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Access to the beach is via the DOC Reserve, and is open year round. The track is a popular walking excursion. It descends from 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level at its start, a short distance off
Blackhead Road, winding for some 1200 metres to the top of the tunnel close to a natural
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