Bathurst Harbour

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Bathurst Harbour is located in the South West Wilderness of Tasmania. It is a safe anchorage from the Roaring Forties that buffet the Western and South Coast Tasmania. Access to the harbour is via Port Davey.

It is not populated, but has in time had a number reclusive inhabitants.

The next safe anchorage to the north is Macquarie Harbour.

It is also a location on the western part of the South Coast Walking Track.

[edit] Further reading

• Gee, Helen and Janet Fenton (eds) (1978) The south west book: a Tasmanian wilderness. Hawthorn, Vic.: Australian Conservation Foundation. ISBN 0858020548
• South West Tasmania Resources Survey.(1981) Bathurst Harbour-Old River catchment Sandy Bay, Tas. Steering Committee, SWTRS. ISBN 0724610103 Working paper (South West Tasmania Resources Survey); no.21.

[edit] External link

• http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/marine/port_davey/index.html Port Davey and Bathurst marine reserve information