Haycock Point is located in northern Beowa National Park (formerly Ben Boyd National Park) and offers walking trails, beaches, rocky outcrops for fishing and a grassy picnic area with barbeques and tables.
Park at Haycock Point picnic area and follow the gentle walking trail to the point, offering panoramic ocean views to Merimbula Bay in the north and Lennards Island in the south. The walk takes approximately 10 minutes.
The vibrant red rock of Haycock Point was formed in the Devonian period, approximately 370 million years ago. The red mudstone represents the ancient floodplains and sandy river channels of a bygone landscape.
The grassy surroundings of Haycock Point provide the perfect gathering place for lazing kangaroos, wallabies and goannas, so keep your eyes peeled for wildlife.
Haycock Point is a wonderful whale-watching location in the spring, and whales can often be spotted close to the point as they make their way south to Antarctica along the 'Humpback Highway'.
Beautiful but unpatrolled, Long Beach stretches south from Haycock Point and is a popular spot to surf and fish.
You can drive to the nearby Pinnacles formation, or visit Severs Beach to see Aboriginal middens.
For keen walkers, follow the three-kilometre walking track from Haycock Point to Bar Mouth Beach, a stunning and secluded beach at the mouth of the Pambula River estuary.
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