Travellers Rest Lake

[Rick]

Hey there,

Can anyone provide me with some access details to the above lake?

Looks like a logging road goes reasonably close to Travellers Rest Lagoon so that may be a good start. Are there any decent tracks on to TR Lake from the lagoon or is it a bush bash?

Also, are there any good camping spots?

I'm looking at February/March so at least the walking shouldn't be too boggy.

Will be walking with my wife and our seven year old son.

Cheers
Rick

[north-north-west]

It's untracked. Depending on the route it could be relatively easy going or a nightmare. Interesting place to take a seven year old.

[Rick]

He loves fishing and walking so we are exploring new water together.

[Rick]

I have received some great information regarding this area and would like to thank those who have shared their time and knowledge.
I have also had some queries as to why I would take my seven year old son into this area.
Well, as I said above, we love fishing, fly fishing to be exact and that takes us to some wonderful places. We are always looking at areas that we haven't covered.
Being a very experienced walker and an extremely responsible father I would never take my son or my wife for that matter anywhere I thought would exceed their abilities. That's the reason I asked the above question in the first place.
Cheers
Rick

[stepbystep]

Hi Rick.

If the info you have details a tracked route all the way to Travellers Rest Lake. Good stuff. If not PM me as there is an easily followed route the whole way.

Cheers.

[Lophophaps]

With care, two experienced adults should be able to look after a child who has some grounding in the bush. It's essentially flat near there, mainly light scrub. The only problem may be the lack of features on the plain, but this is manageable. Summer only methinks.

[chickenman]

Travellers as with most lakes within the World Heritage area cannot be fished willy nilly.
It is a lovely place and a perfect spot to take your young fella but it may be illegal to fish due to the fact it is within World heritage / national park boundaries with guide lines that need to be respected.

[probablynathan]

Travellers as with most lakes within the World Heritage area cannot be fished willy nilly.
It is a lovely place and a perfect spot to take your young fella but it may be illegal to fish due to the fact it is within World heritage / national park boundaries with guide lines that need to be respected.

As far as I am aware fishing is permitted at most Lakes within the world heritage area during the appropriate season if you are in possession of a current IFS licence. The only limitation would be the restriction a few lakes and on bait fishing but as the OP stated he is a fly fisherman this isn't an issue.

[horsecat]

Travellers as with most lakes within the World Heritage area cannot be fished willy nilly. It is a lovely place and a perfect spot to take your young fella but it may be illegal to fish due to the fact it is within World heritage / national park boundaries with guide lines that need to be respected

May I ask where you got that information from? Travellers Rest Lake has loads of brown trout (an introduced and stocked species) and has been fished for years. Some nice big ones in there too. Some of Tasmania's best fishing is in the Western Lakes.

As long as you have a valid inland fisheries licence and fish in season there isn't an issue. A couple of lakes in the south west are closed due to native galaxias but there's no trout in them anyway.

I hope the OP has a good trip. I think I'll pop in there myself for a fish soon.

[flyfisher]

I think you'll find that the normal regulations apply. Anyone who has an Inland fisheries licence
would have a copy of the regulations that comes with the licence.
Enjoy your trip, if the weather is kind you'll love it.

Flyfisher

[Azza]

I think you'll find that the normal regulations apply. Anyone who has an Inland fisheries licence
would have a copy of the regulations that comes with the licence.
Enjoy your trip, if the weather is kind you'll love it.

Flyfisher

I was curious about this and knowing that the rules are stupidly convoluted / complicated I looked it up..

http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/publications/ ... de-2015-16

"The exceptions to these general rules apply to waters closed to fishing at all times listed under Closed Waters
(as shown below), all waters in the Western Lakes area, National Parks and the Tasmanian Wilderness
World Heritage Area (TWWHA) and waters listed in the exceptions to the general rules chart. A database of
inland waters and corresponding regulations, that can be searched by water, region, species or fishing method,
is available at http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au"
^ Database does not appear to be available.

So it actually goes on to say... or at least I think it does that any lake or waterway in the TWWHA not specifically mentioned in exceptions list is closed.

http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/publications/ ... s-brochure

However this says all lakes within Walls of Jerusalem national park are covered by this brochures.. but goes onto say but you only access them from Lake Augusta area.
So I actually thought it was okay to fish the travellers.. but now I'm just confused..

I doubt you'll run into inland fisheries up there.

[chickenman]

Travellers as with most lakes within the World Heritage area cannot be fished willy nilly. It is a lovely place and a perfect spot to take your young fella but it may be illegal to fish due to the fact it is within World heritage / national park boundaries with guide lines that need to be respected

May I ask where you got that information from? Travellers Rest Lake has loads of brown trout (an introduced and stocked species) and has been fished for years. Some nice big ones in there too. Some of Tasmania's best fishing is in the Western Lakes.

As long as you have a valid inland fisheries licence and fish in season there isn't an issue. A couple of lakes in the south west are closed due to native galaxias but there's no trout in them anyway.

I hope the OP has a good trip. I think I'll pop in there myself for a fish soon.

Sorry my mistake , it applies to tourist operated trout fishing undertakings

[flyfisher]

Being a licenced angler, I have a copy of the regs and my interpretation is that bait fishing is not allowed but artificial and fly are ok.

This is to prevent a repeat of L Sorell and Crescent and so frogs etc don't get used for bait.

FF