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Southport Lagoon - 4WD Track

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Southport Lagoon - 4WD Track The once infamous Southport Lagoon track is no longer the aggressive beast that it used to be. The track starts about 2km after Ida Bay with a blue sign noting its entrance 300m prior when travelling from the northernly direction. If coming from the Cockle Creek end of the road, there's no notification to let you know you're coming up to the entrance to the Southport Lagoon track.  200m into the track you will find a visitor centre hut and also an area to pull over to air down. Currently in the hut there is a check in point for the government app at this location. I recommend at this point to set your tyre pressures to about 25 PSI or what you like to set your tyres to when it's rough gravel road conditions as you need the tyres to mould around sharp rocks.  Clearance is the big issue on this track in summer, that's all you'll have to deal with. Small rock step-ups and boulders in inconvenient locations that can g