Sunday 11/02/2018 Mount Amos – Wineglass Bay – Hazards Beach
Freycinet National Park, TASMANIA
Paredarerme country
Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report)
This walk provides photo opportunities to capture the iconic Wineglass Bay panorama from the top of Mount Amos. Key features of this fantastic day walk include the crescent shaped white sand of Wineglass Bay with the chance to swim in it’s crystal clear turquoise waters all surrounded by native forest and nearby rugged granite peaks.
An overnight storm resulted in smooth slippery granite slabs to negotiate on the ascent. The air was cool and breezy as we started the climb. We headed off around 8:30am, after waiting for the park office to open in order to purchase our National Parks day permit. On arrival at the main carpark it was clear we could have purchased the same permit from one of the ticket machines there!
The climb was not difficult and there was only one couple ahead of us. Later, on our descent, everyone else seemed to be just starting out for their day. Track markers were frequent, making finding the trail easy. However, it was quite a scramble near the top to get to the highest point but the views made it all well worthwhile. This is classic “Tassie” at its best – Wineglass Bay and its surrounding peaks, Mount Mayson and Mount Dove look impressive even under overcast skies.
The descent was equally slippery and Steve actually went down and took some bark off. It was really a blood, sweat and tears type of walk! This walk should not be attempted if wet!
The round trip took us about three hours including time to linger and enjoy the views. After a short break we decided to continue on and walk the Wineglass Bay and Hazards Beach loop.
The walk up to the Wineglass Bay Lookout is all on a well formed trail as this is likely the most popular walk in the park. The view was pleasant but the lookout itself was very crowded compared to Mount Amos, so we didn’t linger very long. From here we descended the numerous steps to the white sands and turquoise water of Wineglass Bay.
Wineglass Bay
At this stage fatigue was starting to set in but we decided to continue to walk the long way back to the car via Hazards Beach. The Isthmus Track between Wineglass Bay and Hazards Beach was quite flat and relatively easy walking so it wasn’t long before we passed Hazards Lagoon and were walking along Hazards Beach.
The rest of Hazards Beach Track was slightly undulating, passing through pleasant bush with broken views over Great Oyster Bay to our left and Mount Mayson to our right. Regardless, we were glad to see the car at the end of the walk.
This is a fantastic day walk with wonderful views throughout the day.
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