Bay of Fires
A stretch of coast in north-east Tasmania from Binalong Bay to Eddystone Point, with white beaches, clear water and granite boulders splashed with orange lichen. Tobias Furneaux named it in 1773 after seeing the fires of Aboriginal people along the shore.
- Where
- St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -41.1370, 148.3080
Get the Bay of Fires stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bay of Fires. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tasmania volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bay of Fires
Freycinet National Park 102 km
Tasmania's oldest park along with Mount Field, founded in 1916 on the Freycinet Peninsula about 125 kilometres north-east of Hobart. Its red and pink granite peaks, the Hazards, look down on Wineglass Bay, a curve of white sand that walkers climb to a lookout to see.
Cataract Gorge 105 km
A river gorge on the South Esk about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of Launceston, with walking tracks along its cliffs. A chairlift crosses the First Basin, where people swim in summer, and a suspension bridge spans the river near its mouth.
Maria Island 167 km
A mountainous island off Tasmania's east coast, about 20 kilometres long and entirely a national park, reached by ferry from Triabunna. There are no cars, wombats graze around the old settlement of Darlington, and the Painted Cliffs show swirls of coloured sandstone.
Museum of Old and New Art 205 km
The largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere, set at the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula north of central Hobart. It shows ancient, modern and contemporary art from David Walsh's collection around themes of sex and death; he calls it a subversive adult Disneyland.
Cradle Mountain 206 km
A jagged dolerite peak in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, inside the national park it shares with Lake St Clair. Its outline rises above Dove Lake, which a walking track circles, and the Overland Track begins nearby.
Salamanca Place 211 km
A row of sandstone warehouses from the 19th century on Hobart's waterfront, now galleries, cafés and restaurants. Every Saturday the Salamanca Market fills the street with stalls of Tasmanian food, crafts and produce.
Cascades Female Factory 212 km
A former workhouse for female convicts in South Hobart, in use from 1828 to 1856, in the penal colony then called Van Diemen's Land. Its stone walls and yards are now one of the 11 sites that make up the World Heritage listed Australian Convict Sites.
Mount Wellington 215 km
The mountain that rises behind Hobart, summit of the Wellington Range, known as kunanyi in palawa kani. A road climbs to the top, where boardwalks look out over the city, the Derwent estuary and much of southern Tasmania.
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Questions
Where is Bay of Fires?
Bay of Fires is in St Helens, Tasmania, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Freycinet National Park (102 km), Cataract Gorge (105 km), Maria Island (167 km).
How do I get the Bay of Fires stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bay of Fires and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tasmania volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bay of Fires before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tasmania volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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