Rocky Cape is a locality and small rural community in the local government areas of
Circular Head
Circular Head Council is a local government body in Tasmania covering the far north-west mainland. It is classified as a rural local government area with a population of 8,066, and its major towns and localities include Arthur River, Marrawa ...
and
Waratah-Wynyard, in the
North-west and west region of
Tasmania
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. It is located about north-west of the town of
Wynyard Wynyard may refer to:
Australia:
*Wynyard, Sydney, the district of Sydney CBD around Wynyard railway station, Sydney
*Wynyard Park, Sydney
*Wynyard, Tasmania
*County of Wynyard, in the Murrumbidgee–Tumut region of New South Wales
Canada:
*Wynya ...
. The
Bass Highway passes through from south-east to north-west. The
Rocky Cape National Park
Rocky Cape National Park is a national park on the North West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is located at a geographical headland and surrounds the town of Sisters Beach. It is located approximately 365 km by car northwest of State Ca ...
is in the north-east of the locality. The
2016 census determined a population of 206 for the state suburb of Rocky Cape.
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History
The Detention River
The Detention Falls, a cascade waterfall on the Detention River, is located at Milabena in North West Tasmania, Australia.
Location and description
The falls are situated about 20 km west of Wynyard, approximately 220 m above sea lev ...
flows through the locality, which was previously known as “Detention”.
Road infrastructure
The C227 route (Rocky Cape Road) terminates at the Bass Highway in Rocky Cape. It runs north-east to the promontory “Rocky Cape”, within the national park.
See also
* Detention River Christian Community
* Banksia Grove (Tasmania)
Banksia Grove is a forest in the Rocky Cape National Park on the north west coast of Tasmania, Australia. The name refers to the plant genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, l ...
* Genoplesium brachystachyum
''Genoplesium brachystachyum'', commonly known as the Rocky Cape midge orchid or short-spike midge orchid, is a species of small terrestrial orchid endemic to Tasmania. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to twelve small ...
(Rocky Cape midge orchid)
References
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Localities of Circular Head Council
Localities of Waratah–Wynyard Council
Towns in Tasmania