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This trek takes you through sections of the Shannon and D'Entrecasteaux National Parks and provides spectacular scenery ranging from towering Karri forests, endless white beaches, mobile sand dunes, limestone cliffs, coastal wildflower heaths and wetlands.

The most challenging sections of the trek fall within the D'Entrecasteaux National Park that is managed for its wilderness values, so few facilities are provided. The areas traversed have isolated beach campsites, wild coastal vistas and excellent fishing.

The trek commences out side the Northcliffe Tourist Information Centre located on the cross roads in the centre of the small South West town. While passing through stop and have a walk through the Forest Park located just east of the Tourist Centre. The park contains a variety of planted trees, old growth Karri, Marri and Jarrah Forest and some interesting attractions such as the "Hollow Butt Karri" and the "Twin Karri Trees".

The trek initially leads you to Muirillup Rock, an outcropping island of metamorphic rock surrounded by a sea of Karri. The Boorara Tree and Lane Poole Falls follow this stop. The Boorara Tree is an abandoned fire lookout built in 1953 and in use up till 1977. The top section of the tree has broken off and unlike the Gloucester Tree can no longer be climbed. A 2.5 kilometre walk trail commencing at the Boorara Picnic Site takes you to Lane Poole Falls on the Canterbury River. The spectacular sluice like waterfall cascades over a 6m wide, 12m high granite rock during winter and early spring and is well worth the walk (1.5hrs return).

The later stages of the trek take you to Tucket's Hut, a squatter’s shack nestled in the dunes high on West Cliff Point, then past Fish Creek and onto the endless Coodamurrup Beach. The final point of call is Moore's Hut - a relic from the days when pastoral leases covered the area and graziers stayed on the coast with their stock.

The majority of the trek is easy going. The most difficult sections, ascending several steep dunes along the route are made easy with reduced tyre pressures so make sure you have a good air compressor or manual tyre pump, tyre gauge, and a shovel. Coodamurrup Beach becomes quite narrow and treacherous during winter and is best avoided during this period.

An alternative inland route to Moore's Hut is given in the following trek notes if conditions aren't the best. The total distance of the trek is approximately 133 kilometres and you'll need at least a whole day to take in all the sites. An overnight stay at one of the huts or bush campsites is highly recommended.

Northcliffe is about 370 kilometres from Perth and 210 kilometres from Albany.

There are several campsites along the trek route ranging from clearings in the bush to established campsites with toilets, barbecues and a supply of wood. Tucket's Hut at West Cliff Point can be used if the caretakers are not in attendance. A campsite has been established at Moore's Hut with barbecues, picnic tables, and toilets. All other campsites have no facilities.

If you plan on camping away from established sites please bring your own firewood as the collection of wood within National Parks is prohibited. Please use existing cleared areas and take your rubbish home with you. National Park passes are now required for entry into some of Western Australia's parks. These are available from rangers at offices of the Conservation and Land Management (CALM) and other selected outlets.

CALM have removed the ladder down the cliff face at West Cliff Point due to the potential chance of rock falls. Do not climb down the cliff face as it is unstable. All coastal cliffs can be extremely fragile. Many are quite soft and often collapse without warning. Be careful of waves, especially when fishing and exploring rock platforms. Watch for the incoming tide. Use the beach not the dunes for picnicking and playing - dunes are fragile.

Several readily available maps cover all or part the Trek area. These are the R.A.C.'s Lower South West District Road Map, Streetsmart's Southern Forests and The South Coast Touring Maps (also available on CD). Forestry maps are available from C.A.L.M. at a scale of 1: 50 000. The Northcliffe and Broke Inlet sheets cover the trek route. The best of this selection of maps are the two Streetsmart maps which show most of the tracks mentioned in the pace notes in addition to providing information on accommodation and points of interest.

Prior to commencing the trek pay a visit to the Pemberton or Northcliffe Tourist Centres for information on all the attractions in the area.

