Beauty Point Waterfront Hotel is an ideal location to base yourself for a few days, being in the centre of the North Coast. Only fifty minutes to Launceston airport, with Devonport airport and Spirit of Tasmania Ferry Terminal being the same distance away. A ninety minute drive west will get you to Burnie, or sixty minutes east to Bridport.

The Batman Bridge spans the Tamar River and a drive to the eastern shore will allow you to view:

• Fairy penguin colonies
• Maritime museum
• East Beach
• Low Head lighthouse
• Hillwood Berry Farm

Attractions within a 15-minute drive are:

• Beaconsfield Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum (home of The Great Escape)
• Seahorse World
• Platypus House
• Greens Beach Golf Course
• York Town (site of first settlement in Tasmania)
• Narawntapu National Park
• Rowella Lavender House
• Tamar Valley Wine route
• Grindelwald Swiss Village, mini-golf and public golf course

Annual events around Beauty Point Waterfront Hotel are the start of the Three Peaks Race on Good Friday with music, good food and entertainment; and the Tamar River Festival and Beaconsfield Gold Festival in December.

Also every December the Launceston Rudder Cup Ocean Classic is held. With its 100th anniversary in 2008, this prestigious yacht race runs from Melbourne to Launceston where Beauty Point serves as its finishing line.