This is a grand cycling tour of Bruny Island that can occur over at least 2 but up to several days, depending on what side-trips, camping and walking options you want to take along the way.
Highlights
This is a grand cycling tour of Bruny Island that can occur over at least 2 but up to several days, depending on what side-trips, camping and walking options you want to take along the way. It incorporates a suite of some of the magnificent landscapes and sights of Bruny, from the Neck beach to Adventure Bay and the Cape Bruny Lighthouse which gazes out towards the South-West Cape and Southern Ocean. There are many great camping and walking options along the way, along with options to extending your tour to incorporate Cloudy Bay, the Labillardiere Peninsula or North Bruny.
Highlights include sweeping views from the neck beach, superb birdlife throughout, great coastal aspects from Adventure Bay and Alonnah. Grand views of the Southern Ocean and Tasmania from Cape Bruny. Wonderful walk, camping, food and side-trip options along the way.
Track details
From Roberts point Ferry Terminal at Bruny Island, it is best to let the vehicle traffic go first, before then following the winding and undulating B66 (Bruny Island Main Road) east through open farmland and patches of open Eucalypt forest in North Bruny and then heading south towards Great Bay, where the Get Shucked Oysters or Bruny Island Cheese Company makes a great morning tea stop. From Great Bay, continue south along B66 up and then down through a mix of pastures and Eucalypt forests before descending to the Neck, where you could stop and do a short walk to Truganini lookout or the Neck Beach. From here continue south on B66 and then turn left onto C630 (Adventure Bay Road) towards Adventure Bay. The winding and slightly more undulating road now hugs close to the coast as it looks through the trees towards the sea and views back to Cape Queen Elizabeth and on to Fluted Cape. There are walk options at the beautiful Hanson’s Beach and Two Tree Point, here, or at Adventure Bay Beach, when you arrive there. There is a good picnic spot here for lunch or at the nearby café or store at Adventure Bay. From Adventure Bay, return north on Adventure Bay Rd (C630) before turning left on the B66 to Alonnah, where the Alonnah foreshore walk or Sheepwash Bay walk offer beautiful views back across the Channel towards ‘mainland’ Tasmania and the mountains of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Bruny Island Hotel and Alonnah Café offer take away café or pub meals. From Alonnah head south on the B66 before at Lunawanna turning right onto Lighthouse Road, and following this well graded dirt road south for about 18km on to the Cape Bruny Lighthouse. Cape Bruny offers superb and sweeping views across parts of the Labillardiere peninsula, across the D’Entrecasteaux Channel towards the South-West Cape, and out into the Southern Ocean. Looking south from here there is no major landmass until Antarctica. Options from the Cape Bruny Lighthouse include continuing on to the Labillardiere peninsula, (where there is a campsite and some lovely walks,) returning the 61km north directly back to the Ferry Terminal at Roberts Point, taking an 18.8km return side-trip to the magnificent Cloudy Bay, or taking on a longer extended side-trip – a 43.5km circuit around the quiet and peaceful North Bruny. Depending on the length of time you stay and the side-trips you take, there are multiple accommodation and camping options along this tour, including Miles Beach, The Neck, Adventure Bay, Alonnah, Lunawanna, Cloudy Bay, Little Jetty Beach and Dennes Point.
Conditions
Undulating largely sealed road, but with well graded dirt roads to Cape Bruny Lighthouse, Cloudy Bay and on North Bruny.
Safety advice
Ensure you wear high visibility gear whilst riding as there is plenty of tourist traffic throughout
Location
7150, South Bruny, Tasmania, Australia
Bruny Island can be reached via a pedestrian and vehicular ferry that operates out of Kettering, a coastal hamlet that is 33km south of Hobart on the A6 then B68. The Ferry takes 15-30 mins from Kettering to reach Roberts point on North Bruny. The Ferry operates every 20 mins for most of the day, and it costs $6 to get a return trip to Bruny with your bike. The current timetable can be accessed here
Track details
From Roberts point Ferry Terminal at Bruny Island, it is best to let the vehicle traffic go first, before then following the winding and undulating B66 (Bruny Island Main Road) east through open farmland and patches of open Eucalypt forest in North Bruny and then heading south towards Great Bay, where the Get Shucked Oysters or Bruny Island Cheese Company makes a great morning tea stop. From Great Bay, continue south along B66 up and then down through a mix of pastures and Eucalypt forests before descending to the Neck, where you could stop and do a short walk to Truganini lookout or the Neck Beach. From here continue south on B66 and then turn left onto C630 (Adventure Bay Road) towards Adventure Bay. The winding and slightly more undulating road now hugs close to the coast as it looks through the trees towards the sea and views back to Cape Queen Elizabeth and on to Fluted Cape. There are walk options at the beautiful Hanson’s Beach and Two Tree Point, here, or at Adventure Bay Beach, when you arrive there. There is a good picnic spot here for lunch or at the nearby café or store at Adventure Bay. From Adventure Bay, return north on Adventure Bay Rd (C630) before turning left on the B66 to Alonnah, where the Alonnah foreshore walk or Sheepwash Bay walk offer beautiful views back across the Channel towards ‘mainland’ Tasmania and the mountains of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Bruny Island Hotel and Alonnah Café offer take away café or pub meals. From Alonnah head south on the B66 before at Lunawanna turning right onto Lighthouse Road, and following this well graded dirt road south for about 18km on to the Cape Bruny Lighthouse. Cape Bruny offers superb and sweeping views across parts of the Labillardiere peninsula, across the D’Entrecasteaux Channel towards the South-West Cape, and out into the Southern Ocean. Looking south from here there is no major landmass until Antarctica. Options from the Cape Bruny Lighthouse include continuing on to the Labillardiere peninsula, (where there is a campsite and some lovely walks,) returning the 61km north directly back to the Ferry Terminal at Roberts Point, taking an 18.8km return side-trip to the magnificent Cloudy Bay, or taking on a longer extended side-trip – a 43.5km circuit around the quiet and peaceful North Bruny. Depending on the length of time you stay and the side-trips you take, there are multiple accommodation and camping options along this tour, including Miles Beach, The Neck, Adventure Bay, Alonnah, Lunawanna, Cloudy Bay, Little Jetty Beach and Dennes Point.
Conditions
Undulating largely sealed road, but with well graded dirt roads to Cape Bruny Lighthouse, Cloudy Bay and on North Bruny.
Safety advice
Ensure you wear high visibility gear whilst riding as there is plenty of tourist traffic throughout
Location
7150, South Bruny, Tasmania, Australia
Bruny Island can be reached via a pedestrian and vehicular ferry that operates out of Kettering, a coastal hamlet that is 33km south of Hobart on the A6 then B68. The Ferry takes 15-30 mins from Kettering to reach Roberts point on North Bruny. The Ferry operates every 20 mins for most of the day, and it costs $6 to get a return trip to Bruny with your bike. The current timetable can be accessed here
Key info
2-6 days, depending on options chosen, walks, side-trips. return
136km return from Kettering. 200km from Hobart return
Grade 2: Moderate
Facilities
There are multiple walk options along the way. There are camping, food, and accommodation options particularly at Great Bay, Adventure Bay, Alonnah and Cloudy Bay.