Bathurst Harbour is located in the South West Wilderness of Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. It is a safe anchorage from the Roaring Forties

Roaring Forties

The Roaring Forties is the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 49 degrees. Air displaced from the Equator towards the South Pole, which travels close to the surface between the latitudes of 30 and 60 degrees south, combines...

 that buffet the Western

West Coast, Tasmania

The West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining and tourism, rough country and isolation...

 and South Coast Tasmania

South Coast Tasmania

South Coast TasmaniaIs a term used in Tasmania - which is sometimes conflated with the South West Tasmania wilderness region.South East Cape is commonly used as a reference point of the eastern limit, and South West Cape the western end.-External links:*...

. Access to the harbour is via Port Davey.

It is not populated, but has in time had a number reclusive inhabitants.

The next safe anchorage to the north is Macquarie Harbour

Macquarie Harbour

Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, but navigable by shallow draft vessels inlet on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.-History:James Kelly wrote in his narrative "First Discovery of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour" how he sailed from Hobart in a small open five-oared whaleboat to discover...

.

The Port Davey Track

Port Davey Track

The Port Davey track in the South Coast Tasmania region is a bushwalking track in the Southwest National Park of Tasmania, Australia.The Port Davey track starts or ends at Melaleuca and runs for 65km north to the Scotts Peak Road...

crosses the Harbour, through the use of row boats.

External links

• http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/marine/port_davey/index.html Port Davey and Bathurst marine reserve information