title: Eddystone, Tasmania
text: # Eddystone, Tasmania
  
  Eddystone is a rural locality in the local government area of Break O'Day in the North-east region of Tasmania. It is located about 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census determined a population of nil for the state suburb of Eddystone.
  
  ## History
  
  Eddystone is a confirmed suburb/locality. Eddystone Point, the eastern extremity of the locality, supports a lighthouse and is known to Aboriginals as Larapuna. In 2006 the Tasmanian Government issued a 40-year lease for the Larapuna lands surrounding the lighthouse.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Tasman Sea forms the north-eastern, eastern and south-eastern boundaries.
  
  ## Road infrastructure
  
  The C846 route (Eddystone Point Road) enters from the west and runs through to Eddystone Point, where it ends.
  
  