Salters Point

Thursday 12th May 2011

Salters Point

The walk begins on an unnamed road off Stormlea Road at Stormlea on the Tasman Peninsula. Drive towards Nubeena from Port Arthur and turn left into Stormlea Road. Follow for 6.6 kms. and turn right into the unnamed road. Drive down and park off the road where possible. There is space further down the road near the locked gate.
I headed off at 0735 around the locked gate and downhill for a time before coming to a road junction  where I turned right and followed the road past what looked like a car wrecking yard.

Car Wrecking Yard

The road went down to the low point and here I kept going straight ahead on an old track uphill to find the track cairn on the left. I turned here and gradually climbed up to a junction where there was a sign "Salters Point" left, "Lousy Gully" right. Here I turned left and walked along an old overgrown track to another junction where left was to Tunnel Bay and right to Salters Point. I turned right and began the descent to Salters Point.

At Salters Point

The track was easy to follow and it made its way around to the north of Salters Point and then headed back south to finally reach the point. The views were superb from here and well worth the walk. I stayed around for a short while enjoying the scenery before walking back to the car.
A good walk with great scenery and the walk itself is not over duly taxing.
Distance: 16.4 kms.
Time: 4'30"
Ascent: 590 metres
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Note: Please see comment below re overgrown track.

Salters Point

Shipstern Bluff and Cape Raoul from Salters Point

From Salters Point

From Salters Point

Salters Point

Green Head

Tuesday 10th May 2011

Green Head

To reach Green Head, drive down to the Tasman Peninsula and at Taranna turn onto the B37, follow to Premaydena and turn onto C341 and drive to Lime Bay. Park anywhere in the large parking area.
I started the walk at 0800 and walked up a vehicle track for about 0.8 kms. before heading into the bush and up over Black Rock Hill. I soon found a pad that ran right around Green Head to Lagoon Beach.

Green Head

The walking was easy and the only climb was Black Rock Hill, and that was miniscule. The pad was easy to follow and just past the northern tip of Green Head I descended to the beach. It was a little tricky getting down to the beach but I managed it okay.

Green Head

After climbing back up I continued on and climbed down to a couple of the larger beaches and walked along them to finally arrive at Lagoon Beach.

One of the larger beaches

Lagoon Beach is a nice flat beach with white sand and I walked along it before exiting over the dunes to find a track that ran around beside the lagoon.

Lagoon Beach

I chose to walk around the southern edge of the lagoon but it would have been just as easy to do the northern side.

Entering the lagoon area

As I walked around I came across some large water filled ruts where some idiots had been driving 4WDs. It is so disappointing when people do stupid things like that. Vehicles are not supposed to be here!!

Someones stupidity

After finding a track on the eastern side of the lagoon, I followed this back to the car.
This was a very enjoyable walk with great coastal scenery and is a quite flat and easy walk.
Distance: 10.6 kms.
Time: 3'09"
Ascent: 240 metres
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Green Head

From Green Head

Green Head

The Lagoon

Mother Browns Bonnet

Monday 9th May 2011

Summit Mother Browns Bonnet

Some of this walk is in the Woodvine Nature Reserve except for the final section up to the summit. To reach the walk start drive out on the A9 to Forcett and turn into Delmore Road and then White Hill Road and follow this to the obvious old homestead. This used to be privately owned but was bequeathed to National Parks by the owner. The homestead area is interesting in itself with old buildings and machinery to look at.
I set off from the homestead on an old vehicle track which went for 2.5 kms. before I turned and started the ascent on another old track. The walking was easy and in no time I had reached the summit. The views were pretty limited, so I then walked down via a different route to the outward track and then back to the car.
A good short walk with limited views at the top but I found the homestead area quite interesting.
Distance: 7.5 kms.
Time: 2'09"
Ascent: 280 metres
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Looking back at the Homestead from the track

Homestead Area

Homestead Area

Homestead

Homestead

Shed

Cape Raoul

Sunday 8th May 2011

Cape Raoul from Raoul Lookout

Cape Raoul is one of the iconic walks on the Tasman Peninsula. The walk starts in Stormlea Road off the B37 in the Tasman Peninsula. The walk starts slightly further up the road than it used to as a new car park has been constructed. See map.
Today I had an early start and set off at 0715. The walk followed a well marked track uphill to a junction where it was Cape Raoul left and Shipstern Bluff right. I turned left and walked up to Raoul Lookout which provided commanding views all along the coast.

Shipstern Bluff from Raoul Lookout

From here I walked along the track as it gradually descended towards Cape Raoul. The type of country varied from Eucalypt to Casuarina to Tea tree and Heathland as the track wound its way towards the cape. The track went quite close to the cliff edge in places. There was a large pond as I neared the cape and I eventually reached the end of the track after about 2 hours of walking.

Pond at Cape Raoul

I had a snack and then walked around to another lookout where I could hear seals on the rocks below, but could not get a clear look at them. They were far below on the rocks.

From Seal Lookout - There are seals down there somewhere

From here I simply walked back to the car.
This is a stunning walk with fantastic coastal scenery and is one of my favourites.
Distance: 14.7 kms.
Time: 4'35"
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From Raoul Lookout

Cape Raoul

Cape Raoul

Cape Raoul

From Seal Lookout

From Seal Lookout

Looking towards Shipstern Bluff from Cape Raoul track

Cape Surville

Saturday 7th May 2011

Cape Surville

The start of the walk is in Richardsons Road, Murdunna on the Tasman Peninsula. Turn off the A9 into Hylands Road at Murdunna and follow this until it becomes Richardsons Road and drive along this until an obvious parking area is reached at 577450 5245982. If the gate is open it is possible to drive further along and park near the start of the track.
The gate was open so I drove further up the road until it deteriorated, and, as I was in a conventional vehicle, I found a place to park before it became too bad.
I set off walking up the road and soon found the start of the track on the right. The track was easy to follow and after a few ups and downs I reached Cape Surville where there were some great coastal views.

High Yellow Bluff from Cape Surville

After checking out the views I returned the same way to the road and then walked to the end of the road just to check out what was there. It was quite high but the views were limited. I then returned to the car.
A good short walk with nice coastal scenery.
Distance: 5.7 kms. ( depending where one starts)
Time: 2'13"
Ascent: 430 metres
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Cape Surville

Before Cape Surville

Sea Cave