For our 10th wedding anniversary, my wife and I spent four nights on Three Hummock Island off the NW tip of Tasmania from the 3rd to the 7th of January. The weather was superb (contributing to severe bushfires in other parts of the state). We did some easy day walks, diving (snorkelling), watched the shearwater (mutton bird) flock arrive back at the rookery, relaxed and basically just had a fantastic time on a wonderful island.
You can get a lot of information about the island, its history and the facilities there on its website at:
http://www.threehummockisland.com.auJohn and Beverly, who manage facilities there, are excellent hosts. They clearly have a great passion for the island and want to share that passion with visitors. They are doing a great job of looking after the place and they want to make sure that visitors enjoy their time there, and see and do as much as possible.
The flights to and from Wynyard (thanks to Seair) were a great part of the holiday and not just a commute, thanks to the brilliant views of Tasmania's spectacular coastline.
It was the first time my wife had ever been snorkelling, and that kind of thing is very much outside of her comfort zone. She ended up doing very well with a short snorkelling session every full day that we were there. I was very impressed with her when she got back in the water the day after we came very close to a 1.5m wingspan ray which really freaked her out.
Now for some photos...

- en route from Wynyard - Table Cape
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- en route from Wynyard - Boat Habour Beach
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- en route from Wynyard - The Nut, Stanley
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- Sand patterns near Stanley
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- Three Hummock Island
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- Eastern end of Home Beach including The Marbles
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- The settlement (as viewed just before landing) consists of three houses, a few sheds and an extensive vege garden.
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- View of Home Beach from The Homestead where we stayed for four nights
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- On the rocks near the jetty with Golden Beach in the background. The rock is granite with the largest feldspar crystals I've ever seen (up to about 10cm).
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- Cape Barren Geese (introduced) are everywhere on the island (this pair is at the north end of Golden Beach).
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- Walking along Home Beach towards The Marbles
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- Looking towards The Marbles
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- Standing on a rock near The Marbles
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- In the early mornings and in the evenings there were Kangaroos everywhere.
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- Granite near Burgess Point
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- Amongst the granite near Burgess Point
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- On a rock north end Spiers Bay
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- Ray - not sure if this is a Smooth Stingray or an Eagle Ray - about 1.5m wingspan, so not the largest I've seen but enough to seriously freak out my wife on her first proper snorkelling session
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- The Five Sisters at the south end of Spiers Bay
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- Even the coat rack had a real holiday look.
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- View from the top of South Hummock (highest point - but not very high). 3h 10m return (including detour to Granite Hill) walking solo in ridiculously unsuitable K-Mart canvas elastic side beach shoes. Still not sure why I didn't do this one barefoot, as it would have hurt my feet a lot less.
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- Panorama looking East from Granite Hill towards South Hummock
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- View of Home Beach and settlement from Granite Hill with Hunter Island in the background
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- Getting back into the water the day after the ray experience - very brave of her as it is way out of her comfort zone. I was proud of her.
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- Snorkelling
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- A few fish
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- Perfect weather - the view from the Homestead again
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- Fading sunset over Hunter Island while waiting for the Shearwaters (Mutton Birds) to return to the rookery under the protection of darkness
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- View of Home Beach and the settlement just after take off, en route Wynyard
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- The Nut and Stanley, en route Wynyard
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- Bushfires behind Sisters Beach / Rocky Cape area
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- Table Cape, en route Wynyard
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