Bicheno

Bicheno is a locality and town on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 185 km north-east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway, with a population of around 950.

Bichenois a locality and town on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 185 km north-east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway, with a population of around 950. It is part of the municipality of Glamorgan-Spring Bay. The town is primarily a fishing port and a beach resort.

The town was named in honour of James Ebenezer Bicheno, the British Colonial Secretary for Van Diemen's Land from 1843 to 1851, with the name in use in 1851.The first historical reference to the place that was to become Bicheno was made by James Kelly during his circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land. He landed here (when it was known as Waubs Harbour) to dry his provisions.

Waub's Harbour was the location for a number of shore-based bay whaling stations in the late 1830s and early 1840s.Bicheno was proclaimed a township in 1866. Bicheno Post Office opened as a receiving house on 1 January 1855.

Bicheno has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) with mild summers and winters.

The record high of 38.9 °C (102.0 °F) was recorded on the 31st of January, 1968, and the record low of -0.6 °C (30.9 °F) was recorded on 15th of July, 1966.