Tasmania Nature and Wildlife

Tasmania Nature and Wildlife

This photo album features Tasmania Nature and Wildlife from a road trip in October 2013.

Tasmania is an island-state off Australia’s south coast, surprisingly large, with diverse regions, including smaller offshore islands. It has around forty national parks, conservation areas and reserves. And is home to one of Australia’s largest conservation areas, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Tasmanian Wilderness.

Six-day Road Trip in Tasmania

First, we spent an afternoon and evening exploring Hobart, Tasmania’s capital city, staying overnight.

Next, we travelled to Strahan on the wild and wet West Coast, with en-route stops: Lake St. Clair National Park for a scenic walking tour and Nelson Falls in Wild Rivers National Park. Two nights at Strahan allowed for a six-hour Macquarie Harbour and Gordon River Cruise in the Wild Rivers National Park.

Then, two nights at Swansea for visiting Freycinet National Park with an en-route stop at Cradle Mountain National Park. Freycinet is on the warmer and drier east coast; see map Ref 1.

Finally, to Port Arthur in Tasman & Southeast region to explore the Historic Site, one of eleven UNESCO  listed penal sites. And an overnight stay near Taranna before flying to Sydney.

Our destinations offered varied landscape, nature, and wildlife photography opportunities on this short six-day tour.

Hobart, Lake St Clair and Wild Rivers


Early morning mist and cloud at the Wild Rivers National Park in Tasmania

Hobart, Lake St Clair and Wild Rivers

The album displays nature photos at Lake St Clair featuring Watersmeet Nature Trail, Platypus Bay Loop and Larmairrenemer tabeltri Trail. And Nelson Falls Nature Trail and Gordon River Cruise at the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.


Honeymoon Bay at Freycinet National Park in Tasmania

Cradle Mountain, Freycinet and Port Arthur

Nature and wildlife photo galleries at Dove Lake and Crater Creek in Cradle Mountain National Park. And Cape Tourville, Sleepy Bay, Little Gravelly Beach, Honeymoon Bay and Wineglass Bay Track in Freycinet National Park. It also features Port Arthur Historic Site.

Bibliography – Online Resources

1. Australia Guides – Map of Tasmania. [Online] Available from https://www.australias.guide/ [Accessed 31-Mar-2022].
2. Tasmania. [Online] Available from https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/ Accessed 31-Mar-2022].
3. Tasmania Parks. [Online] Available from https://parks.tas.gov.au/ [Accessed 31-Mar-2022].
4. Parks.it (Tasmania). [Online] Available from parks.it/world/AU/Eindex.html [Accessed 02-Jan-2022].


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