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Region : Tasman Peninsula
Length: Very long (2 days) 
Difficulty: Very High
Climbing quality: High

Overall quality: 3 stars

Late Jan 2026

Benny Plunkett (Unsupported) 

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Things begin to ramp up as you wrap around in to Waterfall Bay. The rock quality was surprisingly bomber for much of the traverse although there are sections that require very delicate climbing on slippery and sharp rocksiltstone. I’m a bit bloody baffled by how many different textures of rock I touched over 2 days. Much of the traversing is over deep water so there’s potential to choose your own adventure and seek out fun DWS routes for most ability levels. There were quite a few sections that climbed like a slippery and sideways version of Tip Toe Ridge.  Fun and flowy scrambling for days with the odd no fall zone to keep you on your toes.

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I must admit, after putting on wet clothes first thing in the morning I may’ve eye balled a super sketchy escape route. I knew there was still plenty of magic to be explored around the proceeding corners so I got the first swim out of the way and the froth returned. Day 2 was pretty relentless and I wasn’t mad about it. I can’t remember getting any opportunities to run. I was in constant awe of the sheer beauty of the Tasman Peninsula. It would have to be one of the best all round adventures I’ve had in Tasmania. It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea as it's quite a committing dance with dirty dolerite.  

Around smoko on Day 2 I resupplied at the waterfall on the southern side of Waterfall Bay. Some of my favourite stretches of climbing were wrapping around the southern side of Waterfall Bay. There’s a wide variety of epic cliff jumps on offer and there’s pretty much always a way to minimise/maximise the height. Over the course of 2 days I completed between 30-40 swims. Majority of them were very short and a few were between 50-75m. As the end neared, I swam through yet another incredible archway which brought me to a beach full of boulders located a few hundred meters south of Waterfall Bluff lookout. All that remains is a bush bash up a steep unmarked exit route until you connect with the Tasman Coastal Trail. This is arguably the most dangerous part of the traverse so avoid knocking rocks on your friends. If you're eyeing off any legit scrambling then you've gone the wrong way. I stayed slightly left of the main scree slope and crossed over once it tapered off. See Image 6 below to see the exit route. I found this area slightly disorientating so it was nice having offline maps to work with. Flowy trail run to get back to the blowhole.

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