Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania
(Australia), 125 km northeast of Hobart. It occupies a large
part of the Freycinet Peninsula, which was named after French
navigator Louis de Freycinet and Schouten Island.
The closest town to the national park is that of Coles Bay,
though the largest close town is Swansea. Freycinet contains
part of the rugged Tasmanian coastline and includes the secluded
Wineglass Bay, voted by several travel authorities as one of
the world's ten best beaches. Famous features of the park include
its red and pink granite formations and a series of jagged
granite peaks in a line, called "The Hazards." Founded
in 1916, Freycinet is Tasmania's oldest park, along with Mt
Field National Park.
