Freycinet National Park
🇦🇺 Australia
Oceania, Australia 392 spp. recorded
Freycinet National Park occupies a rugged coastal peninsula on the east coast of Tasmania, featuring pink granite mountains, dry eucalyptus forests, and secluded white-sand beaches. Visitors hike along sandy tracks and granite ridges that drop steeply toward the ocean. This protected reserve is famous for its wild population of the Red-necked Wallaby, which often grazes near the coastal scrub at dusk.
-42.202° S 148.317° E
🦜 Nature
163 Species sighted
7,690 Verified sightings From 2019 to 2026
Dec Best month
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
📊 Most Spotted
⭐ Iconic Species
📊 Most Spotted
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📊 Most Spotted
🌙 Most active after dark
+ 301 more species with insufficient data
Recent sightings in Freycinet National Park
LIVEiNaturalistSighting Calendar
How many species you'd see in a day
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Sighting Zones
Warmer areas are where all species together are recorded most often.
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Wineglass Bay Track
Daily sight. prob.vs avg
Red-necked Wallaby~90%+10%
White's Rock-skink~90%+20%
Mountain Dragon~70%+20%
Short-beaked Echidna~60%+10%
Ocellated Coolskink~50%+20%
She-oak Slender Bluetongue~40%+20%
Grey Fantail~40%-30%
Eastern Tiger Snake~40%+10%
Metallic Coolskink~40%+10%
Common Brushtail~30%≈
Common Wombat~30%≈
Superb Fairywren~30%-40%
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Coles Bay
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Friendly Beaches Campground
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🏕️ Experience
Essentials
Entrance
Paid
Tourism
Low
Typical stay
1–2
daysTrails
Moderate
World Heritage
No
Climate
Temp °C Rain mm
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0.0 Good
Wallace's Line Score
How good is this park for seeing wildlife? 🦜
Biodiversity
GoodHow rich is the wildlife?
3.5
Species by taxon
🦅 Birds 275
🐒 Mammals 85
🦎 Reptiles 24
🐸 Amphibians 8
392 Total Species
828 Global average across 316 parks
47 Threatened 138 Endemic
🔭
Sighting
GoodHow likely to see animals?
3.0
🎯
Top-12 Avg Probability
61% 📊
Coverage (103 species at ≥5% of 392 in the inventory)
26% 🔀
Taxon variety in top 12 (9 bird, 2 mammal, 1 reptile)
54% 🔭
Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)
61 🌟
Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)
8 ⭐
High-prob species (>40%)
19 🏕️
Experience
GoodHow easy and pleasant is the visit?
3.3
Climate Harsh Low
Entrance Paid Low
Tourism Medium Medium
Trails Moderate Medium
World Heritage No —
What visitors say
As we were leaving the parking lot we saw this Wallaby standing behind a car.
Honeymoon Bay - an appropriately named romantic spot Claire found us a perfect Tassie experience for later that evening: a nighttime wine and cheese session called Devils in the Dark.
And later spotted our first kookaburra (poor photo 2nd below) of the trip.
Along the track, we got lucky and came across a Wallaby going about his morning, and he was kind enough to pose so we could get a quick pic.
Before you go
What animals can you see in Freycinet National Park?
392 species
Freycinet National Park has 392 recorded vertebrate species. The ones wildlife watchers report most often on a given day are Red-necked Wallaby (about 80%), Silver Gull (about 80%), Superb Fairywren (about 70%), White's Rock-skink (about 70%) and Grey Fantail (about 70%).
When is the best time to visit Freycinet National Park for wildlife?
July and September–May
In those months the park's 12 most-seen species average about 60% on a given day, against about 50% in June and August.
Can you see a Red-necked Wallaby in Freycinet National Park?
Yes
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Red-necked Wallaby sighting in Freycinet National Park on a given day, based on 244 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is March, May, August and December (about 90%).
Can you see a Short-beaked Echidna in Freycinet National Park?
Yes
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Short-beaked Echidna sighting in Freycinet National Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is October (about 70%).
Can you see a Common Wombat in Freycinet National Park?
Yes
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Common Wombat sighting in Freycinet National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is August and October (about 60%).
Can you see a White's Rock-skink in Freycinet National Park?
Yes
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a White's Rock-skink sighting in Freycinet National Park on a given day, based on 123 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. The best time is December and January (about 80%).
Where in Freycinet National Park is wildlife easiest to see?
Around River and Rocks Rd
The richest sighting zone is around River and Rocks Rd, followed by Wineglass Bay Track and Coles Bay, ranked by how many of the park's headline animals visitors can expect to see in each. See the zones on the map.
Is Freycinet National Park good for wildlife watching?
3.1 out of 5
On the Wallace's Line Score, Freycinet National Park rates 3.1/5: 267th of 316 parks worldwide and 24th in Oceania. 29 of its species are reported by about 40% or more of wildlife watchers on a given day.
