Flinders Island


Brown (tourist) fingerboard sign on Trouser Point Road (C806) at its junction with Big River Road (C806) near Loccotta. This is probably the last sign on C806 as it ends only 2km further on at the Strzelecki National Park. Source: Peter Renshaw, Dec 2006.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 10km

Northern Terminus: Lady Barron Main Rd (B85) & Trouser Point Rd (C806), 6km south of Whitemark

Southern Terminus: Big River Rd, Strzelecki National Park

Route taken: From the intersection of Lady Barron Main Rd (B85) & Trouser Point Rd (C806), 6km south of Whitemark, via Trouser Point Rd and Big River Rd to the Strzelecki National Park

Focal Points: Whitemark, Strzelecki National Park

Responsibility: Local Government

C806 is a mostly-unsealed access road from the Flinders Islands trunk route (B85) near Whitemark, to the Strzelecki National Park on the south-eastern tip of Flinders Island. It provides access to the iconic tourist destination of Trouser Point.

Photos of route C806
What's this? A very out-of-place C806 fingerboard sign at the intersection of Lady Barron Main Road (B85), Palana Road (B85) and Lagoon Rd, Whitemark. C806 does not begin for a further 6km south of Whitemark, branching off the B85.
Source: Peter Renshaw, Dec 2006.
AD sign southbound on Lady Barron Main Road (B85) approaching Trouser Point Road (C806), 6km south of Whitemark. Note the Tasmanian abbreviation of 'JCN' as opposed to the 'Jct' usually used in the mainland states.
Source: Peter Renshaw, Dec 2006.
AD sign northbound on Lady Barron Main Rd (B85) approaching Trouser Point Rd (C806). Note the absence of an arrow - which means the junction is on the left.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
There are no C806 fingerboards at the junction of Lady Barron Main Rd (B85) and Trouser Point Rd (C806), only these B85 fingerboards.
Source: Peter Renshaw, July 2007.
Brown (tourist) fingerboard sign on Trouser Point Road (C806) at its junction with Big River Road (C806) near Loccotta. This is probably the last sign on C806 as it ends only 2km further on at the Strzelecki National Park.
Source: Peter Renshaw, Dec 2006.

Last updated 9 October 2007
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