People with backpacks stand on a small pedestrian bridge and look down into the cravass in the rocks which is a blowhole
Maingon Blowhole (photograph: Natalie Mendham)

Maingon Blowhole

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Planned burn: Tasman Arch - Tasman National Park
Applies from 13/5/2025

​​Weather permitting, we will be conducting a fuel reduction burn at Tasman Arch in the Tasman National Park on 13 May 2025. The burn will take 1 to 2 days to complete. Please comply with directions from staff or any signs if you are in the area.

Tasman Arch, Devils Kitchen and the Tasman Coastal Trail from Waterfall Bay Road to Tasman Arch will be closed to visitors while burning operations take place.

The total area of the burns is approximately 34 hectares.

This burn is part of the state-wide Fuel Reduction Program. Visit our webpage​ for more information about planned burns.

Last reviewed 12/5/2025 09:22 AM


Closed area: Wughalee Falls Campsite – Tasman National Park
Applies from 2/12/2022

​​​​​​​Wughalee Falls campsite within the Tasman National Park is closed until further notice. Alternative campsite Bare Knoll remains open approximately 400m beyond the Wughalee campsite turnoff. This Campsite has limited capacity and cannot be booked. 

For further enquiries please call: (03) 6250 3980​.​​​​

Last reviewed 11/10/2024 11:41 AM


1 hour, 3.3 km return
Grade 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface that may have a gentle hill section or sections and occasional steps.
Unfenced shaft and steep, loose surfaces. Closely supervise children.
A valid parks pass is required for entry to Tasmania's national parks.

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This easy walk to Maingon Blowhole weaves through rolling sand dunes and coastal vegetation. Take a seat and admire the view across Basket Bay towards Maingon Heights and Cape Raoul beyond. Surfers can sometimes be spotted riding the waves back in towards the Remarkable Caves. 

As you continue on to the blowhole, keep an eye out for echidnas, yellow-tailed black cockatoos and some of Tasmania’s small endemic birds flitting through the scrub; you may even spot a Forty-spotted pardalote. ​ The overstory of white gums (Eucalytpus viminalis) and blue gums (Eucalyptus globulus) provides shade and resting spots for many of these birds.

Gaze west over the ocean and you will see the spectacular sea cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula; none more spectacular than Cape Raoul on a clear day. The blowhole was formed when a sea cave collapsed leaving behind a deep, narrow sink hole.  Puffs of sea mist can often be seen rising as the ocean crashes below.

Return along the same track. 

Once at the carpark, take the time to include the short walk to the Maingon Bay Lookout platform before you head home.​