Trek Notes - Northcliffe to Fish Creek and return Trek commences at the Northcliffe Tourist Information Centre, Northcliffe

Note: All GPS readings are Zone 50 AMG using AUS84 datum

Preparation

Northcliffe Tourist Centre
Forward	Information	Reverse
0 km	Start at Northcliffe Tourist Centre carpark TR out of carpark TR at Muirillup Road
	End at Northcliffe Tourist Centre carpark TL TL into carpark	64.5 km
	(8.6 km)
8.6 km	TR
	T Junction
	TL	55.9 km
	(6.3 km)
14.9 km	TR - Rudd Road - FMR
	TL - Muirillup Road	49.6 km
	(0.5 km)
15.4 km	TR onto Rock Road - FMR
	TL onto Rudd Road - FMR	49.1 km
	(1.5 km)
16.9 km	TR - SP "Muirillup Conservation Park"
	250m walk to rock outcrop
	TL- SP "Muirillup Conservation Park" onto Rock Road	47.6 km
	(1.4 km)
18.3 km	Retrace Rock Road back to Rudd Road TJ TR onto Rudd Road - FMR
	Retrace Rudd Road back to Rock Road TJ TL onto Rock Road - FMR	46.2 km
	(3.4 km)
21.7 km	SO - SP "Boorara Tree 1/Lane Poole Falls 1"
	SO - SP "Boorara Tree 1/Lane Poole Falls 1"	42.8 km
	(0.5 km)
22.2 km	SO
	Boorara Tree Picnic Site
	SO	42.3 km
	(0.3 km)
22.5 km	TL- Boorara Road
	TR	42 km
	(3.8 km)
26.3 km	TL - KTC Road
	TR - Boorara Road	38.2 km
	(1 km)
27.3 km	TR - Loverock Road
	TL - KTC Road	37.2 km
	(1.6 km)
28.9 km	TL - Gardner River Road
	TR- Loverock Road	35.6 km
	(10.3 km)
39.2 km	TJ TL - Chesapeake Road
	TJ TR - Gardner River Road - FMR	25.3 km
	(8.8 km)
48 km	TR - Moores Track SP "D'Entrecasteaux National Park"
	TL - Chesapeake Road SP "D'Entrecasteaux National Park"	16.5 km
	(3.9 km)
51.9 km	SO through fence posts - track veers sharp left
	SO through fence posts - track veers sharp right	12.6 km
	(2.4 km)
54.3 km	TL
	TR	10.2 km
	(4.8 km)
59.1 km	SO
	SO	5.4 km
	(2.1 km)
61.2 km	YJ VL
	SO	3.3 km
	(0.1 km)
61.3 km	SO
	Creek Crossing
	SO	3.2 km
	(0.9 km)
62.2 km	SO
	SO	2.3 km
	(2 km)
64.2 km	YJ VL to hut
	YJ SO	0.3 km
	(0.2 km)
64.4 km	SO past hut to clearing near cliff
	SO	0.1 km
	(0.1 km)
64.5 km	Cliff - Danger
	Cliff - Danger	0 km

Hut
Forward	Information	Reverse
0 km	Retrace track out past hut
	Retrace track out past hut	1.8 km
	(0.1 km)
0.1 km	TL
	TR	1.7 km
	(1.1 km)
1.2 km	SO up steep sandune away from Beach
	SO down steep sandune close to Beach	0.6 km
	(0.6 km)
1.8 km	Coodamurrup Beach
	Coodamurrup Beach	0 km

Moores Hut via Coodamurrup Bch
Forward	Information	Reverse
0 km	TR onto beach. Caution - beach may be narrow
	TL out of beach	10.2 km
	(0.1 km)
0.1 km	SO along beach
	Creek Crossing "Fish Creek"
	SO along beach	10.1 km
	(6.3 km)
6.4 km	SO Creek Crossing
	SO Creek Crossing	3.8 km
	(1.1 km)
7.5 km	SO Creek Crossing
	SO Creek Crossing	2.7 km
	(0.1 km)
7.6 km	TR off beach track leading inland (6141340N, 428310E)
	TL onto beach-caution beach may be narrow	2.6 km
	(0.1 km)
7.7 km	Camp site on left
	Camp site on right	2.5 km
	(1 km)
8.7 km	Camp site on right
	Camp site on left	1.5 km
	(1.5 km)
10.2 km	XR SO (6142410N, 429650E)
	Moore's Hut
	SO	0 km

