Highlights
Dennes Point looks over lovely Nebraska Beach where you can walk to Bligh Point. There is a lovely Dennes Point heritage walk which takes you to the very tip of Dennes Point looking across to Tinderbox, up the Derwent, down the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and East to South Arm and across Storm Bay to the Tasman Peninsula
History
Name history
Dennes Point is named after the Dennes family who lived in this area in the early 1800s
Cultural and historical values
The region of Dennes Point was an important meeting place of the first peoples of both Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, and is a place that has important more contemporary historical significance too
Location
23 Bruny Island Main Road, Dennes Point Tasmania 7150, Australia
From the Roberts Point Ferry landing on Bruny island – drive 8.4km along Bruny Island Main Road (B66) before turning left onto C625 and driving north for 11km until you reach the Jetty Point Café – the melting pot and meeting point of Dennes Point!
History
Name history
Dennes Point is named after the Dennes family who lived in this area in the early 1800s
Cultural and historical values
The region of Dennes Point was an important meeting place of the first peoples of both Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, and is a place that has important more contemporary historical significance too
Location
23 Bruny Island Main Road, Dennes Point Tasmania 7150, Australia
From the Roberts Point Ferry landing on Bruny island – drive 8.4km along Bruny Island Main Road (B66) before turning left onto C625 and driving north for 11km until you reach the Jetty Point Café – the melting pot and meeting point of Dennes Point!
Lovely Dennes Point is the Northern most reaches of Bruny Island and encompasses a cafe and small gallery and general store, jetty and village of shacks and homes that look out over Nebraska Beach and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Dennes Point Activities
Some lovely walking, cycling and kayaking can be done at Dennes Point and North Bruny
Kayaking
Dennes Point to Bligh Point
2-3 hours, 4 hours to include Cape De La Sortie return
10km return + another 3-4km return to extend the trip to Cape De La Sortie return
Cycling
North Bruny Loop
3 hours return
43.5km loop from Roberts point, 107.5km return from Hobart return
Key info
Grade 0: Very Easy