Freycinet

National Park
Australia · Tasmania
TasmaniaDeclared in 1916169 km²

One of Australia's oldest national parks; it protects Wineglass Bay, reckoned one of the ten best beaches in the world

Area

169 km²

Protection category

UICN II

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Declared in

1916

Region

Tasmania

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo

Best time

March to May

Plan your visit

Best time
March to May
Area
169 km²

Highlight

One of Australia's oldest national parks; it protects Wineglass Bay, reckoned one of the ten best beaches in the world

Declared in 1916, it is one of the oldest national parks in Australia. Its most celebrated rock formation, a group of pink granite peaks known as The Hazards, frames Wineglass Bay, a beach of white sand and turquoise water repeatedly ranked among the ten best in the world by various international travel publications. It is one of the last significant mainland refuges of the Tasmanian devil, whose population across the rest of the island has been severely hit since the 1990s by a contagious facial tumour — one of the few transmissible cancers known in mammals — which has drastically reduced the species' total numbers.

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34 species documented in Freycinet

13 Mammals14 Birds2 Reptiles2 Cartilaginous fish1 Fish1 Arachnida1 Insecta

At conservation risk:Demonio de Tasmania,Quoll oriental,Gran tiburón blanco

Endemic to Australia:Demonio de Tasmania

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Australia, where Freycinet lies.

Selva tropicalSabanaDesiertoMarino / costero

Experiences in this park

Observación de aves

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