Saltwater River is a rural locality on the north-western Tasman Peninsula. Its quiet coast sits close to the Coal Mines Historic Site, where convict labour extracted coal for the colonial settlement.
Coast and working land
Farms, private roads and narrow public routes shape access. Use signed reserves and do not treat open-looking paddocks or shore tracks as public land.
Coal Mines Historic Site
The nearby site preserves shafts, ruins and settlement remains within the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage property. Old workings and cliff edges are hazardous, and Parks Tasmania directions should override informal maps.
Allow a focused half-day
Carry water and food, check road and fire conditions and leave enough daylight for the return. Combine the district with Nubeena, Port Arthur or the Tasman Peninsula.