Hazards Beach

Hazards Beach is a long sandy beach on the western side of the Freycinet Peninsula within Freycinet National Park, Tasmania. Facing Great Oyster Bay and backed by the pink granite peaks of The Hazards, it is accessible only on foot via the Hazards Beach Track. The beach is notable for its white sand, clear water, views across to the Hazards and Schouten Island, and its remote, undeveloped setting inside one of Tasmania's oldest national parks.

Visitors can expect a remote, undeveloped sandy beach reached by a bushwalking track through coastal woodland and heath. The beach stretches for about 1.5 km along Great Oyster Bay with views of The Hazards mountains to the east and Schouten Island to the south. There are no buildings, shops or lifeguard services at the beach. Visitors can walk along the sand, swim, photograph the mountain backdrop, and continue on connecting tracks to Wineglass Bay or the Hazards Beach Circuit.

The Hazards range, from which the beach takes its name, is named after Captain Charles Hazard, an American whaler active in Tasmanian waters in the early 19th century. Hazards Beach lies within Freycinet National Park, proclaimed in 1916 as one of Tasmania's earliest national parks to protect the peninsula's granite mountains and coastline.

The Freycinet Peninsula is part of the traditional lands of the Oyster Bay Nation of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, who have long association with the coastal and marine resources of the area. The peninsula and its beaches remain culturally significant for Aboriginal heritage.