Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) advises the Three Capes Track and a section of Mill Creek Campground at Fortescue Bay will be closed from 28 April – 11 May 2025 for planned burn operations and annual maintenance.
The closure is part of the state-wide Fuel Reduction Program and aims to ensure public safety by reducing the risk of bushfire while protecting and enhancing the natural and cultural values across the Tasman National Park.
The planned burns have been timed during autumn, when conditions are more stable and predictable, and fuels are dry enough to achieve favourable burning outcomes.
The closure applies to Three Capes Track, Old Cape Pillar Track (inland route to Cape Pillar), Bare Knoll Campground, Cape Hauy Track, and a section of Mill Creek campground at Fortescue Bay.
These areas will remain closed after the burn until an assessment has been made to declare the area safe to reopen.
The Fortescue Bay boat ramp will remain open.
Visitors will be able to access all other tracks within Tasman National Park during this time including Waterfall Bay Track, Tasman Coastal Trail, Crescent Bay - Mount Brown Track, Cape Raoul Track, Shipstern Bluff Track and Tunnel Bay Track.
The closure of the Three Capes Track is undertaken each year and is part of the PWS risk mitigation strategy for walkers and infrastructure to ensure the Three Capes Track experience as Australia's premier coastal walk is maintained.
For more information visit our Fire Management page.
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Cape Pillar and Tasman Island from the Three Capes Track