Bruny Island | Hazard Rating: 2/10 | Parking: Good + close | Faces: West | Length: 1.1 km
Original People: Nuenonne | Original Name: lunawannalonna (Bruny Island)
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Alonnah Beach is situated close to Bruny Island Main Road. This is a beach you could swim and spend time at – but there are better choices not far away – e.g. Adventure Bay. A small car park at Reef Track on the south end is the best place for access. The name comes from part of the Aboriginal name for Bruny Island – lunawannalonna.
Close to shops, Hotel Bruny and other facilities. Views of Satellite Island.
A sheltered beach ideal for families with several entry points and parking along its shore. Part of the foreshore trail. A wonderful walk is along Bellerive Beach, Second Bluff, and Howrah Beach. Toilets are on the west end, about 150m from the playground, none in the middle or the east end.
The west end (near Bellerive Oval) has an excellent playground, park, BBQ facilities, and outdoor gym. A well-thought-out beach and park area that includes many things for a diverse group of users, including 3 BBQ areas. Wide flat paths good for wheelchair access.
It was originally named Kangaroo Point in 1820 and changed to Bellerive in the 1830s. Bellerive is French for ‘beautiful shore or river bank’. Occupied for 35,000 years by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone.
A highly recommended fish & chip shop – The Fish Bar – is also on the foreshore.
Hazard Rating: 1/10 | Parking: Roadside | from Hobart: 92 km | Faces: NE into Carnarvon Bay | Length: 1 km
Original Name: Turrakana, the homeland of the Pydairrerme (Tasman Peninsula’s Aboriginal people)
Big Possum Beach is on the Tasman Peninsula 1.5 km south of Port Arthur on Safety Cove Road on the way to Remarkable Cave.
A small quaint unknown roadside beach ideal for families and kids.
Walk, swim, paddle, swing on an old-style tire swing, walk out on a somewhat suspect jetty or watch bird life while taking in the stunning views across Carnarvon Bay.
