Liffey Falls
There are two walking tracks through cool temperate rainforest to Liffey Falls, which is part of Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage area. Liffey Falls Track from the upper car park (2 km return) passes through towering eucalypts and massive tree ferns and there are lookout points along the way at different levels of the falls. The track from the lower car park follows the Liffey River up through temperate rainforest to the main Falls and back again (6km return).
Time: 45 min return from the upper car park, 3 hours return from the lower car park.
Grade: 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface with uphill sections and sections of occasional steps.
Download the PDF handout here.
Pine Lake
The Pine Lake walk offers a rare opportunity to get close to one of Tasmania's rarest trees without having to go on an extended bushwalk. The Tasmanian pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides) is an ancient species that evolved before flowering plants. It is only found in the Tasmanian highlands. Pine Lake is an easy 20 minute return walk that is suitable for wheelchair access.
Time: 20 minutes return.
Grade: 1: Easy Boardwalk access. Suitable for children and the elderly. Wheelchair friendly.
Download the PDF handout here.
Tulampanga / Alum Cliffs
'Tulampanga' is the Pallittorre (local Aboriginal) name for the area. It was a place of particular social and spiritual significance to Aboriginal people because of the ochre found in that area of the Gog Range. Many tribes travelled to Tulampanga to obtain this highly prized material and for them this was also a sacred celebration place.
Suitable for most ages, this grade 2 40 minute walk is short but spectacular with breathtaking views. From the car park there is a short ascent to a plateau with a large sculpture and views of Quamby Bluff and surrounding farmland. Then through a gentle descent the track terminates at a viewing platform that overlooks the spectacular Alum Cliffs Gorge.
Time: 40 minutes return.
Grade: 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface that may have a gentle uphill section or sections of occasional steps.
Download the PDF handout here.
Devils Gullet
Not a hardened bushwalker but keen to see a glimpse of the remote alpine world of Tasmania’s Central Plateau?
Then Devils Gullet is the place for you.
Devils Gullet features a short alpine walk to a stunning lookout platform that overhangs a sheer cliff face. There are magnificent views to Mount Ossa, Cradle Mountain and other features across the huge chasm of the Fisher River Valley. It is a landscape of rocks and dolerite boulders carved by ice and water moving off the plateau and down into the valley.
The alpine flora surrounding the walk and platform was extensively burnt by bushfire in early 2016, and slow regrowth is occurring.
NOTE: There is a 14km gravel road to this track.
Time: 40 minutes return.
Grade: 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface that may have a gentle uphill section or sections of occasional steps.
Download the PDF handout here.
Fern Glade
Fern Glade Walk is a short (30 minute return) walk which starts at the Marakoopa Cave ticket office and leads to the cave entrance, following Marakoopa creek as it tumbles down the hillside from inside the cave itself.
You can enjoy this walk for its own sake, or as a part of your cave experience. Just leave yourself 15 minutes before your cave tour departure time and leave your car at the ticket office carpark, rather than driving up to the cave entrance.
Time: 30 minutes return.
Grade: 2: Suitable for most ages. The track has a hardened or compacted surface that may have a gentle uphill section or sections of occasional steps.
Download the PDF handout here.
For more information about any of these walks, contact the Great Western Tiers Visitor Centre.
98 -100 Emu Bay Road, Deloraine
03) 6362 5280
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