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Up the Great Eastern Drive to the Wineglass circuit, then back south to a shack on a 14.5 km sandspit with the Hazards across the water. Note you drive past your bed to reach the walk, and back again afterwards.
Jackman & McRoss in Battery Point, or Pigeon Whole
Find itBuy at Swansea at 10:00, along with your dinner provisions
Whatever you bought in Swansea. Melshell oysters if you stopped on the way through
Tuesday. Dolphin Sands has no shops and no restaurants, so buy dinner in Swansea on the way through - or oysters from Melshell, which is on Dolphin Sands Road itself.
Unsealed today. Sealed to the door. Cape Tourville and the Friendly Beaches spur are short park gravel.
Weather needs signal. Everything else works offline.
Anticlockwise - Wineglass first, before the crowds and the heat.
Trailhead in MapsDangerous when wet. Best view in Tasmania. Dry weather and grippy shoes only.
Trailhead in MapsWineglass, the Hazards and the Nuggets in 20 minutes. Best value view-per-step in the park.
Trailhead in MapsKilometres of empty white sand and no facilities.
Trailhead in MapsInto Wineglass from the water, past sea eagles and Schouten Island, with oysters and sparkling on board. The best-regarded boat trip on the east coast. Book ahead.
Open in MapsOysters, mussels, rock lobster and abalone shucked to order. Closes mid-afternoon.
Open in MapsOne of the great east coast views, with a wood-fired pizza and raw bar at the bottom.
Open in MapsKelp, rays and the Gulch. Short, cheap, good if the weather kills the walk.
Open in MapsConvict-built 1843 bridge studded with vertical fieldstones. Roadside.
Open in MapsBerry ice cream with a view across Great Oyster Bay to the Hazards.
Open in MapsThe lookout tower is one of the great east coast views.
Open in Maps5.5 km of park gravel to a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk, with Wineglass and the Hazards laid out.
Open in MapsShort gravel spur to kilometres of empty white sand and no facilities.
Open in MapsSmall granite cove, sealed access, the classic Freycinet sunset.
Open in MapsFresh local fish from a van at the wharf. Widely rated the best on the east coast.
Open in MapsShucked in front of you on the farm. Cash may be preferred.
Open in MapsLong-standing bakery attached to a tavern.
Open in MapsWood-fired pizza and a raw bar under the lookout tower.
Open in MapsOysters, mussels, rock lobster and abalone shucked to order. Closes mid-afternoon.
Open in MapsConsistently the best-rated in Coles Bay proper. Book.
Open in MapsLooks straight at the Hazards. Time it for last light.
Open in MapsWood-fired pizza and good coffee after a long walk.
Open in MapsPies and sandwiches for the Wineglass circuit.
Open in MapsNothing here is scheduled. This is what else is on today's road, roughly in the order you pass it - for when a walk gets cut short or the weather turns.
First real stop out of Hobart if you skipped breakfast in town.
Open in MapsFresh local fish from a van at the wharf, and widely rated the best fish and chips on the east coast. Also the Maria Island ferry terminal.
Open in MapsBerry ice cream and jams, with the Hazards across Great Oyster Bay. Hard to beat as a stop.
Open in MapsTwo of the older east coast vineyards, both on the A3. Riesling and pinot. Bottles only - you are driving to a walk.
Open in MapsOysters, mussels, rock lobster and abalone shucked to order. Closes mid-afternoon, so it is before the walk or not at all.
Open in MapsFrequently singled out as the best on the coast, and you will have walked 11 km.
Open in MapsA stained glass window said to be 14th century, in a tiny roadside church. Also the 1830s coaching inn opposite.
Open in MapsEither side of the Prosser River mouth, and an easy leg-stretch 90 min out of Hobart.
Open in MapsRoadside convict ruins between Orford and Swansea. Signed, free, and usually deserted.
Open in MapsConvict-built 1843 and studded with vertical fieldstones, for reasons nobody has satisfactorily explained. Spiky Beach is below it.
Open in MapsWattle-bark milling history attached to the tavern and bakery. Wet-weather option.
Open in MapsFlat coastal walk from the town, and where the Wineglass Bay cruises depart.
Open in MapsOne of the great east coast views, with wood-fired pizza and a raw bar underneath. WATCH - it costs an hour you may need for the circuit.
Open in MapsOrange lichen granite and clear water in a quiet corner of the park, near the Cape Tourville road.
Open in Maps5.5 km of park gravel to a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk, with Wineglass, the Hazards and the Nuggets in a 20 min loop. Best value view-per-step in the park.
Open in MapsSmall granite cove near the visitor centre, sealed access, and the classic Freycinet sunset if you are not going back to the spit.
Open in MapsShort gravel spur to kilometres of empty white sand with no facilities at all.
Open in MapsEastern tip of the spit where the Swan River meets the bay. The best Hazards views from this side of the water, in late light.
Open in MapsSealed to the door. Cape Tourville and the Friendly Beaches spur are short park gravel.
300 km · 4.9 hrs driving · Dolphin Sands - Airbnb