At the northern end of Pirates Bay, a 10-minute trail leads to a rocky coastal terrace that has curiously eroded into what looks like tiled paving – it's geology as geometry.

At low tide you can walk along the foreshore to Clydes Island, where there's the grave of Chokey Nuroo, an Indian orphan who owned Eaglehawk Neck’s Lufra Hotel for 30 years in the early 20th century.


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1. Eaglehawk Neck Historic Site

0.67 MILES

Down on the Eaglehawk Neck isthmus – where once the barking Dogline dissuaded convicts escaping from Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula to the south –…

2. Pirates Bay Lookout

0.8 MILES

As you approach Eaglehawk Neck from the north, turn east onto Pirates Bay Dr for eye-popping views across Pirates Bay, the Neck and the jagged coastline…

4. Doo Town

2.04 MILES

No one is really sure how it all started, but the raggedy collection of fishing shacks at Doo Town (3km south of Eaglehawk Neck on the way to the Blowhole…

5. Tasmanian Devil Unzoo

4.99 MILES

Taranna’s prime attraction is this 'unzoo', an unfenced enclave of native bushland where wildlife comes and goes of its own accord. Species you might…

6. Stewarts Beach

9.71 MILES

Safe-swimming beach not far from the Port Arthur Historic Site.

7. Tasman National Park

10.04 MILES

Tasman National Park embraces the sky-high sea cliffs around Cape Raoul, Cape Hauy, Cape Pillar, Tasman Island and the craggy coast near Eaglehawk Neck…

8. Scorpion Rock

10.33 MILES

A terrific vantage point within the Port Arthur Historic Site, a short stroll uphill behind the ruins. Site admission charges apply. For a cheeky view…