An hour from Hobart, but a million miles from care
Stewarts Bay Lodge is located in one of Tasmania’s most beautiful natural settings.
It is a leisurely 20-minute stroll from the Port Arthur Historic Site.
The Tasman Peninsula is one of the most incredible natural Peninsulas in the country.
Separated by the famous ‘Neck” it abounds in natural treasures. Some of the key features include:
- Port Arthur Historic Site
- Remarkable Cave
- Cape Huay, Cape Pillar and Cape Raoul
- Waterfall Bay
- Roaring Beach
- Crescent Bay
- Tasman National Park
- The Totem Pole
- The Candle Stick
- Doo Town
- Tasman Arch
- Blowhole
- Tesselated Pavement
- Coal Mines Historic Site
- Fortescue Bay
Stewarts Bay Lodge is an ideal location to explore our wonderful neighbourhood.
Port Arthur was chosen as the penultimate penal site because of its sheer isolation and dramatic wild landscapes — the very same reasons it has now become an destination icon for travellers worldwide.
The rugged coastline, featuring Australia's highest sea cliffs; the deceptive and dangerous tidal shelf of Shipstern Bluff which, when weather and tide are right, creates the country's biggest and steepest waves; the curious dolerite sentinels that protect Tasman Island and Cape Huay, and its hidden coves and bays, are worth the visit alone.
Then, there are the beaches — the squeaky-clean white sand of Safety Cove, the long safe arc of White Beach with its shallow waters, the many protected coves off Koonya, and the fossicker's delight, Shelley Beach. There are too many others to name.
Where the natural remnant forests remain, wildlife is abundant — possums, Tasmanian Devils, wombats, echidnas and kangaroos and pademelons.
The Tasman Peninsula is also home to giant wedgetail and sea eagles, yellow-tailed black cockatoos, many species of honeyeaters, blue wrens, pardalottes, and many others, which make it a popular destination for birdwatchers.
The offshore waters have been named as the "world's best diving" by National Geographic magazine, and showcase giant kelp forests, and many underwater denizens of the deep, including the curious handfish which is endemic to Tasmania.
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