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 View over Bicheno. |
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Population: 1,000, Elevation: 5m Latitude: -41.5232 Longitude:148.1715 Location: 195 km north east of Hobart Highway: Tasman Hwy (A3). Nearest Major Town: Hobart Nearest Airport: Hobart Touring Area: East Coast |
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 Boats at rest in Bicheno harbour. |
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Located 195 km from Hobart, Bicheno began around 1803 as "Waubs Boat Harbour" when Whalers and
sealers used the safe harbour after a long days hunting. In 1854 coal mining
from the Denison River mines began along 7 kms of tramway pulled by horses.
Today Bicheno is an extremely popular holiday resort and boasts spectacular beaches and first
class amenitities. Fishing is excellent being a major fishing centre and home to many fishermen. Visit the grave of Wauba Debar near the tennis courts, (after whom Waub's Harbour was named), an aboriginal girl taken from her tribe as a teenager to become a 'sealer's woman'. Her bravery in rescuing two sealers in a storm is commemorated by a headstone. The town was named after James Ebenezer Bicheno, the British Colonial Secretary for Van Diemen's Land from 1843 to 1851. There is a little penguin colony on nearby Diamond Island. PLACES OF INTEREST:
INFORMATION CENTRE: Bicheno Information Centre Burgess St, Bicheno, TAS. 7215 Telephone: 03 6375 1500 HOW TO GET THERE: From Hobart Take the Tasman Hwy north from Hobart via Sorell and follow the road to Bicheno. From Launceston Take the Tasman Hwy east from Launceston via St Helens and follow the road to Bicheno. TOURS: Coach Operators Redline: Ph: 1300 360 000 Greyhound Pioneer: 132 030 | ||||||||
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