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The Bay of Fires needs few words.
There are some places where it’s best to just let the photos do the talking. This is one such place.
Situated on the north east coast of Tasmania, the Bay of Fires is a region of white beaches, blue water and these incredible rock formations (orange-hued granite) in which the colour is produced by a lichen.
We spent the morning there climbing over the rocks, wandering the beaches and being mesmerized by the colours.
Enjoy this visual tour via our 10 photos:
Binalong Bay is situated at the southern end of the Bay of Fires
HOT TIP – Finish your visit at the Binalong Bay Cafe for good hot coffee, yummy cakes and fantastic views over Binalong Bay!
Getting There
Getting ThereThe Bay of Fires is a 186km (2.5 hour) drive from Launceston:
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Gorgeous! I like how the color of the rocks is so unusual and makes this place not your average bay
Totally. This was such a unique and beautiful place. AND we had the place to ourselves! Love that about Tassie 🙂
Pretty fabulous photos! I’ve been wanting to go to Tasmania since reading this great magazine article years ago describing all the delicious food there (isn’t it funny how you never forget a great article). Now your photos have sealed the deal!
Hi Kristin,
Happy to hear we have inspired a visit. And yes, we haven’t stopped eating 🙂
OMG, that cake!
The Bay of Fires is stunning, glad you got to see it on such a beautiful day. Love the map, too! 🙂
Glad you like the map Beatrice 🙂
Thrilled to see your photos as will be there in January!
If it’s a sunny day go as early as you can Seana so the light is not too harsh for photos (or late afternoon). We got there mid morning, which was ok, but earlier the better. Then hit the Binalong Bay cafe!!
Those colorful rocks are beautiful!
Very unusual – these orange-colored rocks…
Aren’t those pictures stunning
The place is stunning Sally, making it easy to take nice photos!
Your photos are stunning! We will be visiting the Bay of Fires next Monday – can’t wait to try the Binalong Bay Cafe!
Hi Rebecca, the raspberry cheese cake was the BOMB. And the mudcake 🙂
The Bay of Fires is one of my favourite places, every photo is a winner. Can’t wait to visit again when we head off on our own 12 month trip around Australia. Very much looking forward to following your trip as we will also be travelling with our son, his wife and their two small children so your tips will be very welcome. Happy travels.
Cheers Deb. Great to hear Tassie will be a part of your own big Aussie trip.
These photos are just incredible! I love the bold colors on the rocks! I’ll have to show these photos to my daughter – she collects rocks, and while these wouldn’t be coming home from the beach in her pocket, I think she’d still love to see them!
Thanks. Our kids loved climbing all over them. Crazy colours huh!!
What a beautiful place! I bet the kids had fun exploring the rocks 🙂
The orange lichen on the rocks and calm water reminds me a lot of the beaches in Geographe Bay in WA.
Sounds like we need to visit Geographe Bay in WA then 🙂
Amazing photos. You are right, just let us “ooh-ahh” at them. Hoping to get to Tasmania in the future!
Amazing photos of this last corner of the world. wild nature and paradise . Congratulations
Cool pics – found it while reseaching our upcmong Tasmania trip… Short question, can we reach all those places by bike? We’re doing a one week cycle trip from Launceston to Hobart and added a free day in St. Helens to cycle back and forth to Bay of Fires and see all this beauty, however, it will be quite a pedaltrip so maybe it’s better to come back some other time with a car? I’d prefer to keep it in our cycling trip because that way we can spend more time on the rest of the island after that. Thanks! Antonette