COUTA ROCKS, TASMANIA

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Like the nearby Temma Harbour, Couta Rocks is noted as a place where the sea can rage. A not uncommon sight is that of the local fishermen winching their boats out of the water on slips rather than risk them on moorings. This stretch of coast is dubbed the roaring 40s, where prevailing gale-force winds blow persistently from the west. In 1968 the small fishing villages of Couta Rocks and Sarah Anne Rocks opened up after a bridge was built across the Arthur River. Prior to that villagers and visitors alike were forced to punt. Couta Rocks, in the Tarkine region, is the centre of Tasmania's west coast crayfishing industry.
Points of Interest: Couta Rocks; Sarah Anne Rocks; Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area; Sandy Cape; Rebecca Beach; Aboriginal middens
How to get there: via unsealed road from Corinna. A permit is required for 4WD access south of Temma into the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area and for access to Sandy Cape and Balfour tracks.