Things To Do in Freycinet National Park

Head out from Freycinet Lodge on a 30-minute uphill hike past beautiful pink-granite outcrops to Wineglass Bay Lookout for breathtaking views. You can then head down to Wineglass Bay itself and back up again. The walk takes around 2 1/2 hours. A longer route takes you along the length of Hazards Beach, where you'll find plenty of shell middens -- seashell refuse heaps -- left behind by the Aborigines who once lived here. This walk takes 6 hours.

Tasmanian Expeditions (tel. 1300/666 856 in Australia, or 03/6331 9000; www.tas-ex.com) offers a 3-day trip from Launceston and back that includes 2 nights in cabins at Coles Bay. The trip includes walks to Wineglass Bay and Mount Amor. It costs A$850 and departs on Wednesdays from October to June.

Not to be missed is a trip aboard Wineglass Bay Cruises' vessel Schouten Passage (tel. 03/6257 0355; www.wineglassbaycruises.com), which offers whale-watching between June and September, bay and game fishing, dolphin-watching, diving, scenic and marine wildlife cruises, and sunset cruises. Half-day cruises to Wineglass Bay cost A$120 per person.