Ten Secret Beaches Near Hobart

Tasmania has incredible beaches and even the most popular ones are rarely crowded. Venture to the lesser-known beaches and you’re often likely to have them to yourself. What they lack in the way of chic cafes, fish and chip places and icecream shops, they more than make up for in scenery, tranquility and, in all likelihood, solitude.

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1 Tinderbox

Tinderbox Beach sits on a small peninsula about half an hour’s drive south of Hobart, at the confluence of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and Storm Bay at the mouth of the River Derwent. It offers a sheltered spot for sailing or swimming and an underwater marine reserve.

Tinderbox
Tinderbox

2 Five Mile Beach

This peaceful beach on a lagoon near Hobart Airport is a popular place for walking and photographing sunsets. The nearby Seven Mile Beach faces the ocean and sometimes has surf.

Five Mile Beach

3 Hinsby Beach

Hinsby Beach is a secret spot of which even many locals are not aware. It sits, slightly hidden, at the shore of the riverside suburb of Taroona, near the mouth of the River Derwent.

Taroona’s hidden secret, Hinsby Beach

4 Crescent Bay

Accessible via a short walk from Remarkable Cave, the crystal white sands of Cresent Bay on the Tasman Peninsula near Port Arthur offer views of the Southern Ocean and Tasman Island.

Crescent Bay

5 Snug Beach

Snug is a small township about half an hour’s drive south of Hobart. Most people pass through on their way to Bruny Island or the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, but hidden away off the main road is a magical little beach offering sheltered waters for swimming and boating.

Snug Beach

6 Mortimer Bay

A long, sheltered beach laying off the beaten track on the way to the South Arm peninsula, which offers it protection from the open ocean. Birdlife is plentiful and there are trails for walking, cycling and horseriding nearby.

Mortimer Bay

7 Goat Beach

There are numerous ocean beaches around the South Arm peninsula, about half an hour’s drive south east of Hobart. Fine sand and big waves make them popular with surfers.

Goat Beach

8 White Beach

Around an hour and a half’s drive from Hobart, on the Tasman Peninsula, White Beach is a popular spot for holiday homes and for local residents. Although it faces onto the well-named Storm Bay at the mouth of the River Derwent, it is a deep bay and fairly sheltered, offering pleasant walking and swimming.

White Beach

9 Roches Beach

Overlooking Frederick Henry Bay just north of the suburb of Lauderdale, about fifteen minutes’ drive east of Hobart and not far from Hobart Airport, Roches Beach is a peaceful and picturesque spot.

Roches Beach

10 Mary Anne Bay

The South Arm peninsula is shaped like a fishhhook at the southern end of the eastern shore of the River Derwent near Hobart. The very tip of the hook is Arm End, near the hamlet of Opossum Bay. It’s a nature reserve only accessible on foot or by boat. Mary Anne Bay is a sandy little cove on the Western side of the Arm, with views across to Taroona, kunanyi / Mount Wellington and north up the river back to Hobart.

Mary Anne Bay, Arm End

Mary Anne Bay, Arm End

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