Southport Lagoon

Tue 19 Aug, 2008 1:51 pm

A qik report while I'm having lunch.

Went to Southport Lagoon with 3 others last weekend as a result of organising this http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2695.

Initially had up to 12 interested, but weather and some misorganisation reduced the numbers.

Walked in via the new PWS 4WD Track to the camp site, then went off-track northwards. Ended up camping on a most attractive lowish cliff, overlooking the lagoon and hearing the swell thundering in the distance. Great patterns of rainbows, swirling clouds & water and a rising near full moon kept us entranced.

On Sunday back via a large off-track loop. Some dense bush, but mostly fairly easy. Pam had a wegdetail flying only a few metres above her head in euca forest ... unusual! Also one creek crossing where we had to go a few 100m upstream before finding a suitable x-ing spot.

A few pics below.

Found in this doc http://www1.parks.tas.gov.au/factsheets/parks_and_places/Southport%20Lagoon.pdf

: PWS Sketch of Southport Lagoon Track; ScreenShot_14.jpg (34.34 KiB) Viewed 5720 times

And an aerial from the PWS site

View from Pam's tent (thx for permission to use your pics Pam!)

: Southport Lagoon from Pam's tent

More rainbows

: More rainbows at Southport Lagoon

Last edited by DonQx on Fri 05 Feb, 2010 5:08 am, edited 2 times in total.

Tue 19 Aug, 2008 2:49 pm

Looks nice a nice walk Don. Glad somebody made it out this weekend (rotten bronchitis...).

Cool rainbow pic too

Tue 07 Jul, 2009 8:15 am

Did another club trip to Southport Lagoon last weekend ...

From the trip notice ...

Southport Lagoon - Cruisy off-track overniter
Map: Leprena 25K
One of my fav 'amble about' places. I'd like to continue exploring the area north & east of the new 4WD track with camp by the edge of the lagoon. The bush is mostly open with pleasant open valleys. If we do encounter scrubby bits we'll take it easy. A nice camp out & trip shall be had.
Philosophising, contemplation & photography encouraged. Trip pace cruisy, aiming to do up to 4 hours walking each day. Reasonable fitness, sense of adventure & humour required. Map sketches, trip philosophy & some Southport Lagoon pics at http://www.ahack.org.

From the trip report

Nick, Lee, Adrian, Marcel & Andreas went. Lovely forecast with gale warnings, flood watch for the Huon River and max temps hovering around 9-10C. Left cars near Lune River Railway Station, walked into Southport Lagoon on the new 4WD track. Then off-track in a northerly direction.
Camped early to get out of the gale-force wind gusts and the odd shower.
Luvly afternoon spent in tents - hot cuppas, snoozing, papers & books were the go. Near full moon graced the sky, Lee even saw a moon-rainbow. Wind had mostly gone by the morning, showers much less frequent, even longish spots of sun for breakfast & as we departed. Followed an old partially overgrown vehicle track in a N-NW direction until we met the railway line.
Walked out on the line. Beautiful country in there. Nice camp out had, gotta be good for the soul! I'll do a few more explorations, anyone else interested?
Andreas

Few pics below

:-)