Mt Cameron, East Coast, Tasmania. 10km day hike.

 INTRODUCTION:

Safari's sexy adventures over on the far North East Coast during the frigid months of Tasmania's extended Winter season always include this whopping chunk of rounded granite. .

Mt Cameron ticks all the boxes for those that get off on solitude, dry sclerophyll forest tracks, loads of lumpy boulders and banging views.

Last year I took my old-as-fuck dog, Penny to the area.  The idea was to give her a brief sniff and wander up the first few hundred metres of the main path- she had other ideas and ran off chasing the trail and smashed it to the summit like a complete savage.  

Right on Penny!  

Map sourced from Google Maps.

 

GETTING THERE:

From Launceston; get yourself to Bridport and head East on the B82 (Waterhouse Road) which can be a sketchy narrow piece of shit road.  Take care.

After 50 kilometres look out for Old Port Road on the right.  Photo below.

From Gladstone: head West on Waterhouse Road for 10.5 kilometres.  Old Port Road will be on your left.  Photo below.

Drive South down the track for about 7 kilometres.  Your looking for this marker (photo below). 

Head up the forestry road on your left for 3 kilometres to the walking track start at a locked red gate.  2WD access on these roads is fine.

Map sourced from www.hikinginsetasmanianblogspot.com.  I didn't have a map and this is the best I could hunt down to show the general path taken. Plus this blog post from 2014 was a great help regarding logistics.  A much recommended website!

Safari Track Rating:

The main track is well marked and there is no need to roll past the Scottsdale High School Field Study Centre anymore as the track bypasses it now.  

I recommend checking out the Douglas Lookout and the Maze.  Take your time, have a wander.

There's a bit of hopping over ledges and steep poky bits towards the final ascent.

On a clear day views out over the North Coast at Waterhouse and Tomahawk can be savoured.

I returned a few weeks later and camped out on a bluff on a Saturday evening.  No people, no noise.  Blissful wild surroundings.

Sources:

Hiking in SE Tasmania blog post about Mt Cameron walk