A visitors guide to walks and experiences and walks to guide visitors A TARKINE NATIONAL COALITION NATIONAL TARKINE UTHORITY A OAST C RADLE C by Rob Blakers by www.tasmaniasnorthwest.com.au www.tarkine.org and and www.tarkine.org nearest information centre or go to to go or centre information nearest For further information visit the the visit information further For Tarkine Walker Tarkine , Rick Eaves, , Rick Eaves, Wedgetail Eagle Wedgetail the time needed accordingly. needed time the are a fast walker, please adjust adjust please walker, fast a are If you prefer a slower pace, or or pace, slower a prefer you If , Rick Eaves, , Rick Eaves, not been taken into account. into taken been not rests, picnics or photos etc have have etc photos or picnics rests, Devil Yell for Allowance pace. steady but ing each walk at an unhurried unhurried an at walk each ing in the bush. the in Times indicated are for complet- for are indicated Times and baby products products baby and Walking times Walking Please don’t discard sanitary sanitary discard don’t Please trousers or jeans. or trousers Otherwise bury all toilet waste. waste. toilet all bury Otherwise , Dave Watts, Watts, , Dave Use toilets where possible where toilets Use leggings rather than cotton cotton than rather leggings Stanley to Arthur River – 1.5 hrs 1.5 – River Arthur to Stanley or forested areas. forested or wear gaiters, and wear thermal thermal wear and gaiters, wear Corinna to Arthur River – 2.5 hrs 2.5 – River Arthur to Corinna and at night, especially in bushy bushy in especially night, at and trousers. It’s a good idea to to idea good a It’s trousers. Corinna to Zeehan – 1 hr 1 – Zeehan to Corinna slowing down at dawn, dusk, dusk, dawn, at down slowing or beanie, gloves, and waterproof waterproof and gloves, beanie, or Waratah to Corinna – 1.5 hrs 1.5 – Corinna to Waratah endangered Tasmanian devil by by devil Tasmanian endangered Burnie to Waratah – 1 hr 1 – Waratah to Burnie to eat and drink. Take a warm hat hat warm a Take drink. and eat to our animals such as the the as such animals our out for logging trucks on the roads. the on trucks logging for out eece jacket, and plenty plenty and jacket, eece Orange Bellied Parrot fl or jumper Tasmanian roads. Help protect protect Help roads. Tasmanian your drive. 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Apart from making them a a them making from Apart favours. res res fi light not do and places, Feeding animals does them no no them does animals Feeding Wear good walking shoes or or shoes walking good Wear Mossy Myrtles wild Tarkine’s the entering before wild wildlife Keep Short walks Short Please clean boots and equipment equipment and boots clean Please Environmental code Environmental Your Safety Your Fire and disease and Fire Images: Wildlife People of the wild Wild stories Wild places Wild coast Wild rivers The coast of the Tarkine is a For 40,000 years the Tarkine has The early explorers encountered Discover vast forests of myrtle, The whole extent of coast I have Remote rivers such as the rest stop for endangered orange- been the home to the Tasmanian thick scrub and a climate of leatherwood and sassafras. walked this day is bounded by Pedder, Thornton, Rapid and bellied parrots on their migratory Aboriginal people, and it remains extreme wet and cold, and told They are the last remnants of cragged rocks on which the sea Donaldson run wild and free journey from south-westTasmania. a place of cultural and spiritual stories of travelling just a few the Gondwanic forest that once was breaking with frightening from the mountains to the sea. Being one of the most threatened importance. In Aboriginal culture, kilometres in a day. spanned the southern hemi- vehemence. - George Augustus Wild rivers mean wild life. species in Australia, the Tarkine the bonds with the land are They travelled with little more sphere, from South America to Robinson, 1833 In these pristine river catchments coast is crucial for their survival. strong, and the land owns you than a blanket, an axe, a billy, Papua New Guinea. Experience the raw fury of the are giant freshwater crayfi sh High up in tall eucalypt trees, as much as you own it. some fl our, and a gun. On the banks of the Pieman River Roaring Forties, as winds and (Astacopsis gouldi), the largest nest Tasmanian wedge-tailed