Wilder Trails Rocky Cape
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Rocky Cape National Park is a geographically stunning coastal landscape located on Tasmania’s North West Coast. It is dually named pinmatik / Rocky Cape in acknowledgement and recognition of the ongoing preservation of its Aboriginal culture and heritage.
This ancient coastline offers an extensive display of cliffs and beaches housing vast cave shelters, midden piles and powerful and dominant rock formations.
The floral display along the coastal Sisters Hills is vibrant and diverse. Sightings of Wombat, Quoll, Eagles, Wallabies and Echidna are not uncommon.
Overview
Difficulty Level 3, Performing Wilder
Duration 4–8 hrs
Distance 20.5km
Ascent/Descent 1260m
Terrain Some Fire Trails but almost entirely rocky, undulating walking tracks or boulders. A head for heights and experience with exposed, possibly cold and windy mountain trails is mandatory.
Start and Finish Facilities
Toilets
Yes – at Sisters Beach.
Phone coverage
Telstra, Vodafone & Optus reception. Patchy in areas.
Water
Only at Sisters Beach.
Services
A small General Store is located at Sisters Beach
Parking
Yes.
The Route
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With ample parking at the Sisters Beach West car park, your journey begins with a short traverse along the beach past the Sister’s Beach Boat Ramp.
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Signage directs you up a steep single track, passing seaward facing Wet Cave and the Lee Archer Cave turn off.
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Experiencing the numerous, well signed, side trips will not disappoint, immediately transporting you back thousands of years with Aboriginal caves and often visible midden piles. *
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A right turn at the signed junction (1km mark) leads you through a dense grove of mature Banksia Trees towards Anniversary Bay. You will be met with breath-taking views as you descend a rocky single track onto the sandy beach.
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Making your way across Anniversary Bay towards Anniversary Point is made easier on a lower tide, an early start rewarding you with a memorable sunrise across the Bass Straight.
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From soft sand to coastal heath, Anniversary Point Track leads you up a steep ascent passing by the Doone Falls junction to the Rocky Cape turn-off.
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Turning Right towards Rocky Cape, this single track takes you on an undulating traverse across the beautiful Sisters Hills to your destination point, Tinkers Look-out. This will be the highest point of your journey (10km mark) and your turn around point.
- Simply follow the same route back to Sisters Beach, passing by the Anniversary Bay turn-off. A steep climb takes you cross Broadview Hill, then descending to your starting point, Sisters Beach West Car Park.
More information can be found HERE