Parking
Start at Squeaky Beach car park. It is small and fills quickly in peak season; toilets are beside it.
Overview
About Picnic Bay Walk
Why go
- Picnic Bay’s rock pools and granite headlands
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- Uneven ground and steady climbs over Leonard Point
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation0–53 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
2 active Wilsons Promontory alerts
- ClosureSouthern area closures and October deer-control restrictionsDo not enter the listed southern visitor areas during their closures, and plan around the October aerial deer-control operation.Official details
- InfoEntrance traffic management and delaysAllow extra travel time and follow traffic controls at the Wilsons Promontory National Park entrance.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Wilsons Promontory Tour Guide
Your drive to Picnic Bay Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Wilsons Promontory 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
Squeaky Beach and Its Singing Sand0:00 / 0:30
“You're approaching Squeaky Beach, where the sand really does make a high-pitched squeak beneath your feet.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Wilsons Promontory Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Norman and Glennie Lookouts
- Picnic Bay Rock Pools
- Lilly Pilly Gully and Mount Bishop
- Tidal River Footbridge and Tidal Overlook
- 22 audio storiesacross Wilsons Promontory’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Wedge-tailed Eagle, Koala, Bare-nosed Wombat, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 36 trails, 46 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 Picnic Bay Walk
A short coastal returnPicnic Bay Walk is a 3.3 km (2.
Picnic Bay Walk is a 3.3 km (2.1 mi) return from Squeaky Beach car park to Picnic Bay, following the coastal track over Leonard Point. Allow about 1.5 hours. The reward is a second beach with intertidal rock pools and granite formations at both ends of the bay.
What the track is likeA 300 m access path links the car park to Squeaky Beach.
A 300 m access path links the car park to Squeaky Beach. From there, the coastal track climbs over Leonard Point and drops to Picnic Bay. Expect uneven ground and steady climbs rather than a flat beach stroll. Turn back at Picnic Bay and retrace the same corridor; the continuing track toward Whisky Bay is a longer outing.
Before you goSqueaky Beach car park is small and fills quickly in peak season; toilets are beside it.
Squeaky Beach car park is small and fills quickly in peak season; toilets are beside it. Dogs aren’t allowed in the park. The coast is exposed, and large swells can break unexpectedly on rocky shorelines, so keep clear of wave-washed rocks.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Wilsons Promontory
18 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
29 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
774 sightingsBare-nosed WombatMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
291 sightingsEastern Grey KangarooMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
512 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsIndochinese Hog DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Wilsons Promontory. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
