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Eaglehawk Neck - Cities, Towns and Localities |
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As you
descend down out of the hills above Eaglehawk Neck, stop at the viewing
points beside the road and take in the dramatic views across Eaglehawk
and east across Pirate’s Bays. It is here that you can see what an
effective location was selected for the prison at Port Arthur. Eaglehawk
Neck itself is a tie bar made of sand carried by currents and waves from
the floor bed of Pirate’s Bay to the east and Norfolk Bay to the
west. It joins the Tasman Peninsula where Port Arthur is located, to Forestier Peninsula, in a narrow strip of land which is less than 100 m
wide.
A sombre reminder of the Peninsula’s history is the bronze dog
sculpture, marking the spot where chained attack dogs were once
stationed to prevent convicts escaping from Port Arthur and gaining
access to the Forestier Peninsula and possible freedom.
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Today, visitors take in some of the most dramatic coastline
in Tasmania, with its natural formations, including tessellated
pavement, forests of huge elkhorn kelp, Tasman Blowhole, Tasman Arch and
the Devils Kitchen.
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Eaglehawk Neck accommodation
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 Devil’s Kitchen
• Formed in a similar
process to that which created the Tasman’s Arch, is the 60 metres deep
Devil’s Kitchen.
Doo Town
• Is a holiday village on
route to the Tasman’s Arch, the Blowhole and the Devil’s Kitchen. It is
village where all the residents have tried to be witty with the naming
of their homes. There is a Doo Come In, Doo Us, Doo Me, Doo Nix, Doodle
Doo, Gunadoo, Love Me Doo, Wee Doo, and the house which reputedly
started the fashion, Doo Little.
 Tasman’s
Arch
• A natural arch which is an enlarged
tunnel running from the coast along a zone of closely spaced cracks and
extending inland to a second zone that is perpendicular to the first. The roof
at the landward end of the tunnel has collapsed but the hole is too large and
the sides are too high to form a blowhole. The tunnel was produced by wave
action.
The Tessellated Pavement
• Just a short walk from the car park is
this unusual geological formation, which gives the rocks the effect of being
rather neatly tiled by a giant. The pavement appears tessellated (tiled) because
the rocks forming it were fractured by earth movements. The fractures are in
three sets. One set runs almost north, another east north east, and the third
discontinuous set north north west. It is the last two sets that produce the
tiled appearance. The flatness of the pavement is due to initial erosion by
waves carrying sand and gravel, and nearer to the cliff, to chemical action by
sea water. The rocks absorb sea water during high tide, then dry out during low
tide, causing salt crystals to grow and thereby disintegrating the rocks. This
is a process which produces shallow basins.
Information provided by the Geology
Department of the University of Tasmania
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Eaglehawk Neck Tours
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TAS Tours •
Outback •
Eco •
Adventure • National Tours |
Eaglehawk
Dive Centre
• 178 Pirates Bay Drive, EAGLEHAWK TAS 7179 • Ph: 03
6250 3566 •
• Some of the best temperate water diving
with escorted cave tours, seals, sea dragons, wrecks and kelp forests.
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Personalised Sea
Charters
• 322 Blowhole Rd, EAGLEHAWK NECK TAS 7179 • Ph: 03 6250 3370
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• Offering game, deep sea, reef or bay fishing, sightseeing, seal colony
visits and dolphin watch.
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Sealife Experience
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EAGLEHAWK NECK TAS 7179 •
Ph: 0428 300 303 •
• Coastal and wildlife Adventure tours with Tassie Wine
Cheese and Nibbles. Amazing coastal scenery, seals, dolphins, albatross and the
best interactive experience.
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Tasman Nature Guiding
• 70 Old Jetty Rd, EAGLEHAWK TAS 7179 • Ph: 03
6250 3268 •
• Find out about the local birds, animals,
flowers and landforms with personalised tours with a knowledgeable
guide.
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Distance to Eaglehawk Neck
• Following are some approximate distances by
road to Eaglehawk Neck:
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Distances given are only approximation, they should be verified with the appropriate
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