The Neck

The Neck is a narrow isthmus on Bruny Island in south-eastern Tasmania, connecting North Bruny and South Bruny within the Kingborough local government area. The low sandy strip separates Adventure Bay and Cloudy Bay and is managed as part of Bruny Island Neck Game Reserve. It is notable for the Truganini Lookout, reached by a long stairway, offering 360-degree coastal views, and for its little penguin and short-tailed shearwater rookery.

Visitors can expect a narrow sandy isthmus with beaches on both sides, a car park and boardwalk at the base, and a steep timber stairway of 272 steps leading to the Truganini Lookout at the summit. From the lookout there are 360-degree views over Adventure Bay, Cloudy Bay, North and South Bruny Island and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. The surrounding reserve contains a protected penguin rookery and shearwater burrows, interpretive signage, and coastal heathland. The site is exposed and windy with no shelter at the top.

The Neck is a natural sand isthmus formed by coastal processes linking the two parts of Bruny Island. The lookout is named Truganini Lookout after Truganini (c.1812-1876), a Nuenonne woman from Bruny Island. The area is part of Bruny Island Neck Game Reserve, proclaimed to protect the significant seabird and penguin breeding colony.

The area holds significance for the Nuenonne people of Bruny Island, part of the South East Tasmanian Aboriginal group. The lookout name commemorates Truganini, widely recognised as one of the last fluent speakers of a Bruny Island language, and interpretive signage acknowledges Aboriginal heritage of the island.