Point Lookout Trails

Facilities

Toilets, picnic area and shops. Free car parking for cars and small buses. Bus stops at the point.

Access

Around  18km by bitumen road from ferry. 

Walk

Easy to medium on constructed trails and board walks. Dogs, horses and bicycles are not permitted. 

What to see

Excellent scenic views from the headland, gorge and beaches. Coastal wildflowers. Whale and dolphin viewing from constructed towers. 

What to do

Walking, bird-watching, photography and whale watching. Swimming at Cylinder and Deadmans Beach. 

Wildlife of interes

Whales seen from June to September, dolphins, sea-eagles, ospreys.  Excellent winter sea bird viewing of albatross, petrels and shearwaters.

Plants of interest

This area is being restored. Heavily infested with the weeds, asparagus fern Asparagus densiflorus, pepperberry Schinus terebinthifolia and gloriosa lily, Gloriosa superba. Native plants include the pink succulent pigface Carpobrotus glaucescens, native jasmine Jasminium didymium, paper daisy Xerochrysum bracteatum and yellow guinea flower Hibbertia scandens.