Cable Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. Tasmania

Cable Mountain is listed by the World Heritage Commission as one of the most precious places on earth and is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area.

This area contains rugged mountain peaks, steep forested gorges, moorlands, rainforests, glacial lakes and tarns.

The National Park is a veritable magnet for all lovers of nature. Prolific wildlife found in the region incorporates many migratory species of birds, such as wrens, honeyeaters, and robins, which depart the high country in winter and head towards coastal areas, leaving the park to the resident bird life, which includes eagles, currawongs and parrots.

Nocturnal marsupials populating the area include wombats, possums, spotted-tailed quolls(tiger cats) and the famous Tasmanian Devil.

Numerous walking trails ( all signposted ) from easy, intermediate and hard, crisscross Lake St Clair National Park. A popular 6 km walk track  around the shores of  Lake Dove and pass the  imposing spires of Cradle Mountain is believed to be Tasmania's premier walking track.

We last visited Tasmania in March 2000.  We obtained all the necessary camping permits enabling  us to camp in National, Conservation and general camping areas.  We spent one month travelling Tasmania- nowhere near enough time.   We are planning to return and have no time limit. 

Cradle Mountain has a Lodge offering the traveller a warm haven against the fickle and often inclement weather of the Tasmanian highlands. 

There is no camping in the Cradle Mountain day-walk areas.  Shadow Lake has camp sites where you can enjoy superb lake and mountain views.  Lake St Clair Wilderness Holidays, 5 km north of the Derwent Bridge has camp sites, backpackers' accommodation and luxury cabins.
  


We camped at Lake St Clair camping area and found the staff very helpful with information about the Lake and also the surrounding areas.






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