Three bands laid claim to these The search for tin, gold, silver- stand some of Tasmania’s oldest sea meet Tasmania’s wildest freshwater crustacean in the eagles. They are one of the lands: the manegin who roamed lead and osmoridium, led to Huon pines. These rare pines coast. Visit a coast of rocky world. Whilst this crayfi sh can largest eagles in the world, their lands surrounding the Arthur the establishment of dozens of are over 3000 years old — their cliff s, sandy beaches, lagoons be found in many rivers of the and becoming rare. These tall River; the peternidic of the small-scale mines. presence dating back to the and estuaries. The Sandy Cape Tarkine, the Arthur River is the forests are also habitat for white Pieman River territory; and the These towns and camps dawn of European civilisation. dune fi elds are one of the largest only river it lives in that does not goshawks. tarkiner who made home in the disappeared along with the The giants of the eucalypt forests undisturbed dune areas in fl ow into Bass Strait. Closer to the coast, watch for Sandy Cape area. fortunes of the miners. Re-emerging are the towering mountain-ash Tasmania. The Arthur River is completely white-bellied sea eagles. Less Evidence of millennia of forests are reclaiming the trees (Eucalyptus regnans), the Then travel inland to explore wild, never logged, never than 200 pairs of these birds Aboriginal culture remains in abandoned towns of Magnet, largest fl owering plants in the heath lands and open grasslands. dammed and free from bushfi res remain in Tasmania. the Tarkine. Shell middens, hut Luina, Staff ord and Balfour, world. Relict rock platforms, sand dunes for 650 years. Scurrying in the buttongrass depressions, stone tool scatters, but other towns live on today. Open buttongrass moorlands, and marine platforms hold clues are some more down-to-earth and petroglyphs (rock carvings) Historic towns like Corinna and forests and mountain ranges to to studies of past changes in sea species, such as the endemic are a surviving memorial on this Waratah remain testament to an the sea, create landscapes of levels. swamp antechinus. Listen for the Aboriginal land. Today’s palawa era long gone. such exceptional beauty, that the evocative call of the ground (Tasmanian Aboriginal) people Today you can fi nd old mining Tarkine has been recommended parrot. This distinctive yellow- retain a vital link to this special races, stockmen’s huts, tracks, for World Heritage listing. green parrot is found only in place. piners’ camps and shipwrecks, buttongrass. all clues to the many and various The Tarkine was the last known roles played by miners, piners habitat of the Tasmanian tiger, and adventurers in the history and now provides sanctuary for of the Tarkine. the endangered Tasmanian devil. For further information visit the nearest information centre or go to www.tarkine.org and www.tasmaniasnorthwest.com.au Images by Ted Mead Ted Images by Arthur River 7 Julius River Waratah is well suited for mountain bikes Wilson Point, at the Savage 23 Mt Donaldson There are two easy walks here as well as those on foot. River junction. For a spectacular wilderness The rugged west coast forms the for you to experience the mossy The historic mining village of From the Murchison Highway You could also be dropped off panorama, the hike up Tarkine’s most distant extremity. myrtle forests of the Tarkine. Waratah has many features of (A10), look for the signposted here by ferry, and walk back. Mt Donaldson is well worth the At Arthur River gigantic waves In summer enjoy the sweet aroma interest, including the Waratah turn off 2km south of Rosebery. Wilson Point was once a busy eff ort. From Corinna, drive for from the Southern Ocean pound of the fl owering leatherwoods. falls, the ‘Town of Tin’ mining jetty used by miners working 10 minutes along the Western heritage trail, Athenaeum Hall jagged rocks and endless In winter view the colourful Corinna upstream at the Middleton Creek Explorer (C249) as far as the and the ‘Stamper Mill’. stretches of beaches. abundance of fungi. Or just sit diggings for unloading supplies. Savage River bridge. The walking back and indulge in a picnic or Corinna is a restored historic Day walk: 4.5hrs return track and carpark are just after 14 settlement nestled on the northern 1 Edge of the World barbeque.