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The foreshore track was the main link from Sheepwash Bay to Alonnah in the early years of European occupation. Visitors can enjoy a one hour return easy walk along the foreshore following the old rock-walled carriageway between the two previous jetty sites, passing some hut remains from the 1850s. Near Sheepwash Creek are remnants of a sawyers’ camp and several piles of stones remain near the track. Logs were prepared in the bush for barging to the windjammers for export to the United Kingdom and South Africa. The track meanders through coastal bush, an area that would have originally been dry eucalypt forest. These forests are usually dominated by large eucalypts and a thick midstorey of sheoaks, boobialla and banksia, with a sparse understorey of saggs and native grasses. Bruny Island was home to the Nuenone people, who cared for the land for thousands of years. Alonnah is part of their name for the island – Lunawanna-alonna. 1 hour return 3 km return Ample parking at end of Pontoon Road and picnic area. Gravelled formal surface, wide, mostly level. i km P D’ENTRECASTEAUX CHANNEL PICNIC AREA Access from Ritchie Street Access from Pontoon Road Access from Matthew Flinders Drive SAWYERS CAMP ALONNAH metres 0 250 Sheepwash Bay Lunawanna North Bruny, Adventure Bay M A T T H E W F L I N D E R S D R I V E M A I N R O A D Start / finish Woodland Alonnah-Sheepwash Bay Track 38 white-bellied sea-eagle
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The foreshore track was the main link from Sheepwash Bay to Alonnah in the early years of European occupation. Visitors can enjoy a one hour return easy walk along the foreshore following the old rock-walled carriageway between the two previous jetty sites, passing some hut remains from the 1850s. Near Sheepwash Creek are remnants of a sawyers’ camp and several piles of stones remain near the track. Logs were prepared in the bush for barging to the windjammers for export to the United Kingdom and South Africa. The track meanders through coastal bush, an area that would have originally been dry eucalypt forest. These forests are usually dominated by large eucalypts and a thick midstorey of sheoaks, boobialla and banksia, with a sparse understorey of saggs and native grasses. Bruny Island was home to the Nuenone people, who cared for the land for thousands of years. Alonnah is part of their name for the island – Lunawanna-alonna.
1 hour return
3 km return
Ample parking at end of Pontoon Road and picnic area.
Gravelled formal surface, wide, mostly level.i
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Wellington Park Sign Manual
Regulatory and Interpretive Symbols
These symbols are available as required from Workhorse Design Group as EPS files in Mac or PC format
Toilets Mens Ladies Disabled Family
Parking No Parking Camping No Camping Horse Riding No Horses
Fires Permitted Fires Not Permitted Dogs Allowed No Dogs Drinking Water Drink At Own Risk
Trail Bikes No Trail Bikes Bicycles Permitted No Bikes Vehicle Access No Vehicle Access
Walking Track No Pedestrian Access Rock Climbing
Caution Danger Cliff Face Danger Stones Falling Danger Shivering
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D ’ E N T R E C A S T E AU X
C H A N N E L
PICNIC AREA
Access from Ritchie Street
Access from Pontoon Road
Access fromMatthew Flinders Drive
SAWYERS CAMP
ALONNAHmetres
0 250
Sheepwash Bay
Lunawanna North Bruny, Adventure Bay
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Cape Queen Elizabeth Track37
CAPE QUEEN ELIZABETH
BRUNY ISLAND NECK GAME RESERVE
AIRSTRIP
BIG LAGOON
THE NECK
LITTLE LAGOON
metres
0 500
Great Bay, Dennes Point, Ferry terminal
South Bruny
MILES BEACH
MARS BLUFF
FANCYBAY
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MOORINA BAY
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Access o� Main Roadjust east of Bruny Island Airstrip
Start / �nish
Woodland
Alonnah-Sheepwash Bay Track 38
white-bellied sea-eagle
Note: Clean dirt and mud from your boots before and after every bushwalk to prevent the spread of root rot
The walk begins along a wide track which runs parallel with the Bruny Island airstrip, then between Big Lagoon and Little Lagoon, before climbing over Mars Bluff for great views across The Neck. The track then descends through the dunes onto the remote Miles Beach. At the far eastern end of the beach, the track ascends steeply through coastal heath, before heading south to Cape Queen Elizabeth for excellent views of Adventure Bay and beyond. Muttonbird rookeries can be seen on the way. Allow extra time to spot a Forty-spotted Pardalote amongst the white gums, see the rock formations at Mars Bluff (accessed from Neck Beach), and find the little fisherman’s shack hidden in the dunes at the eastern end of Miles Beach.
3 hours return
12 km return
Ample parking at start of track.
Narrow bush track and beach walk.
Sheer, unfenced sea cliffs at the Cape.
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Wellington Park Sign Manual
Regulatory and Interpretive Symbols
These symbols are available as required from Workhorse Design Group as EPS files in Mac or PC format
Toilets Mens Ladies Disabled Family
Parking No Parking Camping No Camping Horse Riding No Horses
Fires Permitted Fires Not Permitted Dogs Allowed No Dogs Drinking Water Drink At Own Risk
Trail Bikes No Trail Bikes Bicycles Permitted No Bikes Vehicle Access No Vehicle Access
Walking Track No Pedestrian Access Rock Climbing
Caution Danger Cliff Face Danger Stones Falling Danger Shivering
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