the Freycinet Peninsula and, being very well protected from all winds, is a favourite “bolt-hole” for boaties when the weather turns. It’s also a great spot to pick up a good feed of crayfish or abalone.
And then of course there is Wineglass Bay, Tasmania’s iconic east-coast beach. Only accessible by boat or on foot the beach is about a one-and-a-half hour walk from the National Park parking area.
In mid 2003 Coles Bay won world-wide acclaim when it became the first town in the world to totally ban the use of plastic bags.
This Tassie Local snapshot was produced by Footloose Photographic & Media Solutions
Things to see around - Coles Bay
Coles Bay - East Coast, Tasmania
