Wintersun Gardens Motel is located in central Bicheno on Tasmania's sunny East Coast just north of the Freycinet Peninsula. Sand, surf, sea and sun epitomise Bicheno, a pretty fishing town founded on the sea and its bounty. Nearby there’s the Governors Island Marine Reserve with fascinating underwater scenery and sea life. See it from a glass-bottomed boat or get right into it with some scuba equipment.  The motel is merely an easy 10 minute stroll from the town centre along the ocean foreshore walking track (There was a coal mine north of town where Natureworld is now, with a track running along the foreshore to the Gulch) . Here you will find numerous small convenience, tourist, and local produce shops for you to browse.

Bicheno is one of Tasmania's most beautiful towns and one of the most popular holiday destinations. It began life as a sealing and whaling town and then transitioned to a coal mining port, but today fishing (mainly for crayfish, oysters, scallops, Blue Eye Trevalla, and other scale fish) is the largest industry. There is also an Abalone Farm south of the town centre in Harveys Farm Road, which is quite a large concern. Bicheno is blessed with many natural attractions, including a mild climate, beaches and superb fishing of almost every type, but has not relied solely upon these.

Fairy penguins can be observed around most of Bicheno's coastline. A guided "penguin tour" is available to the foreshore opposite Diamond Island which provides further educational information. A footway, constructed for Australia's bicentennial in 1988, extends from Redbill Point north of Bicheno, to the blowhole at the south. Whalers Lookout provides good views, and in October and November, gorgeous rock orchids native to the east coast.

Immediately north of Bicheno is the Douglas-Apsley National Park. Designated to protect a dry eucalypt forest, this 16,080 ha. park has numerous scenic features, from Heritage Falls to calm water holes.

To the south of Bicheno is the Freycinet Peninsula.

Bicheno is approximately two hours drive from both Hobart and Launceston.  

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