National Parks
Tasmania is an island of wilderness; there are 20 national parks, including the world’s last temperate-climate rainforest, and its wildlife includes the unique and fearsome little marsupial the Tasmanian Devil. Some of the more notable national parks include Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair, famous for the Overland Track walk; Mount Field, known for Russell Falls, the Tall Trees Walk and autumnal colours of the only deciduous Australian tree - nothofagus gunii; Freycinet on Tasmania’s east coast, which contains Wineglass Bay (one of the world’s top ten beaches); Narawntapu (formerly Aspestos Range in northern Tasmania, renowned for its wildlife; Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers, with walks, camping grounds and incredible views; Ben Lomond, Tasmania’s main ski resort; the Southwest, a major part if the World Heritage Area, and Walls of Jerusalem.
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