| Eggs and Bacon Bay | |
| Type: | town |
| State: | tas |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Tasmania |
| Nearest Town Or City: | Cygnet |
| Area: | 1.24 |
| Pop: | 124 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10 |
| Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
| Utc-Dst: | +11 |
| Postcode: | 7112 |
| Lga: | Huon Valley |
| Stategov: | Franklin |
| Fedgov: | Franklin |
Eggs and Bacon Bay is a community in Tasmania within the local government area of Huon Valley. It is approximately from the state capital Hobart and from the nearest township of Cygnet. Eggs and Bacon Bay covers an area of 1.24 square kilometres, and had a population of 124 residents at the 2021 census.[1]
The main geographical feature of the community is Eggs and Bacon Bay Beach. It is long, deep and rated in the lowest Surf Life Saving Australia Beachsafe hazard category (level 1). It has parking, public toilets, picnic table facilities and a boat ramp.
The unusual name is said to be based on the yellow and streaky red eggs-and-bacon flowers that grow in the area from the pea family of Fabaceae. An alternative, though likely untrue, story is that Lady Jane Franklin, wife of the 18th century governor John Franklin, ate bacon and eggs there around 1840.[2]