WATERHOUSE & TOMAHAWK

 

1/ The Waterhouse Conservation Area is in north east Tasmania. The area includes boat launches and camping areas, but no other facilities.

2/ This is a panoramic view of Ransons Beach. The beach on the left horizon is Tomahawk Beach.

3/ Ransons Beach at Waterhouse is simply an idyllic place to relax in.

4/ This is a view of Waterhouse looking north beyond the rocks to the hill, where the panoramic shot was taken from.

5/ The Waterhouse area includes a number of boat launches. This one is Blizzards Landing and is looking towards Waterhouse Island.

6/ This is the view to the west of Waterhouse Point.

7/ This view shows the extent of the beach of Waterhouse at high tide.

8/ Like in the Bay of Fires, Waterhouse has the signature red coated rocks of eastern Tasmania.

9/ This view shows the timeless atmospherics of this beautiful beaches of Waterhouse.

10/ This view looks towards the headland in the south of Waterhouse.

11/ This view shows how the rocks of Waterhouse can be interpreted as interesting sculptures.

12/ This is another view of the rockscapes of Ransons Beach at Waterhouse.

13/ This map shows the many places to see and experience in the Waterhouse area.

 

1/ Tomahawk Beach is east of Waterhouse Beach. It is a beautiful white sand beach that stretches for about 8 kilometres. There is a holiday settlement with at store at Tomahawk. This photo shows the boat launch at Tomahawk. It looks to the east towards the Ringarooma Tier of hills on the right of the photo.

2/ This is the view back to the boat launch looking towards the west. Note how clean is the water and how white is the sand. The distant hill to the right is at Waterhouse Beach. Tomahawk calls itself Tasmania's best kept secret, as only Tasmanians know about it.

3/ This is a photo of Tomahawk Beach at high tide. The beach is about 200 metres wide at this time.

4/ This view looks to the north east across some rocks towards Little Musselroe Bay. There is a large wind farm at Little Musselroe Bay, which is an interesting place to visit.

5/ Fishing and boating are the main pleasure activities at Tomahawk. This photo shows a fishermen fishing near the boat launch. In the distance is the Ringarooma Tier.

6/ The long sandy beach of Tomahawk has regular out crops of rocks. This view also looks towards the east.