Cape Pillar Walk



View from Cape Pillar to Tasman Island

The Cape Pillar walk is a spectacular walk to some of the largest sea cliffs on the Tasmanian Peninsula,with some very interesting form of plants sculptured by the extreme conditions..
We started of late in the day so we only made it to Bare Knoll as darkness fell,we were glad it was a protected site as we could hear the wind howling overhead.
                                                                            
















Our campsite at Bare Knoll

  
The next day we set of in fine conditions for the Cape,taking in all the beautiful views of the coastline and spectacular plants such as the Allocassuarina crassa Allocassuarina Crassa PDF and prostrate form of Banksia marginata.  















Allocassuarina crassa prostrate form

 We filled up our water bottles at Lunch time creek the last reliable water source,although the water had a distinctly salty taste to it!   At Lunch time creek we started to see some very round leaved forms of Telopea truncata Telopea truncata PDF and patches of rainforest. 



















Round leaved form of Telopea truncata

  After a couple of hours walking we arrived at Perdition Ponds ,a series of shallow ponds right near the sea.

We spent over an hour observing all the beautiful forms of plants growing at the Cape in natures garden.



Perdition Ponds



After a quick lunch we headed out to the end of the Cape for spectacular views of Tasman Island ,we realised however that we din,t have enough day light left to make it to the end of the Cape and back to the campsite before dark as we had spent allot of time botanising.                       

View from Cape Pillar to Tasman Island

After 2 days on the Cape we awoke to a very wet and windy day and decided we would leave climbing Mount Fortescue to another day because of the conditions.