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A very pleasant beachside town in an area with lovely beaches
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The best coastal scenery in Tasmania.
ST. MARY'S - FINGAL - ELEPHANT PASS
balhannah Says: Why we did the scenic route to St. Mary's and Fingal via the Elephant Pass from Bicheno, was so we could stop at the Mount Elephant Pancake Barn. We had heard reports about it, and wanted to try one for ourselves. We were not disappointed, large & delicious, yes, we will...
balhannah Says: Another Waterfall that is worth a stop and a look. A short, 15 minute return walk from the car park to the viewing platform to see the spectacular tall waterfall plunging into the Cygnet River into a gorge. It can get a little slippery on the dirt and rocky track descending...
balhannah Says: St Columba Falls are the tallest falls in TasmaniaThe waterfall is a lovely, multi tiered falls, that plunge about 90m down the side of Mt Victoria. Much of the falls can be viewed from the road, but do the short 20-minute easy return walk as you pass through giant man and...
balhannah Says: Eddystone Point lighthouse is situated in the Mt William National Park 15 kilometres north of Ansons Bay on the easternmost point of Tasmania's north-east coast.It is a circular stone tower made of locally quarried granite and stands 36 metres high. Opened in 1889, it was...
balhannah Says: After visiting Evercreech, head on another 16 kms to Mathinna Waterfalls. The falls consist of a four tier waterfall which cascades over a total drop of about 80 metres - a spectacular sight! An easy 30min walk will take you to the base of the falls.Access to this waterfall...
balhannah Says: The Blue Lake is about 1hours drive from Scottsdale, about 17ks on the Gladstone road. The lake is here because of the tin mining carried out in this area. Its a very pretty azure blue. Swimming is allowed, remember, its very deep. Its also big enough for water skiing. You...
EVERCREECH FOREST RESERVE ON EAST COAST
balhannah Says: This reserve is located in the Fingal Valley, and is signposted from the town of Fingal. Here, you find the 'White Knights" THE TALLEST WHITE GUMTREES IN EXISTENCE...... more impressive and taller than the Big Trees in the Styx Valley.A 20 minute loop walk takes you past the...
balhannah Says: The Bay of Fires is situated between Binalong Bay and Eddystone Point.The entrance to the Bay of Fires - Binalong Bay, is 10 minutes from St. Helens.The Beach here is white, with lovely green/blue water.We stayed at St. Helen's but I would imagine it would be nice staying...
balhannah Says: St Helens, located in a pretty setting overlooking Georges Bay, is the largest town on the north-east coast, with a population of about 2,000, and is also known as 'THE GAME FISHING CAPITAL OF TASMANIA" St Helens is a popular destination for fishing, and each March the St...
tiabunna Says: Photo 1 Sign and scrub in the coastal protection areaPhoto 2 Dunes in the coastal protection areaPhoto 3 Dunes in the ‘Motorised Recreation Area’ Photo 4 Four flats – anyone got a tyre pump?Photo 5 Sign designating uses of the area.The southern bank of George’s Bay is a long...
1 Review and 0 Opinions We recently stayed at Anchor Wheel Motel, and thought that it was excellent value for money. The...
WELDBOROUGH HOTEL: An Unusual Menu
balhannah Says: On the way to St. Helens on the east coast of Tasmania, is Scottsdale. this is a rich dairying, agricultural and forest region. About halfway, (Lunch time) is the Weldborough Hotel. We stopped here for a light lunch. On reading the sign outside, we wondered if it was a good...
tiabunna Says: Photo 1 Salty Seas, alongside the Medeas CovePhoto 2 Choose your order, but it had better be seafood!Photos 3,4 Fish holding tanks and fish, inside the ‘Salty Seas’ Photo 5 Time for lunch of fish and chips.We visited no restaurants in St Helens because we self-catered. We...
Kate-Me Says: Be prepared : The journey from Launceston to St Helen’s (via Scottsdale) is a much longer journey than it looks on the map. (I recommend you have a car, motorcycle or campervan, as I didn't notice anu tourist buses and they will not get you to all the great places)Here's a...
Spiral Creations Tasmania: Hand crafted Jewellery
Kate-Me Says: This is a gallery/shop containing beautifully crafted predominantly silver jewellery. It was great to see the designer/craftsman there (Knut Lewandowski) working at his machinery at his work bench - added a nice dimension to the experience (especially since it’s free)I was...
balhannah Says: You probably won't believe this, but IT IS TRUE, IT HAPPENED TO ME. Beware of the Big Seagulls (Pacific Gulls) These are larger than our normal seagulls. I was fishing off the wharf at St. Helens, and decided to get my jacket as it had come in cold. I pulled my rod out of...
Further afield – Scamander area
tiabunna Says: Photo 1 Sandbank near ScamanderPhoto 2 Beach and picnic area at ScamanderPhoto 3 ‘Chancellor Inn, Scamander Beach’ looking out of place Photo 4 Beach beyond Scamander toward Bicheno.If you head south from St Helens, you will find yourself following yet more lovely and...
Kate-Me Says: Freycinet National Park has a lot to offer the visitor and is a very popular park, especially with campers, walkers and hikers (though it's great for sightseeing too) It's also very popular for boating. These granite rock mountains are quite famous and called "The Hazards"....
Not a bad place to go fishing!
tiabunna Says: Photo 1 Dad and son fishing Photo 2 Caught something, quick, get it off the hookPhoto 3 No, Mum also says it’s too small – back it goes! Photo 4 For fisherfolk with larger ambitions.We were interested to see what appeared to be ‘Dad’ giving his son doing some beach fishing...
Kate-Me Says: On St Helen's foreshore we discovered a very well equipped toilet block, which not only had power points for electric razors, but also a hot shower for campers too.
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This still looked great to us, even though the sun was barely shining as it went down.You could still see how blue the clear water would look on a clear day
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St Helens and the Bay of Fires
During our midwinter jaunt to the Island State (Tasmania, to you people overseas) we had a short stay at St Helens, in the north-east corner. We’d been there before and it’s one of our favourite spots...
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GAME FISHING CAPITAL OF TASMANIA
The largest town on the North East coast of Tasmania. Captain Tobias Furneaux was the first European to explore St Helens and by the 1830s the coastal town was occupied by sealers and whalers....
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The East coast of Tassie (especially between Bay of Fires and Freycinet Peninsula) is really spectacular with white sandy beaches, azure blue green sea, interesting shore rocks covered in bright...
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TASMANIA..ST.HELENS..BAY OF FIRES..
TASMANIA..ST.HELENS..Right on Georges Bay St.Helens is the largest easternmost town in Tasmania and was settled in around 1830 by whalers and sealers....and what a beautiful place it is..Im sure this...
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