BAY OF FiRES
Sapphire hued chrystal sea washing pure, white sands and red lichen crusted granite, salt-laced winds carrying echoes of ancient voices and the cries of pacific gulls.
Bay of Fires
2.5 hour drive east from Launceston or 3.5 hour drive north-west from Hobart
Whilst it is possible to walk the 50 kms from Eddystone Point, south to Binalong Bay, we’ve always taken a more leisurely approach, staying overnight at Binalong and bimbling about on foot up the beach to Old Man Rocks, or taking short drives up to The Gardens.
Why Binalong? The short answer might have been the tranquillity and beauty of the place, except that wouldn’t differentiate the bay area from so much of the rest of the island. The longer answer lies in the sensory overload I get from the inrush on every inhalation of brine-scented Southern Ocean air, borne on a wind that’s blown for as many centuries as kilometres, whilst soaking up vistas of chrystaline aqua-marine lapping brilliantly white sands and red-lichened rocks beneath, by turns, bright azure skies scudded with roiling serries of brindled clouds, swooped and soared by Pacific Gulls fishing in the shore-break.
One day, we’ll walk the length of the bay. For now, we’ve been content to amble about evolving our familiarity with the locale, sitting still for long enough to restfully take in a living seascape, going about its business leisurely paced to tide and season.
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Walking & hiking
Photography spots
Landscape
Binalong Bay
The Gardens
Sapphire hued chrystal sea washing pure, white sands and red lichen crusted granite, salt-laced winds carrying echoes of ancient voices and the cries of pacific gulls.