Bicheno

Despite boasting beaches and ocean colours worthy of framing, Bicheno (bish-uh-no) is very much a functioning fishing port with a holiday habit. With brilliant ocean views and lovely beaches, it's madly popular with holidaymakers, but it retains an appealing lack of polish. A busy fishing fleet still comes home to harbour in the Gulch with pots of lobsters and scaly loot. Accommodation prices here will seem realistic if you're heading north from Coles Bay.