Comprising two islands connected by an isthmus, the Neck, Bruny Island in Tasmania is an important retreat for rare and endangered plant and animal species. Beautiful South Bruny National Park is a highlight.
Bruny offers bushwalks into the wilderness, with lush rainforests and ferns, or across coastal heathlands. Here you can look for the forty-spotted pardalote, one of Australia’s smallest birds, and the white wallaby. Or visit the Neck Game Reserve, a haven for wildlife where species include little penguin and short-tailed shearwater.
At more than 100 kilometres in length, the island’s landscape changes dramatically from north to south. From the sheltered beaches of Dennes Point and Killora, and sheltered farmland in the north, to tall forests, open bays and wild coastlines of the south, including wide and wild Cloudy Bay Beach and the Cape Bruny Lighthouse.
Gazetted in 1997, mainly for its coastal scenery, South Bruny National Park lies at the tip of the island mostly comprising towering cliffs, coastal heathlands and underwater gardens of kelp seaweed. Lush rainforest contains several endemic plant species and abundant birdlife.
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