Moore's Hut via Inland track
Forward	Information	Reverse
0 km	TR onto beach - caution - beach may be narrow
	TL	14.9 km
	(0.1 km)
0.1 km	TR off beach track onto inland
	TL	14.8 km
	(0.2 km)
0.3 km	VR (track on left leads to CS behind dunes) SO
	SO	14.6 km
	(3.3 km)
3.6 km	Drovers Hut
	Drovers Hut	11.3 km
	(0.6 km)
4.2 km	TJ TL - SO
	TJ TR - SO	10.7 km
	(4.7 km)
8.9 km	TJ TL - SO
	TJ TR - SO	6 km
	(6 km)
14.9 km	XR - Moore's Hut (TR) for next stage)
	Moore's Hut	0 km

Moore's Hut
Forward	Information	Reverse
0 km	Moore's Hut - proceed up track heading in a northerly direction
	(6.3 km)
6.3 km	TJ - TL
	TJ- TR	35.4 km
	(3.9 km)
10.2 km	TL onto Chesapeake Road - SO
	TR	31.5 km
	(23.7 km)
33.9 km	VL
	SO	7.8 km
	(1.6 km)
35.5 km	TJ TR onto Windy Harbour Road
	TJ TL on Chesapeake Road	6.2 km
	(6.2 km)
41.7 km	XR - Northcliffe
	XR - Northcliffe	0 km

Distance from start	Description
Trip Meter (km)
Zero trip meter at Northcliffe Tourist Information Centre
0.0	TR (turn right) out of Tourist Centre carpark and the right again onto Muirillup Rd - FMR (follow main road) over railway line
8.6	TJ (T junction) - TR
14.9	TR onto Rudd Rd - FMR
15.4	TR onto Rock Rd - FMR
16.9	TR - SP (sign post) "Muirillup Conservation Pk"" - 250m walk to rock outcrop
18.3	Retrace Rock Road back to Rudd Road - TJ - TR onto Rudd Rd - FMR
21.7	CSA (continue straight ahead) at XR (cross roads) - SP ""Boorara Tree 1/Lane Poole Falls 1"
22.2	Boorara Tree Picnic Site (6161900N, 431060E)
22.5	Return to XR - TL (turn left) onto Boorara Road
26.3	TL onto KTC Rd
27.3	TR onto Loverock Rd
28.9	TL onto Gardner River Rd - FMR
39.2	TJ - TL onto Chesapeake Rd
48.0	TR onto Moores Track - SP "D'Entrecasteaux National Park" (6146750N, 434890E)
51.9	CSA through fence posts - track veers sharp left - FMT(follow main track)
54.3	TL - FMT
59.1	CSA - FMT
61.2	YJ - VL (veer left)
61.3	CRX (creek crossing)
62.2	CSA
64.2	YJ (y junction) - VL to Hut
64.4	FMT past Hut to clearing near cliff
64.5	Cliff - Danger
Zero trip meter at hut (6137640N, 436280E)
0.0	Retrace track out past hut
0.1	TL - FMT
1.2	FMT up steep sandune away from beach
1.8	Coodamurrup Beach

This stage takes you along Coodamurrup Beach to Moores Hut

Zero trip meter as you drive onto beach (6138000N, 435050E)
0.0	TR onto beach - caution - beach may be narrow
0.1	CRX - "Fish Creek" - CSA along beach
6.4	CRX
7.5	CRX
7.6	TR off beach onto track leading inland - FMT (6141340N, 428310E)
7.7	CS (camp site) on left
8.7	CS on right
10.2	XR - Moore's Hut CS (CSA for next stage) (6142410N, 429650E)

This Stage takes you inland to Moore's Hut if Coodamurrup Beach is impassable

Zero trip meter as you drive onto beach
0.0	TR onto beach - caution - beach may be narrow
0.1	CRX - "Fish Creek" - TR off beach onto track inland 50m after CRX (6138140N, 435010E)
0.3	VR - FMT (track on left leads to CS behind dunes)
3.6	Drovers Hut
4.2	TJ - TL - FMT
8.9	TJ - TL - FMT
14.9	XR - Moore's Hut CS (TR for next stage)
Zero Trip Meter at Moore's Hut
0.0	Moore's Hut - proceed up track heading in a northerly direction
6.3	TJ - TL
10.2	TL onto Chesapeake Rd - FMR
33.9	VL
35.5	TJ - TR onto Windy Harbour Rd
41.7	XR - Northcliffe

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