Eggs and Bacon Bay

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2024}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Eggs and Bacon Bay

| type = town

| state = tas

| image = Eggs-and-bacon-bay-beach-huon-valley-tasmania.jpg

| caption = Eggs and Bacon Bay Beach, the community's main feature

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Tasmania

| coordinates = {{Coord|43|14|42|S|147|6|6|E|display=inline,title}}

| nearest_town_or_city = Cygnet

| area = 1.24

| pop = 124

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10

| timezone-dst = AEDT

| utc-dst = +11

| postcode = 7112

| lga = Huon Valley

| stategov = Franklin

| fedgov = Franklin

}}

Eggs and Bacon Bay{{efn|There is no consensus as to whether the A in And is to be capitalised or not. Both variants are used interchangeably by government sources and other sites.}} is a community in Tasmania within the local government area of Huon Valley. It is approximately {{convert|44|km}} from the state capital Hobart and {{convert|17|km}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL60183 |title=2021 Eggs And Bacon Bay, Census All persons QuickStats |date=2021-08-10 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}

The main geographical feature of the community is Eggs and Bacon Bay Beach. It is {{convert|400|m}} long, {{convert|300|m}} 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/eggs-and-bacon-bay-is-a-real-place-in-australia/amp|title=Eggs and Bacon Bay Is a Real Place in Australia|website=www.cntraveler.com|date=18 December 2017 |access-date=2018-11-25}}