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Flinders
Island to the north of Tasmania, Australia

Flinders

Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a 1,367-square-kilometre (528 sq mi) island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania.

Plan a trip to Flinders→From Hobart (Cambridge)

Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties.

Get in

Getting to Flinders

Sharp Airlines fly at least daily connecting Flinders Island Airport (FLS IATA) to Launceston and Essendon in Melbourne. Essendon is a smaller airport in the north of Melbourne, so allow sufficient time if connecting from Tullamarine Airport. If you are travelling in a group, then private charter may work out cheaper and more flexible.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Furneaux Museum

    May 1–December 24: Sat Sun 11AM–3PM; December 26–April 30: 1-5PM (closed Good Fri and Christmas).

  2. 02
    Strzelecki National Park
  3. 03
    Wybalenna Chapel

    A former church established when Wybalenna was an Aboriginal settlement used by the British to "Christianise" Tasmania's Indigenous population but radically failed, despite attempts of restoration.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Flinders Wharf

    16 Esplanade, Whitemark,.

  2. 02
    Cate Cooks

    3 Walker St, Whitemark,.

  3. 03
    Flinders Island Bakery

    7 Lagoon Rd, Whitemark,.

How locals move

Getting around Flinders the local way

  • Get inIf you are travelling in a group, then private charter may work out cheaper and more flexible.

From Wikivoyage: Flinders Island, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Bernard Gagnon (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.