Copper Cove - 7th October 2017
By this time of the year, we can hope for some pleasant sunny weather -
ideal to explore a secluded cove in the coastal Narawntapu National
Park, just west of Badger Head, and within reasonable distance of both
Launceston and North-west Tasmania.
The walk follows a coastal track around the headland from the western
end of Badger's Beach. The track
is well formed, and mostly open and easy to follow, although a bit rough
in places with some steep and roughish steps over undulating terrain.
Overall
climbing would be about 100 m each way with most of this in the first
part getting up onto the headland and again after leaving Copper Cove to
come back. The walk will take about 2 - 2½ hours each way and is about
10 km in total. It is rated easy and suitable for families including
energetic smaller children, but not suitable for prams, bikes and
wheelchairs.
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Meeting Times and Places:
If you are interested in going on this walk, please phone your walk
leader, John Potts, ph.
If you would like to arrange to meet the group
elsewhere, please arrange with the leader, and please be at any
meeting place 5 minutes ahead of the listed time. The
leader should always be notified of any other people you intend to bring
along, and you should always contact the walk leader if intending to
participate in a particular Boots N' All walk.
To access this area from northern Tasmania:
From Launceston, follow the
West Tamar Highway through Riverside and continue to Beaconsfield (41km).
Continue through Beaconsfield and take the left turn into Greens Beach
Rd. towards the northern end of the town, and continue 7.5 km to
Yorktown. Turn left into
Badger Head Rd. and continue 10 km to the car park at the end of the
road. Allow about 1 hour for the drive from Launceston.
Warnings:
Please take note of the weather forecast on the day. Make sure you bring
drinking water - we suggest 1 litre per person. Walkers are advised to
wear sturdy boots or sneakers. You should always carry wet weather gear
as well as warm clothing including gloves and beanies in case of sudden
weather changes. The exposed headland can be cold and windy, especially
at this time of the year.
You should
always carry wet weather gear as well as warm clothing in case of sudden
weather changes.
Follow
this link for further information on
clothing suggestions for exposed conditions.
Click this link for a more detailed discussion of
Preparation, Food and Safety
guidelines for Boots N' All walks.
Map details and references:
For Holwell Gorge, 1:100000 map is Tamar
(Tasmap 8215) and 1:25000 map is Green's Beach (TasMap 4645) for the tip
of Badger's Head, and Port Sorell (Tasmap 4644) for other parts of the
walk.
Short ref. n/a
Zone Easting Northing
Latitude Longitude
55G -41.06.638
146.38.847
Three are no peakbagger points associated with this
walk. For listing of peakbagger
points, see the Hobart Walking Club Peakbagger's
Guide (2000 revision) which can be found and downloaded (as an Excel
spreadsheet) from
http://tastracks.webs.com/peakbaggers.htm
The same web page contains several other listings of Tasmanian
peaks.
GPX version of the track:
Click here
to download. Google Earth version of the track:
Click here
to download.
Right-click on the file and “save target as” to a location of your
choice. (Suggest you click the “Last modified” at top to sort by date to
get the most recent at top to find the file for the next walk).
When you have downloaded the track file, double-clicking on the Google Earth (kml) track should open Google Earth and zoom in to the location if you have Google Earth installed on your computer. The .gpx version of the track should import into mapping software or devices that support gpx tracks and waypoints.