The Friars (Tasmania)

The Friars are four steep dolerite rocks, with a combined area of about 17 ha (42 acres), in south-eastern Australia.

They are part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland.

They form part of South Bruny National Park.

[1][2] The group was named The Fryars by Tobias Furneaux in Adventure in March 1773.

[3][4][5] Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion and common diving-petrel.