Granite Beach Falls is a 40km, grade 4 hike located in the Southwest National Park, Tasmania. The hike should take around 4 days to complete.

Length: 40km

Duration: 4 days

Grade: 4

Style: Return

Start: Cockle Creek

End: Cockle Creek

Location: Southwest National Park

Closest town: Southwest National Park

Tasmania

From state capital: 122km

Longitude: 146.89369797706607

Latitude: -43.5833480491191

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Hike overview

The Granite Beach Falls traverses the eastern end of the popular South Coast Track from Cockle Creek to Granite Beach (east) Campsite. The track is reasonably well defined and low growing vegetation means that great views can be enjoyed for most of the hike. At the end of the beach you’ll find the Granite Beach Falls. They are only small but enough to get your head under. Just before the waterfall is a steep, tricky rock climb up to the top of the waterfall. The 1.4 km long sandy beach is backed by densely vegetated slopes, which commence at the rear of the beach and gradually rise to over 500 m along the South Cape Range, with three creeks including Sandstone Creek draining down the backing slopes to the beach. The camp site is located at the eastern end of the beach.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1: Cockle Creek to South Cape Rivulet
Day 2: South Cape Rivulet to Granite Beach
Day 3: Granite Beach to South Cape Rivulet
Day 4: South Cape Rivulet to Cockle Creek

Photography by Caedence Kuepper

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 41260 m
Max elevation: 463 m
Min elevation: 4 m
Total climbing: 1926 m
Total descent: -1926 m

Download file: Granite Beach Falls.gpx

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Cockle Creek is a 2hr drive (121km) south of Hobart on the fringe of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

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About the region

Tasmania’s largest expanse of wilderness is located in Southwest National Park – a remote and rugged landscape in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Home to majestic Huon pine, sassafras, celery top and myrtle, the region is awash with the distinctive fragrances of the Tasmanian forest.

Cockle Creek is the furthest point south that you can drive in Australia and the entry point to the South West National Park in Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area. The South Coast Track, one of Tasmania's great hikes begins - or ends - here.

In Southwest National Park, you’ll find one of Tasmania’s most challenging wilderness walks, the multi-day South Coast Track. There are also endless shorter walks to take you up and over mountains and out to the coast. For a real ‘ends-of-the-Earth’ experience, travel to Australia’s southernmost point accessible by road, Cockle Creek, where a day walk to South Cape Bay allows walkers to immerse themselves in the raw power of this wilderness landscape.

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