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HELL'S GATE
Timmy Turner, James Hollmer-Cross + Dean Brady explore Tasmania's uncharted southwest coast
The convicts sent to Tasmania's notorious penal settlement at Macquarie Harbour called the harbour entrance "Hell's Gate". For surfers, it's something else altogether.
Macquarie Harbour marks the beginning of Australia's most remote and inaccessible coastline, encircling Tasmania's World Heritage-listed Southwest Wilderness. No roads penetrate this zone, an area that accounts for almost a quarter of the island's entire land mass. The only way in is by foot, air or sea.
Huntington Beach surf explorer Timmy Turner chose the latter, joining Tasmanian big-wave charger James Holmer-Cross and Queensland man-child Dean Brady on a local abalone boat, bouncing violently around the Southeast Cape, the southernmost point of Australia. Dwarfed by towering sea cliffs and a rugged landscape scarred by glacial movement, Timmy & co. explored the remote wilderness, discovering empty beachbreak waves, hidden coves and offshore reefs.
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May 15, 2009
