Exploring St Helens Point

Sunday, 4 December 2022

Most of my St Helens jobs were done during my big day yesterday, so after watching the world cup soccer this morning I went out to do some exploring at St Helens point.  Unfortunately it was high tide, so I couldn't so my planned big loop, instead I explored sections at a time.  

I started at the intriguingly named 'Training Wall' - which turned out to be a rock wall along the edge of the entrance to Georges Bay.   The water was deep and clear right next to the wall - walking along the path that ran along the top of it was like walking next to an aquarium - it was incredible - fish of all sizes and colours swam along the edge and in and out of the seaweed. 

After reaching the end of the path, and checking out the temporarily closed Blanches Beach (due to bird nesting season), I walked back in the other direction for a while - although I was ultimately foiled by the high tide.

After a quick trip up to St Helens Light I drove around to a beach I hadn't visited before - Maurouard Beach - a huge beach on the eastern side of the point::

Then I spent some time trying to find a track marked on google but didn't seem to exist in real life - well the first part did but then it quickly became overgrown and impossible to follow.

It's interesting that the boat ramp out at the end of the point was as busy with fishermen as the mtb trail head is with mountain bikers on a weekend - when we started coming to St Helens in the late 80s the town welcome sign said ' Welcome to St Helens, game fishing capital of Tasmania' - good to know it's probably still true!