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| Crescent Bay |
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| Cape Raoul |
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| Mount Brown |
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| Dauntless Point |
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| Looking back along the track from Mount Brown |
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| Crescent Bay |
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| Crescent Bay |
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| Crescent Bay |
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| Mount Brown |
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| Crescent Bay |
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| From lookout at car park |
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| From lookout at car park |
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| Remarkable Cave |
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| At Remarkable Cave |
Monday, 6 February 2017
Crescent Bay
Monday 6th February 2017
Today I intended to walk to Mount Brown and Crescent Bay on the Tasman Peninsula but my companion did not relish the descent from Mount Brown so we opted to just walk to Crescent Bay and return. It was another perfect day and the water and scenery were spectacular as usual. For more details of an earlier walk see here.
Sunday, 29 January 2017
Blakes Opening
Sunday 29th January 2017
Today, we had a great walk along the Huon Track to Blakes Opening. It was a fantastic day without a cloud in the sky and the temperature was quite mild.
The only thing out of the ordinary was a small snake on the track, that the person leading managed to step over without noticing. It soon scurried off into the bush. The river had its usual tannin colour and was flowing reasonably well. See Blakes Opening 2014 for more information.
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| Blakes Opening |
The only thing out of the ordinary was a small snake on the track, that the person leading managed to step over without noticing. It soon scurried off into the bush. The river had its usual tannin colour and was flowing reasonably well. See Blakes Opening 2014 for more information.
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| Start of Huon track - note tall cutting grass |
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| Huon River |
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| Huon River |
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| Huon River |
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| Huon River - note tannin colour |
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| Blakes Opening |
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Monk Bay Circuit
Wednesday 25th January 2017
Today was meant to be a repeat of the walk done in 2015 but circumstances necessitated a slight change of plans towards the final stage of the walk.
We started at the Coal Mines site on the Tasman Peninsula near Saltwater River and headed off to Plunkett Point, bypassing the ruins, as we intended to check them out on the return.
After Plunkett Point we continued on to the fire break where I almost missed the track turnoff. the track from here to Ironstone Point is becoming overgrown and appears to receive little use but it is still reasonably easy to follow. We stopped at Ironstone Point for a short break before continuing on around Monk Bay. It was a perfect day.
After Monk Bay we carried on past Nameless Point and Whitehouse Point before finding a shady spot for lunch. The colour of the water all along the coast here is terrific and it changes as the walk goes around the coastline.
After lunch we walked on to Lime Bay and just as we approached the turnoff to the old vehicle track, one of my companions tripped on a sapling stump that someone had cut off at just a height to cause a serious hazard. Why people do this I do not know, but I see it quite often in my travels. Anyway she did a good face plant and injured her nose and knee and tried to carry on but was in pain. I suggested that we walk to Lime Bay, which was not far, and I would walk back along the road to get the car. This we did. It was a hot, dry and dusty walk back along the road but it only took an hour and I was back at Lime Bay to collect them. By that time my companion had recovered somewhat from the shock and was glad to be heading home. We did not bother to check out the ruins at The Coal Mines site. Another day, perhaps
This is a great walk with really beautiful scenery.
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| Monk Bay |
We started at the Coal Mines site on the Tasman Peninsula near Saltwater River and headed off to Plunkett Point, bypassing the ruins, as we intended to check them out on the return.
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| Plunkett Point |
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| Plunkett Point |
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| Ironstone Point |
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| Cottage at Plunkett Point |
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| Cottage at Plunkett Point |
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| Monk Bay |
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| Monk Bay |
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| Monk Bay |
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| Nameless Point |
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| From Whitehouse Point |
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| Ironstone Point |
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| From Whitehouse Point |
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| Nameless Point |
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| Whitehouse Point |
This is a great walk with really beautiful scenery.
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Waterfall Bluff
Wednesday 11th January 2017
I had a new walker with me today so I wanted something relatively flat and reasonably easy. Waterfall Bluff from the Tasman Blowhole seemed to be a good option.
We parked at the Blowhole car park and had to search in the scrub to find the track. I am sure it was not so obscure the last time I used it and it does not appear to get much use these days, which is surprising. We did lose the track a little further on but soon picked it up and carried on to Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen.
After this it was on to Waterfall Bay on a good track.
After Waterfall Bay we simply walked to Waterfall Bluff with a brief stop at Camp Falls.
After reaching Waterfall Bluff we just retraced our steps back to the car.
This was an easy walk with spectacular coastal views.
Distance: 11.4 kms.
Time: 3'57"
Ascent: 400 metres
Click here to download GPX file.
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| Looking north near Waterfall Bluff |
We parked at the Blowhole car park and had to search in the scrub to find the track. I am sure it was not so obscure the last time I used it and it does not appear to get much use these days, which is surprising. We did lose the track a little further on but soon picked it up and carried on to Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen.
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| Tasman Arch |
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| Tasman Arch |
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| On way to Waterfall Bay |
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| On way to Waterfall Bay |
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| Patersons Arch |
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| On way to Waterfall Bay |
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| Waterfall Bay |
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| Waterfall at Waterfall Bay |
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| Waterfall Bay |
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| Camp Falls |
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| Camp Falls |
This was an easy walk with spectacular coastal views.
Distance: 11.4 kms.
Time: 3'57"
Ascent: 400 metres
Click here to download GPX file.
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