Patersonia Rivulet - Saturday 10th October 2020
Andrew Madden has lived in the foothills of Mt. Arthur for many
years, and loves to share the rugged beauty of nearby bushland with
fellow walkers. Patersonia Rivulet starts near the north-east shoulder
of Mt. Arthur, and follows south-east around the flank of the mountain
through rugged, heavily forested terrain. However, Andrew's aim is to
make this an easier and enjoyable walk near the last big trees and
myrtles of the forest valley.
While the walk is rated easy, it is not suited to strollers and
wheelchairs, but should be suitable for people of moderate fitness who
can keep up a leisurely pace.
Meeting Times and Places:
If you are interested in going on this walk, please phone your
walk leader, Andrew Madden, ph. 6399 3315 (evenings -
leave a message and a number if phone is not answered) book
in.
The departure time is 10 am from the car park behind the former
Commonwealth Bank at Newstead - access off David St. at Zap
Fitness approx. 50 metres from the Elphin Rd. traffic lights.
As this is a bush location without a specific car park, you
would need to arrange any alternative meeting place and time
with the walk leader.
The walk is accessed from Launceston via Tasman Highway to Nunamara (23 km) and left into Patersonia Road which is followed for roughly 10 km. About 35 minutes drive all up.
Warnings:
No warnings apart from a reminder that weather in Tasmania can
still be very changeable in October, so warm clothing, sensible
shoes and a raincoat should be carried.
Follow this
link for further information on clothing suggestions for
various walking conditions. Click this link for a more detailed
discussion of Preparation,
Food and Safety guidelines for Boots N’ All walks.
Map details:
Tamar Island: 1:100000 map is Pipers (Tasmap 8315) and
1:25000 map is Patersonia (TasMap 5242)
See map on this page. No specific map grid references available.
There are no peakbagger points for the area covered by 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.
Sorry - no gpx or kml track for this walk. It has been a while since
Boots N' All went there!