Extreme points of Tasmania.

cjt55 · Senior Member

Extreme points of Tasmania.

blaze · Guru

woolnorth on the norwest would be the top (private property but tours available}, not sure of noreast
west coast and south would be lucky to have road access to the extremities
cheers
blaze

Whenarewethere · Guru

In the 1992/3 we walked along part of the south coast track, the wind was so stong we got blown off the track a few times & one night in January we had hail on the tent. The sea swell & waves rolling in were impressive to say the least. Also we were sand blasted from the wind picking up sand. Other than that the weather was good, no rain!

Probably about 7km to the coast from the road, then you need to turn east, we turned west for our walk.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

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Cheers,

Peter

darjak · Senior Member

And if you do do ****le creek walk dont forget to take a picture of Lion Head.

Darjak

PeterD · Guru

The N, E and W points of Tasmania are a little difficult to find and get to. The tour of Woolnorth does not take you to the northern point, only to Cape Grim. Those who are fit amongst us can do a day walk to South East Cape I find one of the most interesting points to visit is in Ross. This is on the 42nd latitude which was the boundary between the two colonies in Tasmania.

It is well known about Lieutenant John Bowen establishing the first settlement at East Risdon. However, very few of us know about the other settlement at the top end of the island. The following comes from "A short history of land settlement in Tasmania"

King decided to despatch two parties, one to the Derwent, commanded by Lieutenant John Bowen of the
Royal Navy, and one to Port Dalrymple under Lieutenant-Colonel John Paterson.

Ross was later established on the boundary of the two colonies. There is a good story of the events and how the hatred between the northerners and the southerners developed after the combining of the two colonies. The story is on a series of panels in the grounds of the old town hall. I will let you discover the full train of events when you visit the place. In the meantime, you can read the history on the link above.

-- Edited by PeterD on Tuesday 19th of January 2021 06:30:50 PM

cjt55 · Senior Member

Hi everyone who answered. I had a complete change of plans as Ferry booked out in April, May and June when I wanted to return so didn't take car and van over. Instead I flew over and hired a campervan for 2 weeks and followed a suggested 14 day driving itinery. So end the end .... just a reconnaissance and will go back again when I can get car and caravan over for at least 3 months. Also ..no there are not the extremeties like on the mainland. I was suprised that they didn't make one for the southern most point as it appears they could. But it would be a long walk just like the southern most tip of the mainland.
But thanks for all the replies.

Whenarewethere · Guru

For something completely different.

Now that you are back on the bid island, you can go to Lambert's Centre!

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