Three Capes Track Gear List
The Three Capes Track is a fuel stove only area at all times of the year. The cabins have a shared kitchen with gas cooktops and cookware, but you bring your own cutlery and crockery, a head torch and a warm sleeping bag.
What Parks Tasmania says to bring
Cutlery, cup, plate and bowl
Your own knives, forks, spoons, cup, plate and bowl.
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Sleeping bag
Rated to -5C or less, because the sleeping rooms are unheated.
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Head torch
The sleeping rooms have no lights.
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Water
At least two litres a day, treated before use.
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Footwear and pack
Suitable footwear, and the pack and boots you have trained with.
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Bathers
For swimming at Denmans Cove and Fortescue Bay.
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Sealed bags
For rubbish, sanitary items and nappies.
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What the cabins have
Beds
A bunk and single mattress for each walker.
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Kitchen
Gas cooktops, saucepans, frying pans and kettles. No microwave or fridge.
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Social hub
Heating and lights, which the sleeping rooms do not have.
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Power and showers
Shared 5-volt USB charging stations, and two outdoor showers at Munro cabin only.
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Host ranger
At each site.
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Fire rules
Fuel stove only
Parks Tasmania's alert calls the track a fuel stove only area at all times of the year, and campfires are not permitted.
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Gear questions for the Three Capes Track
Do the Three Capes Track cabins have cooking equipment?
Parks Tasmania says the shared kitchen has gas cooktops, saucepans, frying pans and kettles. You bring your own cutlery, cup, plate and bowl.
What sleeping bag do you need for the Three Capes Track?
Parks Tasmania recommends one rated to -5C or less, since the sleeping rooms are unheated.
How much water should you carry on the Three Capes Track?
At least two litres a day, treated before use, according to Parks Tasmania.
Sources
Checked against the agency page above on 30 October 2026. This page names no products, and it lists what the agency says, in our words. Check the agency page for rules that changed since.
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