Cloudy Bay is a magnificent wild open ocean beach that faces the Southern Ocean and looks towards Antarctica. This is a great place to watch seabirds and the rolling surf, to camp or to walk up to East Cloudy Head or to Lagoon Inlet.
Highlights
Cloudy Bay beach is an expansive ocean facing beach with big surf and grandstand views out to the Southern Ocean towards Antarctica
Track details
From Lunawanna, head south-east and then south on the C644 (Cloudy Bay Road). This dirt road passes through stretches of Eucalyptus Obliqua forest and farmland before reading Cloudy Bay Beach. From here you can choose to leave your bikes and walk westward out to Middle Beach and Lagoon inlet. Or you could chose to walk from here the few kms east down the beach to the Cloudy Corner campground. If you do so, please keep below the wet and hard sand below the high tide mark to keep away from shorebird nesting sites.
Conditions
A well graded dirt road
Safety advice
Be mindful of cars on this stretch of gravel road, wear high visibility gear. The sea at Cloudy Bay Beach can be hazardous at times and is recommended only for strong swimmers - a number of people have died here in the surf.
Location
924 Cloudy Bay Road, South Bruny Tasmania 7150, Australia
Lunawanna can be reached by following the signs from the Roberts Point Ferry Terminal to follow the B66 south for 42km.
Track details
From Lunawanna, head south-east and then south on the C644 (Cloudy Bay Road). This dirt road passes through stretches of Eucalyptus Obliqua forest and farmland before reading Cloudy Bay Beach. From here you can choose to leave your bikes and walk westward out to Middle Beach and Lagoon inlet. Or you could chose to walk from here the few kms east down the beach to the Cloudy Corner campground. If you do so, please keep below the wet and hard sand below the high tide mark to keep away from shorebird nesting sites.
Conditions
A well graded dirt road
Safety advice
Be mindful of cars on this stretch of gravel road, wear high visibility gear. The sea at Cloudy Bay Beach can be hazardous at times and is recommended only for strong swimmers - a number of people have died here in the surf.
Location
924 Cloudy Bay Road, South Bruny Tasmania 7150, Australia
Lunawanna can be reached by following the signs from the Roberts Point Ferry Terminal to follow the B66 south for 42km.
Features of Cloudy Bay
Some walks, wildlife and camping options from Cloudy Bay
Pied Oystercatcher
The Pied Oystercatcher is a large wading shore-bird with a black face, back and chest, a white belly, white tail with black band at its end and a white wing-bar visible when flying. Its beak is a bright orange.
Camping
Cloudy Corner Campground
A sheltered campsite tucked in the coastal forest behind the beach at the sheltered ‘Cloudy Corner’ of Cloudy Bay.
Key info
2-3 hours plus stops return
18.8km return
Grade 2: Moderate
Facilities
There is a campground 'the pines' at the near end of Cloudy Bay beach, and another at the far end at Cloudy Corner