SOUTH WEST TASMANIA
Update for edition 5, 2008
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This page will be regularly updated several times each year.
Most changes result from our own trips - very few bushwalkers
ever write in and provide corrections. Only major corrections that
effect trip planning or navigation
are included here.
p 98 - caption should be 'View east' not 'View west'
p114 - 32.0km The cave near the base of the ridge is no longer
visible from the track, ignore references to the cave in the paragraph.
p 134 - 5.8km Track currently skirts the second patch of forest and
does
not enter the second campsite - probably a result of the fires
as the plain is currently easier walking than passing through the
forest.
p 135 - map - delete toilet at Thwaites Plateau - edit error, notes
correct
p 137 - 10.6km - TUMC letters have vanished - rocks probably used by
track workers for stone paving on the track
p 140 - Hanging Lake - the scree slope descent has large rock steps and
some boardwalk
p 195 - Denison Range - Access - (b) Gordon Range. 3km west of Maydena,
turn right onto Styx Road then 100m on turn left onto Florentine Road.
Rest the same except the GO3 road extends a few hundred metres further
to the car park at GR505826 (GDA 94) Also the old logging roads are
overgrown - simply follow the walking track west along the south side
of Richea Creek to the Gordon River - cross it on the logs or wade it
20m upstream. If the logs are submerged then the river is usually too
deep to cross safely.
p 196 - top of page - Lake Rhona. The steep track that starts from the
back of the camping area and climbs north to the ridge east of Reeds
Peak is no longer marked as closed. The heath and scrub has recovered
from a past fire and
it should not become an erosion slope.
p 197 The pad from Bonds Crag is marked by some cairns and is very
faint - there are some thick patches of forest on the descent to Badger
Flat and careful navigation is required to link the openings together..
p 211 - The current main pad passes Hill 771 on its south-west side
following the base of a band of rocks. At a faint division, keep to the
right and soon after start the descent north from GR 013261. The pad
soon fades
out and 1km further north another faint pad begins on the left (GR
013273) - this pad avoids most of the thick scrub on the descent to the
plain of Mary Creek.
p 212 - the old hut site at GR 974354 has good campsites, water from
creeks crossing the vehicle track to the south-east. Also the last 1km
of the vehicle track to the Lyell Highway is overgrown and this adds
about 1 hour to the section time. The bridge over Nelson River is in
poor condition but, with care, can still be crossed by walkers.
p 220 - Charter Transport add - Hobart Maxi Taxis, tel 0448 144207,
Dallas tel 0429 168905, both take charters for up to 9 walkers to all
destinations.
p 34, 46, 82, 170, 195, 220 - As far as I know, Tassielink
has permanently cancelled all
services to the south-west and instead take bookings for Evans Coaches.
Evans Coaches
(tel 6297
1335 - see page 220 for details) are running scheduled services several
days a week from November to March to Cockle Creek and charters at
fixed times to Scotts Peak.
Timetables vary for some
months so check their website. They will also accept charters for all
destinations including Farmhouse Creek.
Snail Mail Address
John Chapman, PO Box 5042, Laburnum, 3130, Australia
Photographs and text are copyright © 2008-2010 John Chapman.
Last updated : April 9th 2010