Hobart Walking Club is a recreational walking club based in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia, that was started in 1929 by Jack Thwaites and Evelyn Temple Emmett .
10-475: It has celebrated stages of its history in a number of commemorative publications at various milestones: 21 years 50 years and 81 years. It has published its journal The Tasmanian tramp since inception, as well as producing maps and other publications over the years. Considerable effort by members exploring in the South West Tasmania region resulted in photographs and texts explaining access to
20-703: A preliminary report in May 1976, and a final report in August 1978. Following national and international concern over the fate of South West Tasmania, Commonwealth Government funded the survey with the States Grants (Nature Conservation Act) Act of 1974. Further funding was provided from the Environment (Financial Assistance) Act of 1977. The South West Tasmania Resources Survey produced 25 Discussion Papers, 22 Working Papers and 20 Occasional papers - including
30-671: Is a region in Tasmania that has evoked curiosity and wonder during the period of European presence on the island. Initially relatively unexplored by Europeans, in the mid-twentieth century the area was considered for its potential resources for development. Much of the area is now protected within the Southwest National Park and as part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area . The most notable controversy occurring in
40-731: The Australian Government to facilitate the construction of dams for the flooding of Lake Pedder . It was an unsealed road built to connect between the dam works and the Gordon River Road . The 47-kilometre (29 mi) road leaves the Gordon River Road at Frodshams Pass and heads south and provides access to Edgar Dam and the Scotts Peak Dam across the Huon River . The road terminates at
50-657: The area between Cox Bight and Bathurst Harbour even included the then governor of the state, Sir James O'Grady , and its intention was a search for geological information. The Southern Ocean forms the western and southern boundaries. The locality encircles Strathgordon, and is adjoined by the localities of Macquarie Heads , Strahan , West Coast , Queenstown , Gormanston , Lake St Clair , Derwent Bridge , Butlers Gorge , Tarraleah , Wayatinah , Florentine , Maydena , Styx, Lonnavale, Geeveston , Raminea , Strathblane , Hastings , Lune River , and Recherche . The A10 route ( Lyell Highway ) enters from Derwent Bridge in
60-739: The breakup of the region into river catchments: Ten years after the South West Resources survey the Australia Heritage Commission published an inventory for the South West. Scotts Peak Dam Road The Scotts Peak Dam Road (Route C607) is the most southerly point of road access into Southwest National Park , Tasmania , Australia. The road was built by the Hydro-Electricity Commission of Tasmania with funding from
70-483: The encircled locality of Strathgordon , is about 116 kilometres (72 mi) west of the town of New Norfolk , the administrative centre for the Derwent Valley Council. The 2016 census has a population of 15 for the state suburb of Southwest. Most early walks through the region were for discovery, or in the case of Thomas Bather Moore was to establish tracks for access. In 1927, a walk through
80-631: The many rivers, mountains and tracks of the region, a considerable amount of material appearing in The Tasmanian tramp . The organisation has also participated in search and rescue events, as well as promoting safety awareness in bushwalking. A similar club exists in northern Tasmania, the Launceston Walking Club. Most publications by the club, apart from The Tasmanian tramp , were short runs or one-off publishing ventures. South West Tasmania South West Tasmania
90-589: The north-east and runs generally north-west until it reaches the north-western boundary, where it exits to Queenstown. Route B61 ( Gordon River Road ) enters from Maydena in the east and runs generally west through Strathgordon to the Gordon Dam , where it ends. Route C607 ( Scotts Peak Dam Road ) starts at an intersection with B61 and runs south and west to Scotts Peak Dam , where it ends. Members were Sir George B Cartland , G. J. Foot and A. G. Ogilvie . Submissions were received on its subject area. It made
100-536: The region was the flooding of Lake Pedder as part of a hydro-electric development, in 1972. This was followed, further north, by the proposed damming of the Franklin River in the early 1980s, which did not proceed. Southwest is a locality that covers most of the region. The locality (and therefore the region) is in the local government areas of Derwent Valley (29%), Huon Valley (20%), Central Highlands (7%) and West Coast (44%). Its central point, near
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