We decided to skip the Blowhole, which is one of three related features - Tasmans Arch and Devils Kitchen being the others. Each has its own separate parking area, but you can visit Tasmans Arch and Devils Kitchen by doing a short hike from either of the two lots.
We parked in the Tasmans Arch parking lot. If it's full, you can try your luck at the Devils Kitchen lot just up the road. There's a lot of turnover, though, so even if it's full you probably don't need to wait long.
At the parking lot, there's a view of the Tasmans Arch and straight down to the waters below. It's impressive to look at, though hard to get a good vantage point to photograph. We then took the trail to the left, which goes over the arch itself. It's wide so you can't even really tell you're on it.
Tasmans Arch
There's not much to the trail itself, passing mostly through waist-high brush. We followed the trail northward toward Devils Kitchen. At the end of this trail we came to a railing where we could look across a chasm to an imposing cliff and down to the waters below - much more impressive than the Tasmans Arch, I would say.
View from the Devils Kitchen overlook
Seagull near Devils Kitchen
View from the Devils Kitchen overlook
Devils Kitchen
Devils Kitchen
We then followed the spur to the Devils Kitchen car park, and down the road a short way back to our car at the other lot.
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