Length: 1km
Duration: 0.5hrs
Grade: 3
Style: Return
Start: Woody Island Visitor Centre
End: Woody Island Visitor Centre
Location: Woody Island
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Distance from CBD: 725km
State: WA
Latitude: -33.96065991
Longitude: 122.0201445
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Twiggy’s Landing and Shearwater Lookout Walk is a 1km, grade 3 return hike, located in Woody Island, Western Australia. The hike should take approximately 0.5hrs to complete.
Hike Summary
Woody Island is an A Class Reserve and one of more than 100 islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago, a chain of islands stretching 230km from Esperance to the Great Australian Bight. The island is named for its stands of tall trees, a rare sight in this archipelago.
This walk start at the Woody Island Visitors Centre. You can take a free guided walk to a clearing overlooking this historic spot and learn about the story behind the name of Twiggy’s Landing. Continue along the path past the clearing to the Shearwater Lookout . From the lookout you can watch for adult flesh-footed shearwaters returning to their nesting burrows at dusk during their summer breeding season.
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Start Point: Trail starts at Woody Island Visitor Centre
End Point: Trail starts at Woody Island Visitor Centre
Region: Woody Island, Golden Outback
For more information, a location map and GPS file please visit Trails WA.
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