Balfour Packhorse Track (Nth)
Point of Interest
Contact
Blackwater Road, Tasmania.
Description
Entrance to the north end of the Balfour Packhorse / Walking Track, which was once used for packhorses and prospectors enroute to the mines at Balfour in the 1900's.
It is a medium, 8km 3 hour return walk through cool temperate rainforest, beneath towering myrtle, eucalypt and sassafras trees.
The forest walk loosely follows the course of Stephens Rivelet.
There is a small amount of parking on both sides of the road,
Not to be confused with the 4WD route, further to the SW, also called the Balfour Track.
Features
Location
Lat: -41.13625 Lng: 144.955145