Welcome to Flinders Island Cabin Park & Car Hire!
The Flinders Island Cabin Park is the first choice for easy self-catering holiday accommodation that delivers the peace and relaxation one expects from a special holiday destination in Tasmania. With daily flights from Launceston, and car hire available on arrival, it’s easy to get to, and just as easy to get around.
About Flinders Island
Flinders Island is a historically significant Island at the eastern end of Bass Strait between north eastern Tasmania and Wilson’s Promontory on the mainland. It is the largest of the 52 Islands in the Furneaux group.
Its geography ranges from high granite mountains to long sandy beaches to fertile farmland and wide lagoons – all teeming with wildlife.
Flinders Island offers many opportunities for bird watchers, photographers, rock climbers, divers, topaz fossickers, hikers, and fishermen.
There are numerous shipwrecks and a rich history that dates back to its discovery by Europeans with the wreck of the ship “Sydney Cove” in 1797.
The centrally located Flinders Island Cabin Park provides the ideal base from which to explore the island.
The Flinders Island Cabin Park consists of 8 comfortable brick cabins set in park like surroundings. It has about 30 beds and can cater for individuals or groups. Guests are met at the Whitemark airport and provided with a map and given advice on where to go and what to see depending on their individual interests.
All cabins have cooking facilities including all cutlery, crockery, pots and pans, stove and fridge plus a television in the room. Linen and towels are also provided.
Services offered include: Hire cars, guests laundry, gas barbecue, sieves and shovels for topaz hunting, fishing rods and a chest freezer for the catch.
The cabin park is 5 minutes walk to Whitemark airport, 1 km from the beach and 4 km from the main town of Whitemark.
Whitemark is a town of approximately 200 people and provides most of the services for the island including: Online access centre, pub, golf club, supermarket with eftpos, bakery, butchers shop, Westpac banking agency, post office, hospital and doctors surgery, art gallery, petrol outlets and newsagency.
Getting to Flinders Island
Only 35 minutes from Launceston, and 70 minutes from Melbourne, Flinders Island has regular air services from Moorabbin and Launceston. Take a look at Airlines of Tasmania for flight information.
There is a sea service which caters for passengers and vehicles once a week from Bridport.