Parking
Use the Wineglass Bay Walking Tracks Car Park at the end of Coles Bay Road. The trail starts from the main walks area.
Overview
About Isthmus Track to Hazards Beach
Why go
- Wineglass Bay, a wetland crossing and Hazards Beach in one walk
- The north-end turnaround keeps this distinct from the longer circuit
Heads up
- The long staircase is a steep climb on the return
- Beach sand and the 10 km round trip take real time
At Hazards Beach, give yourself a little time before turning back. From the north end, the view opens along the long sandy shore toward an offshore island and the Hazards Mountains farther south. Walking farther down the beach adds distance beyond the 10.1 km figure. For a photo, include some of the shoreline with the peaks behind it so the beach’s length reads in the frame.
Parkwolf’s verdictHazards Beach is the payoffMap & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Freycinet Tour Guide
Your drive to Isthmus Track to Hazards Beach, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Freycinet National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Wineglass Bay Walking Tracks0:00 / 0:25
“You're approaching the Wineglass Bay Walking Tracks car park, where the hike to the famous crescent-beach view begins.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Freycinet Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Honeymoon Bay
- Freycinet Lodge Dining
- Coles Bay’s Shopping-Bag Experiment
- Visitor Centre, Ranger Creek and Richardsons Beach
- 24 audio storiesacross Freycinet’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Wombat, Echidna, Red-necked Wallaby, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 21 trails, 29 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Isthmus Track to Hazards Beach
A proper half-day, not just a beach strollIsthmus Track to Hazards Beach is a 10.
Isthmus Track to Hazards Beach is a 10.1 km out-and-back from the Wineglass Bay Walking Tracks Car Park. It climbs to Wineglass Bay Lookout, drops to the beach, then crosses the 1.9 km Isthmus Track to Hazards Beach before retracing the same line. Allow about four hours. It’s a good pick if you want both bays, but the lookout staircase makes the return feel longer than the map suggests.
The route over the saddleFrom the car park the path climbs toward the saddle between Mount Mayson and Mount Amos and the…
From the car park the path climbs toward the saddle between Mount Mayson and Mount Amos and the Wineglass Bay lookout. The curved white bay sits below; take in the view before going down a long, steep staircase to the sand. Walk along Wineglass Bay to the Isthmus Track entrance, then follow its steps over a sand dune and a boardwalk through marshy ground. Hazards Lagoon lies just south of the crossing. The sand and wetland feel quite different from the granite lookout ridge.
Getting back and what to expectThis is an out-and-back to Hazards Beach, not the separate circuit around the west coast on…
This is an out-and-back to Hazards Beach, not the separate circuit around the west coast on Hazards Beach Track. On the way home, expect to climb the steep staircase you descended from the lookout; the dune steps add another up-and-down. A valid Tasmanian parks pass is required for entry, and pets aren’t allowed in national parks.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Freycinet
27 sightingsWombatMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
35 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
358 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
17 sightingsPademelonMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
27 sightingsWhite-bellied Sea-EagleMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
50 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Freycinet. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
