Bathurst Harbour is one of the last truly wild places in Tasmania, with very little human occupation since Tasmania was colonised. I recently had the pleasure I enjoying a day trip to the harbour with Par Avion tours, which took in many of Tasmania’s rugged peaks and bays, before landing at Melaleuca, before a boat took us along Melaleuca Creek & Inlet, visiting Clayton’s Landing before passing under Mt Rugby & through the Narrows to Bramble Cove for lunch. Return & fly back. Full details can be found at the Air Tasmania Website.

Click to Enlarge

The Airstrip and Melaleuca was quite busy. I expected one, perhaps two planes. In the time we were at the airstrip around half a dozen planes landed and took off. They were lining up

Click to enlarge

Lunch was had in the dense temperate forest surrounds of Mt Stokes & Bramble Cove

Click to Enlarge

If was a great day out, and it’s somewhere I definitely want to visit again, although camping really is the only option for the photographer in this area – the day trips are simply not enough.

Click to Enlarge