Address & Contact Edit
47 Cecilia St
St Helens TAS 7216
Phone: +613 6376 7900
Email: admin@bodc.tas.gov.au
Web: https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/about/regions-of-tasmania/east-coast/st-helens
St Helens is the largest town on Tasmania's north-east coast and the last town before the highway turns from the coast and heads inland over the ranges to
Launceston and the north coast. The town overlooks the expansive waters of
Georges Bay, which is base for a substantial fishing industry and recreational fishing. The state's second largest fishing port, it is renowned for its catches of deep sea fish and lobster.
St Helens offers all the
services of a busy town with a positively laid back life style, and that's just the way the locals and visitors like it. There are a good choice of
places to eat including at the port area where the fishing fleet is based.
The town has a
population of about 2,000 with a substantial increase at holiday time. The area was first known as
Georges Bay and was a whaling base. A
post office opened in 1869. The town was renamed St Helens in 1882. It was a fishing, timber and farming area initially but when tin was discovered in the area in 1874 its economy received a boost as it provided
services to the miners and handled the shipping of tin ore.
St Helens offers a wide range of accommodation to visitors who come for the beaches, fishing and the scenery.
Launceston is about a two hour drive away.