Bruny Island

"Bruny island map" by Kompakt - Own work.
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"The Neck Bruny Island" by JJ Harrison
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We’ll be spending our summer on an island, but did you know that Tasmania is also a large enough island to have an island of it’s own as well? Bruny Island is off the coast of Tasmania which is off the coast of Australia, which brings a kind of fractal image to mind


Geographically, Bruny Island is an odd island. If you look at it from a distance on a map, it almost looks like 2 different islands. But zoom in closer, and you’ll see that there is a narrow isthmus separating Adventure Bay and Great Bay, turning this one island into essentially two distinct ones. The isthmus is hope to come amazing views that we’ll hopefully see on our visit there (it’s in our itinerary!)

Named after the French Explorer Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, Bruny Island is a favorite vacation spot for Australians. There are nature walks, pretty beaches, and stunning rock formations all around the island. This is in part because South Bruny island is home to a national park which preserves the land as it was naturally meant to be.  It was actually pretty difficult for explorers to land on this island - Abel Tasman (namesake of Tasmania) attempted and failed, and it was until Cook landed in 1777 that they were able to establish some sort of base on Bruny Island.

sources
http://www.brunyisland.com/
http://www.brunyisland.org.au/about-bruny-island/