Enjoy fossicking for our very own Killiecrankie Diamonds (Clear Topaz gemstone).
There is a designated fossicking area on the north side of Killiecrankie Bay where you can prospect for topaz.
Fossicking gear and directions are available from Margaret Wheatley at Killiecrankie Enterprises in Whitemark or call 0428 592 130.
If you would like to skip the fossicking and wish to purchase Killiecrankie Diamonds already crafted into beautiful jewellery, you will find a fine selection at the following jewellers.
Explore the Furneaux Geotrail with 26 geosites to devour, each taking you to beautiful locations all over Flinders Island.
Learn about the geology and important geological events that have shaped the current landscape.
Some of the sites Include:
Castle Rock Trail
A 6.8-km out-and-back trail near Emita.
Mt Killiecrankie Loop
An 8.9-km loop trail near Killiecrankie.
Mt Killiecrankie via Stacky’s Bight
A 12.1-km out-and-back trail near Killiecrankie.
Mt Strzelecki Trail
A 6.3-km out-and-back trail near Loccota.
Pillingers Peak Trail
A 6.8-km out-and-back trail near Lackrana.
Trousers Point Coastal Track
A 4.7-km out-and-back trail near Loccota.
Vinegar Hill Walk
A 3.2-km out-and-back trail near Lady Barron.
Whitemark Beach Road
An 8.5-km out-and-back trail near Whitemark.
Use Flinders Island Fishing Charters or enjoy fishing on your own!
Bait and Tackle can be sourced at Lady Barron Store.
11 Henwood St, Lady Barron TAS 7255 – Tel:03 6359 3503
Some of the fish to be caught include:
Enjoy a swim in the ocean at one of the islands pristine beaches.
Or contact Flinders Island Dive who offer diving, snorkelling and fishing tours for small groups.
They offer equipment hire which saves you having to bring your own heavy gear like cylinders and weight belts.
Their diving experiences include: snorkelling, where you’ll see lots of fish and marine life in crystal clear waters.
You can go scuba diving on reefs, some with caves and you can scuba over shipwreck sites.
They also offer guided dives that are tailored to your interests and diving experience.
22 Wireless Station Rd, Emita TAS 7255 – Mob: 0428 598 529.
The Patriarch Wildlife Sanctuary is on the east coast of Flinders Island located on Lees Road, Lackrana between Middle and South Patriarch.
The sanctuary was established on Flinders Island to provide a feeding ground for Cape Barren Geese and other wildlife-in-need.
Home to a host of birdlife, wallabies, wombats, Cape Barren Geese and the Southern Blue Tongue Lizard. You can feed the wallabies and Cape Barron Geese by hand.
The Patriarchs so named by Matthew Flinders are three granite mountains on the mid-east coast of Flinders Island.
Email: garthdsmith@hotmail.com
Flinders Island is home to an abundance of breathtakingly beautiful and diverse birdlife.
There are: Australasian Swamphen · Australian Kestrel · Australian Magpie · Australian Shelduck · Banded Lapwing · Bar-tailed Godwit · Beautiful Firetail · Black Currawong · Black Swan · Black-faced Cormorant · Black-faced Cuckooshrike · Black-headed Honeyeater · Blue-billed Duck · Brown Falcon · Brown Quail · Brush Bronzewing · Cape Barren Goose · Caspian Tern · Chestnut Teal · Cockatoos · Common Greenshank · Crescent Honeyeater · Cuckoos · Dusky Robin · Eurasian Blackbird · Eurasian Coot · Eurasian Skylark · European Goldfinch · European Greenfinch · European Starling · Fan-tailed Cuckoo · Far Eastern Curlew · Flame Robin · Forest Raven · Golden Whistler · Gray Fantail · Gray Shrikethrush · Gray Teal · Great Cormorant · Great Crested Tern · Green Rosella · Hoary-headed Grebe · Hooded Plover · House Sparrow · Indian Peafowl · Laughing Kookaburra · Little Pied Cormorant · Masked Lapwing · Monarch Flycatchers · Musk Duck · New Holland Honeyeater · Olive Whistler · Pacific Black Duck · Pacific Gull · Pallid Cuckoo · Pied Oystercatcher · Red-capped Plover · Red-necked Stint · Ring-necked Pheasant · Ruddy Turnstone · Satin Flycatcher · Scarlet Robin · Short-tailed Shearwater · Silver Gull · Silver-eye · Sooty Oystercatcher · Southern Boobook · Spotted Pardalote · Striated Pardalote · Superb Fairywren · Swamp Harrier · Tasmanian Thornbill · Wedge-tailed Eagle · Welcome Swallow · White-bellied Sea-Eagle · White-browed Scrubwren · White-faced Heron · White-fronted Chat · Wild Turkey · Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo and Yellow-throated Honeyeater.
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