Tasmania Australia South Coast

[Bill Dicus]

We will be visiting Tasmania in early March with our daughter and son-in-law. Any suggestions for can't miss places or RVers? We'd appreciate any and all input. Thanks!

[eddieseve]

Hi Finley,

Great to see that rugged coast, as a VFR pilot, we where limited on many a occasions by cloud when we tried to explore the cradle mountain and west coast ares on our last trip.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

[smokyray]

Originally Posted by Finley Atherton

Melaleuca (Bathurst Harbour) airstrip 420 metres, at the start of the track. You may just see a parked Cessna 206.

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Flew there in a Britten Norman Islander.

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More to come!

Fin
9A

G'day Fin,
GREAT report and a grand adventure for sure!
Curious, why didn't you land at Bathurst Harbour? 420 meters is no worries for any RV or Rocket especially with no obstacles. It's duck soup for a Nine...

Thanks again for pushing the envelope of cool posts, and yes it's RV related!
V/R
Smokey

[Finley Atherton]

Originally Posted by eddieseve

Hi Finley,

Great to see that rugged coast, as a VFR pilot, we where limited on many a occasions by cloud when we tried to explore the cradle mountain and west coast ares on our last trip.

Hi Eddie,

We were lucky with the weather but I get the impression that it is often VMC on or just off the coast when the inland is non VMC. The day that Par Avion flew us to the start of the track looked non VFR to me but they went coastal VFR rather than their normal VFR inland route. Still the pucker factor would be very high heading off coastal VFR in those conditions without local knowledge!

We enjoyed looking around Flinders Island. Your trip there sometime ago was the inspiration.

Fin

[Finley Atherton]

Originally Posted by smokyray

Curious, why didn't you land at Bathurst Harbour? 420 meters is no worries for any RV or Rocket especially with no obstacles. It's duck soup for a Nine...

Hi Smokey,

It would have been no worries landing there but it was just not practical to do so.
The track finishes at Cockle Creek about 85km away so I would have to pay for an airfare to get back to Bathurst Harbour to get the RV. The cost of the guided walk included the airfare to Bathurst harbour and I think it was more appropriate to be part of the group.
Local knowledge would be needed as Bathurst Harbour airstrip is subject to extreme weather, gale force winds and severe turbulence. Visiting pilots are required to be checked out by the CFI of the company that flew us there before using the airstrip.
Plus no way would I leave my pride and joy parked in the middle of nowhere for 10 days with possible gale force winds!

Fin

[smokyray]

Fin,
Yep, figured as much. Thanks for sharing!

V/R
Smokey
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[bob888]

I just got back (yesterday) from doing the Overland Track, checked onto the web and found your story. Now I need to go back and do the South Coast Track...but doubt if my RV10 can get there from here (California). I wore my Van's hat while in Tassie but no contact.

[precession]

Great report and pics! Thanks a lot for sharing.

[chazking]

Tasmania is smaller than Indiana, but larger than Maine

[Vlad]

Originally Posted by chazking

Tasmania is smaller than Indiana, but larger than Maine

I almost matched the Tasmania perimeter today I wish weather was better.
Great write up Finley thanks!