Tasmanian Beaches

The Plan

I set myself the impossible goal of exploring all of Tasmania’s beaches and coastline by either walking, cycling, kayaking or sailing.  I’m exploring some alone, but I’m also hoping to have the company of friends, family and dogs from time to time.  The dogs don’t need encouragement but friends and family may need to be bribed and I may need to bribe myself as this progresses.  So far the biggest challenge has been calling a halt to curiosity (release me, Sandy Bay Rivulet!) and  the easiest has been revising down this goal into a more manageable size! (For now!)

I had only planned to write a humble blog but as I’ve walked beaches  I felt a little more was needed to do this fabulous island justice and so the blog has grown into an embryonic website.

The chances are you’ve arrived here by accident.  I hope you’ll take the time to linger a little while.

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Table of Contents

Section 1 

Inspiration Has Many Threads

• On living, dying and walking beaches
• It’s written in the literature
• Small adventures
• Written on a fingernail
• South Arm – Arm End Walk: Mr Gellibrand’s Temporary Tenure
• Reflections 1: The Beginning Point

Section 2 

Beginnings are Endings and Endings are Beginnings 

• On the mountain (kunyani)
• Walking the Sandy Bay Rivulet:
  • 1:  Being random (Poor research, poor decision-making)
  • 2:  So you think you know who I am (The Springs to Hall’s Saddle)
  • 3:  A rivulet’s point of view (Hall’s Saddle to Waterworks Reserve)
  • 4.  Roughed up in the ‘burbs (Waterworks Reserve to Short Beach, Sandy Bay)
  • 5.  Conclusion
• The Derwent River (rivers meander and these reflections will meander through the write ups on beaches)

Section 3 

Beaches of the Derwent Estuary

1.  Western Shore

Sandy Bay beaches

1. Short Beach and Marieville Esplanade
2. Lord’s Beach
3. Red Chapel Beach and Manning Reef
4. Nutgrove Beach
5. Long Beach
6. Blinking Billy Beaches

Taroona Beaches

Kingston Beaches

Tinderbox Beaches

2.  The Derwent River Estuary (Eastern Shore)

Beaches from Bellerive to Gellibrand Point, including ~

3.   South Arm Peninsula

See the South Arm Beaches page for a listing, including Ralphs Bay beaches

4.   D’Entrecasteaux Channel

Tinderbox Bay North West Bay: Wilangta Beach, Stinkpot Bay

5.  North West Tasmania

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