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29/06/2009

Access to a popular coastal recreational destination, the West Point State Reserve on Tasmania's West Coast, has been improved with the completion of roadworks by the Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Strong commercial interest in proposed Three Capes Track

25/06/2009

There has been an encouraging response to the recent Identification of Commercial Interest for the proposed Three Capes Track.
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Maria Island access

18/06/2009

The Parks and Wildlife Service wishes to advise that the Maria Island Ferry and Eco Cruises will not be operating its ferry service to Maria Island during the period 23rd June to 14 July, 2009.
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Hazards Beach

29. Hazards Beach

	3.5 hours return via Wineglass Bay
	Road C302 from highway A3 to Wineglass Bay car park inside Freycinet National Park
	Park entry fees apply.
	Toilet facilities at car park. Picnic facilities nearby
	Difficult. Rigorous uphill climb to reach Wineglass Bay lookout. Grade is moderate after lookout.
	Group A items are required plus drinking water and lunch
	Beaches are not patrolled. Swim with caution and supervise children
	No pets, firearms or bicycles

This walk follows on from the Wineglass Bay short walk. Hazards Beach is reached after an easy 30 minute walk across an isthmus. It is recommended you return to the car park by retracing your steps via Wineglass Bay. The alternative coastal track has some rough rocky sections and can be slippery when wet.

Highlights

This walk is within the Freycinet National Park. The low, marshy isthmus across which this walk takes you is an unusually wide and well developed tombolo-dune barred lagoon system. This isthmus is composed of Holocene sand and alluvial deposits and also has low hills of weathered granite which are distinct from the bare granite outcrops of the Hazards and Mt Freycinet-Mt Graham mountains.