Hazard Rating: 3/10 | Parking: Good | from Hobart: 94 km | Faces: NE | Length: 700 m
Fortescue Bay is a stunning beach located on the Tasman Peninsula. To access, turn left about 4 km before Port Arthur and travel 12 km down a dirt road suitable for 2WD vehicles.
A somewhat protected beach with white sand, aqua water and surrounded by Eucalyptus trees. Ideal for swimming, fishing, diving (including magnificent kelp columns) and walks along the beach where you never know what you may find washed up on the beach. This is one of the premier beaches in Tasmania that still allows camping with over 40 sites available for tents, campervans, and caravans (no powered sites). For detailed information, click here.
Fortescue Bay is worth a visit as a day trip or to camp – it has everything, a beautiful beach, stunning views and the feeling of being in the middle of nowhere – which it is! – you will not be disappointed.
Originally charted as Baie Dolomieu by French explorer Nicolas Baudin in 1802 to honor the French mineralogist Déodat de Dolomieu. It was subsequently renamed Fortescue Bay by British surveyor Robert Scott in the early 19th century after a British naval officer.
This is a TasPlay review of Fortescue Bay – you can contact us at contact@tasplay.com.au.
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