Address & Contact
55 Burgess St
Bicheno TAS 7215
Phone: +613 6375 1500
Email: Emails can be sent from the web site
Web: https://tasmania.com/points-of-interest/bicheno
Bicheno is a coastal town on Tasmania's east coast, located just north of
Coles Bay and the
Freycinet National Park. The section of the coast on which the town stands is noted for its
granite outcrops. The small fishing harbour, known as the Gulch, is formed by an inshore
granite island providing shelter and the
granite rocks of the coast that underpin
the wharf. Bicheno is also known as a lobster (crayfish) port and has an ocean side restaurant dedicated to this delicacy.
It is only a 2.5 hour drive from
Hobart so is a popular holiday destination for the Capital's residents who come to enjoy the beaches, sea food, scenery, fishing and the warmer climate. It is about 2 hours from
Launceston.
Bicheno, initially Waub's Harbour, was named for in honour of James Ebenezer Bicheno, the British Colonial Secretary for Van Diemen's Land from 1843 to 1851. The name has been in use since 1851 with the township declared in 1866. The early town was the location for a number of on shore whaling stations in the late 1840s and early 1850s, no doubt attracted by the unique sheltered natural harbour and probably the source of building
ruins by the ocean.