Eaglehawk Neck is a thin strip of land between the Forestier and Tasman peninsulas, about an hour and a quarter southeast of Hobart. It looks modest on the map, but it has one of Tasmania's best short clusters of coastal sights: a tiled rock platform, a roaring blowhole, a natural arch, and cliffs where the Southern Ocean has chewed deep holes into the dolerite.
The neck also carries the darker story of the road to Port Arthur. In the convict years, this narrow crossing was guarded by soldiers and dogs so prisoners could not escape north from the peninsula. The old officers' quarters and dog-line memorial make that history easy to grasp because the geography is so obvious: there was simply nowhere else to go.
This is not a town for a long urban wander. It is a base for a spare day of cliffs, surf, short walks, and convict-era context before or after Port Arthur. Come at low tide for the Tessellated Pavement, then loop south to the Blowhole, Tasman Arch, and Devils Kitchen.