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- Through the Dunes
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- West Sandy Point
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- Going no further
4WD Tracks in Tasmania Ref. page 183
Date I Last Did This Track. August 30th 2007.
Weather Conditions Fine & Sunny
Vehicle Details Single Vehicle – GU Patrol
Difficulty Rating Rated Hard
Time Required 1 – 2 hours plus play time.
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Fuel Availability.
Diesel. Bridport about 3 klms from start of track. Pipers River about 20 Klms from Bellingham end of track
ULP. Bridport about 3 klms from start of track Pipers River about 20 klms from Bellingham end of track
ULP Premium. Bridport about 3 klms from start of track
Autogas. Nearest supplies are Launceston, George Town and Scottsdale.
Camping. Free camping (no facilities) is available at various places along the trip if you wish to stop enroute. Take your own water, firewood and dunny roll. This is one shovel flush country….so please make sure you flush and burn your paper. In my opinion, the best campsites are at West Sandy Point in behind the Boobiallas.
Trip Report.
We started this trip from the Bellingham end at approx 90 minutes after high tide. Aired down to 20 PSI but should have gone to 14 to 16 PSI. This is a good fun beach driving experience that although rated hard in the Tassie Tracks guide can safely be tackled solo (if you have a reasonable level of driving skill) about 2 hours below high tide. Side tracks leave the beach at several locations, leading through the Boobiallas behind the sand dunes. These are overgrown in several places and I came away with lots of deep scratches in the paintwork. West Sandy Point offers excellent fun tackling a large, steep sided and extremely soft sand dune. In addition, enjoy some pretty campsites, a good safe (Shallow) beach for swimming and a spot of beach fishing.
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