Cape Grim

Cape Grim is a remote coastal headland at the northwestern tip of Tasmania in the Circular Head municipality. Known for its dramatic dolerite cliffs, sweeping views over the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait, and the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station that monitors the world's cleanest air. Located on private Woolnorth farmland, visitor access is by guided 4WD tour only, offering interpretation of natural, pastoral and scientific values.

Visitors can expect dramatic cliff-top scenery where the Southern Ocean meets Bass Strait, with expansive ocean views, windswept coastline and dolerite cliffs. The headland is on private farmland and can only be visited on a guided 4WD tour departing from Smithton. Tours include commentary, stops at viewpoints, the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station exterior, and the Woolnorth Wind Farm area. The environment is exposed, remote and largely undeveloped with no independent walking tracks or shops at the cape itself.

Named Cape Grim by explorer Matthew Flinders in 1798 during circumnavigation of Tasmania. The area has a long pastoral history as part of the Woolnorth property. In 1976 the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station was established jointly by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO to monitor background air quality due to the location's exposure to prevailing westerly winds from the Southern Ocean.

The headland lies within the traditional lands of the Peerapper people of northwest Tasmania. The coastal landscape holds significance for its natural values, pastoral heritage and ongoing scientific role in global atmospheric monitoring.