Beauty Point: Wildlife and Waterfront Promenade

Beauty Point combines guided wildlife experiences with a redesigned public waterfront area. Guided visits are at the heart of Seahorse World and Platypus House, while the waterfront promenade offers a different local highlight. When planning your trip, you can consider the specific tour content and the features of the promenade as distinct priorities.

Guided wildlife experiences

In Beauty Point, an educational tour at Seahorse World takes you through The Cave of the Seahorse, the working Seahorse Farm and the Wonders of the Southern Ocean Aquarium. Tour content may change. If a particular stop is important to you, check the current tour information before your visit.

Seahorse World also includes Hands of Hope, an exhibition about the critically endangered red and spotted handfish, which is incorporated into guided tours. Its subject adds the conservation status of these two handfish species to the other tour elements. The exhibition’s availability may change with future programme changes; bear this in mind if Hands of Hope is important to your plans.

Platypus House is situated on the picturesque Tamar River in Beauty Point. During a guided tour, visitors are guaranteed to see platypuses and echidnas actively feeding and playing. Tour details may change over time. If seeing these particular animals is a deciding factor for your trip, keep an eye on the current tour information.

Waterfront promenade and local orientation

The redesigned waterfront promenade improves public access to the Tamar River estuary. It includes new paths along the promenade that improve connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as a state-of-the-art inclusive playground. These features are part of the same designed public waterfront area. The new paths make improved connectivity for both modes of travel a tangible aspect of the redesign.

The Creation Discovery Centre is located at Shed 1C, Inspection Head Wharf, 200 Flinders Street, Beauty Point, next to Seahorse World. The location details include the building section and wharf as well as the street address. Together with its location next to Seahorse World, this helps identify the Centre as a distinct landmark. If you include the Creation Discovery Centre in your plans, you can use the full address for directions.

Visit options for planning your trip

The wildlife experiences are based around guided tours, whose content may change; the redesigned waterfront promenade is a lasting public improvement. This means the changing programme details of the tours differ from the features of the designed waterfront area. If a particular tour element shapes your trip, check the current tour information before your visit. This lets you consider tour planning and time by the waterfront as distinct priorities.

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