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Gravel
Every unsealed road, judged

Your rule under 20 km

Passable when slightly wet, in fair condition, and under 20 km in one run. Every unsealed road on or near the route, judged against that.

On the route 12

Cape Tourville Rd
Day 7 · IN - easy call
5.5 km

Park road with some steep pinches, ending at a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk.

Buys you
The easiest big view in Freycinet: Wineglass, the Hazards and the Nuggets in 20 minutes.
Coal Mines spur
Day 6 · IN
~3 km

Short spur off Saltwater River Rd.

Buys you
Free, unstaffed convict coal mine ruins.
Devils Gullet Rd
Day 9 · IN on length, OUT on time
~10 km

Fair, but a long detour off the A5 on a ferry day.

Buys you
A vertigo-inducing plateau-edge lookout. Do it if your sailing is late evening.
Fortescue Bay Rd (C344)
Day 6 · IN
12 km

Gazetted C-road, graded gravel and sand, Parks-rated 2WD. Tour buses and delivery trucks use it, which keeps it graded. Rougher after heavy rain; one review called it one of the best unsealed roads they had driven.

Buys you
Cape Hauy. The best short walk in Tasmania.
Friendly Beaches spur
Day 7 · IN
~4 km

Short park access road off the C302.

Buys you
Kilometres of empty white sand, ten minutes off the highway.
Gulf Rd, lower Liffey
Day 9 · IN
~5 km

Steep and winding with sharp bends, and used by logging trucks. Keep left on blind corners.

Buys you
Liffey Falls, four tiers in World Heritage rainforest, on your way down off the plateau.
Halls Falls track
Day 8 · IN
~2 km

Short spur near Pyengana.

Buys you
A quieter 45-minute alternative to St Columba Falls.
Lake Dobson Rd
Day 4 · IN - now inside your limit
16 km

Narrow, winding, corrugated in places, climbing to about 1,000 m. Subject to ice and occasionally closed. Fine for any car taken slowly.

Buys you
Tarn Shelf Circuit, the best alpine walk in the south of the state. This is what raising the limit to 20 km buys you.
Milkshake Hills Rd
Tarkine · IN
~5 km

Gravel, described as in very good condition for a sedan.

Buys you
Buttongrass and rainforest views from a short hilltop walk.
Poimena Rd, Blue Tier
Day 8 · IN
~7 km

Forestry road, generally fair.

Buys you
The Goblin Forest walk, now the main walk on the passes day since Launceston is off the list.
Trowutta Arch (Reynolds & Gun Rds)
Tarkine · IN
~5 km

Gravel but in good condition and fine for 2WD. Watch for active logging.

Buys you
A collapsed double sinkhole with a mossy arch between them - one of the strangest places in Tasmania.
Williamsford Rd
Day 2 · IN
~7 km

Old mining access, generally fair.

Buys you
Montezuma Falls, 104 m, reached along an old tramway ending on a suspension bridge.

Ruled out 5

Hartz Rd (C633)
cut · OUT - no day for it
13-14 km

Fine against your rule - well graded, under 20 km. It is the day it needed that you no longer have.

Buys you
Hartz Peak. The cost of the second Strahan night.
Jacobs Ladder, Ben Lomond
n/a · OUT - fails on condition
~6 km

Steep unguarded switchbacks on loose surface, and snow is likely on Ben Lomond in early November.

Buys you
Nothing you need, and it is a long detour off an already five-hour Day 8.
Scotts Peak Rd
Day 5 · OUT - over 20 km
~30 km

Long remote gravel south off Gordon River Rd.

Buys you
Lake Pedder from the south. The sealed lookouts give you the view.
Western Explorer (C214)
n/a · OUT - over 20 km
~75 km

Long remote gravel from Arthur River to Corinna.

Buys you
The Pieman River and the Fatman ferry. A different trip entirely.
Wielangta Rd
Day 7 · OUT - over 20 km
~25 km

Rough forestry road.

Buys you
Only ever a shortcut. The A3 coastal route is better driving anyway.
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