The drive south to Cockle Creek meanders its way past the Huon River through farmland and the working forests to the end of the road. The most Southern place you can drive.
A pretty place with a great forecast for the next few days, we find a top little spot on the beach near a dunny – 3 days down here will be easy to take.
Monday 18th Jan– The 8km (one way) walk to South Cape Bay is the commencement / conclusion to the 84km South Coast trek. Through button grass, tea tree plains, light forests and coastal scrub the view from Coal Bluff was all to the south, with large waves rolling in, the air so refreshing from the bottom of the world – a contrast from the stuffy track heat.
After a couple of hours walking, we make it to the bottom of Australia…
A rocky decent to the beach, which surprisingly had quite a few people on it.
After cooking lunch of noodles and salmon in a shady campsite at South Cape – where we were driven crazy by March Fly’s, shame they couldn’t carry us back to our camp! It was a long hot walk back – finally there – a refreshing swim fixed everything…
Next morning we pack up camp with looming grey clouds, typical South Coast weather, first stop – just in time for lunch was The Southport Hotel – Australia’s most southern hotel. tick!!
