Running Fluted Cape on Bruny Island

This walk is from very historic Adventure Bay to dramatic, high sea cliffs - it took a bit of encouragment...

The history relates to the exploration of the Tasmanaian coast rather than to buildings. The bay was visitied by Duth navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman as early as 1642. Some 132 years later, navigator Tobias Furneaux visited in 1773 and then James Cook visitied in 1777 and William Bligh in 1788 and 1792. However, only Cook has been remembered with a memorial at Cairn Bay. Botanists Nelson and Brown who arrive with Bligh, planted apple tress at cookville, which later led to an apple industry and to Tasmania becoming the so-called Apple Isle.
Today people create rock piles in memory of the history

Today the Cape is protected within the South Bruny National Park.

The sea cliffs here are up to 250m high and mostly of columnar shards of dolerite rock.

The walk starts along the beach and rapidly climbs 272m to the Tasman Peninsula

where you are rewarded with spectacular views to the south.


Overlooking Penguin Island and the kelp forests.

and down

along the cliff rim towards Grass Point

As always, we met the locals

a Supreme Fairy Wren - and his two ladies

A Jewelled Beatle

and a not so welcome Tiger Snake

Another day another run

and just for fun...