Arthur River to Julius River, Tarkine Drive, NW Tasmania

Tuesday 30th April 2019
Decision time again. We decided not to do the river cruise up Arthur River sit went from 10-4 which was a very long day. We also decided against canoeing up the river as it was quite breezy and cold. So we started on the Tarkine Drive. 1st stop Bluff Hill Point Lighthouse. Then back to the Edge of the World Arthur River. It looked a bit better today in the sunshine. It was still vey rough. We then went to Sundown Point Nelson Bay where we looked for Aboriginal Rock Carvings. These were quite obscure and difficult to find anyway we had a nice walk along the coastline. We then drove out to Sarah Anne Rocks which was named after the watercolour artist. This was quite pretty but very similar to the rest of the coastline. Then on to Balfour Track.

Balfour track was a walk through the rainforest which was very pretty, there was an abundance of fungi which meant that the walk took a very long time. About 1hr 50mins for the 4km there and then on the return journey only about 60mins as I didn’t stop to take many photos. It was a very pleasant walk. We then headed to Sumac Lookout on the way our campsite at Julius River. This is a National Parks campsite with no facilities. My favourite place to camp. The day use area has fantastic BBQs and shelter for us to cook our dinner so we started this at 5.30pm before it was totally dark. We were visited by pademelon and possums, unfortunately no Tasmanian devils. Hopefully we will see one tomorrow.