Key Attractions of Freycinet National Park

The park is famous for Wineglass Bay, just one of its white sandy beaches and the pure clear turquoise waters that are perfect for sea kayaking, swimming and scuba diving. The Hazard Range offers climbing, abseiling and mountain walking, and the coastal heathlands have wonderful day walks.

Bird lovers may see a white-bellied sea eagle gliding overhead or large Australasian gannets diving for food. In the forested areas you will often see or hear small nectar-feeding birds such as eastern spinebills and yellow-throated crescent or yellow-tailed black cockatoos, which often feed and fly in raucous groups. Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve, just outside the park on the Coles Bay road, is a wetland of international importance.

Short Walks in Freycinet National Park

• Cape Tourville (20 minutes)
• Wineglass Bay Lookout (1-1.5 hours)
• Wineglass Bay (2.5 hours)
• Hazards Beach (3.5 hours)

Long Walks in Freycinet National Park

• Freycinet Circuit (two days)

Freycinet Accommodation

Camp sites are available just inside the park boundary. Because the area is so popular over the Christmas/New Year period a ballot is drawn for sites, so please check the Parks and Wildlife website.

The park offers a variety of basic powered and unpowered camp sites, some with cold showers. Outside the main summer/Easter period no bookings are taken, so you must check in at the Visitor/Interpretation Centre when you arrive.

What is Near Freycinet National Park

Coles Bay village offers a range of accommodation, as does Swansea, 45 minutes’ drive to the south, and Bicheno, 30 minutes’ drive to the north.

How to Get to Freycinet National Park

To reach Freycinet National Park, turn off the A3 11 kilometres (six miles) south of Bicheno and travel the good sealed two-lane road 27 kilometres (16 miles) to Coles Bay.