Mention Coles Bay, Wineglass Bay, and Freycinet National Park to a Tasmanian and you'll see eyes light up with thoughts of fishing and boating, bushwalking, sea kayaking, rock climbing, sun and sand, and spectacular coastal scenery.

Where else in Australia can you find pink granite mountains rising straight from the sea to form a magnificent sheltered waterway or one of the top ten beaches in the world, Wineglass Bay?

Coles Bay, Tasmania sits at the foot of the granite mountains known as the Hazards and on the edge of the world-renowned Freycinet National Park and Wineglass Bay, about two and 1/2 hours drive from Hobart and Launceston on the east coast of Tasmania.

Facilities in Coles Bay or Freycinet range from luxury accommodation and gourmet restaurants to wilderness camping and self-catering. Freycinet National Park is home to the only interpretation centre on the east coast of Tasmania.

Coles Bay, Tasmania: Australia's First Plastic Bag Free Town.

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The communities of the Freycinet Peninsula are delighted that following public discussion about the Coles Bay Jetty, which had deteriorated over recent years, requiring safety restrictions to be placed on its use over recent months, the Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, the Hon Michelle O'Byrne, MP has announced that the State Government will provide funding of $980,000 through the State Government’s Urban Renewal and Heritage Fund to replace it.

The jetty is used by a range of tourism operators, marine farm and wild fishery vessels, police and emergency services as well as recreational users and the local community.