Lichen Restaurant & Cafe

Top choice in The East Coast


We’re likin’ what they’re doing here – good coffee, casual days that slide into fine-dining evenings, leisurely weekend breakfasts and locally caught fish, even in the tempura Tokyo tacos. Perhaps best of all is the view from the elevated wooden deck peering along the length of the Bay of Fires.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The East Coast attractions

1. Humbug Point Nature Recreation Area

1.39 MILES

Nature reserve en route to Binalong Bay, loaded-up with native blooms and birdlife (yellow-tailed black cockatoos, gannets, petrels, wattlebirds,…

2. St Helens History Room

5.58 MILES

Out the back of the town visitor centre is this unexpected little museum, with more than 1000 items cataloguing the town's social and natural history…

3. Eddystone Point Lighthouse

18.01 MILES

Lording over Eddystone Point, just north of Ansons Bay within Mt William National Park, the 35m-high granite tower of Eddystone Point Lighthouse has…

4. St Columba Falls

20.56 MILES

Further into the Pyengana Valley from the cheese factory and the pub you'll find St Columba Falls, Tasmania's highest. Here the South George River takes a…

5. Iron House Brewery

22.17 MILES

Get thirsty on the beach? Quench yourself 16km south of Scamander at Iron House, a craft brewery producing flavoursome pale ale, lager, wheat beer, stout,…

6. Ralphs Falls

24.57 MILES

Check out some vertical water at Ralphs Falls – take the signed turn-off to the right shortly before St Columba Falls. There’s a 20-minute return walk, or…

7. Mt William National Park

26.12 MILES

Little-known, isolated Mt William National Park features long sandy beaches, prolific wildlife and the eponymous wukalina/Mt William, reached on a one…

8. Tin Centre

27.29 MILES

Derby’s tin-mining heritage is on display in this architecturally impressive space, part of the Trail of the Tin Dragon tourist route (www…