LSC DH NF LSC LSC TW BO NN DONAGHYS HILL LOOKOUT NELSON FALLS NATURE TRAIL LAKE ST CLAIR THE WALL BOTHWELL Pause for a break on the road and take the Stretch your legs and make the short climb to Australia’s deepest lake was carved out by glaciers. It’s the end This large-scale artwork is lifetime’s work for self- Established in the 1820s by settler-graziers from Scotland easy walk to a lookout point over buttongrass see a rainforest cascade. point of the famous Overland Track, one of the world’s best multi- taught sculptor Greg Duncan, who is carving the stories (with some notable Welsh and Irish connections) this town plains to see a bend of the upper Franklin day walks. Spend an hour or so in the Lake St Clair Park Centre, of the high country in 100 panels of Huon pine, each has more than 50 heritage-listed buildings. It is the site River – on the skyline is the white quartzite where you’ll learn about the region’s amazing geology, fascinating three metres high and a metre wide. of Australia’s oldest golf course, on the historic property summit of Frenchmans Cap. Lake Burbury flora & fauna and rich human heritage. ‘Ratho’. ‘Nant’ is another of the town’s heritage properties TO THE WEST: explore wilderness, Lake St Clair and the source of acclaimed single-malt whisky. TO THE EAST: follow the Derwent Queenstown QU Nelson Falls discover wild history LH NF Nature Trail LSC down to a city by the sea THE WALL Bronte Park THE LYELL HIGHWAY WR Derwent Bridge TW Linking the West Coast with Hobart, the highway you’re on ST crosses the high country of the Central Plateau and runs Strahan through the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. A memorable driving experience along the journey is negotiating the 100 hairpin bends into (or out of) LB Donaghys DH Lake King LH Queenstown. Macquarie Harbour Hill William Lookout Franklin River Nature Trail Tungatinah Tarraleah BO Wayatinah Bothwell MF QU SP NN QUEENSTOWN MOUNT FIELD SALMON PONDS NEW NORFOLK Like all boom & bust mining towns, fortunes have been made and lost in NATIONAL PARK The first salmon and trout eggs were brought here from England Settlers from Norfolk Island built this historic town on the River Derwent. Queenstown, site of one of the world’s richest copper mines. Today, minerals are still Derwent Bridge In this historic national park you can to hatch and stock Tasmanian lakes and rivers. The salmon didn’t Well-preserved Georgian and Victorian-era architecture and avenues of mature dug from deep in the earth; above ground, some of the town’s fine heritage buildings stroll to a scenic waterfall, walk beneath survive – but the brown and rainbow trout were a huge success. deciduous trees are among New Norfolk’s attractions. It’s also the place to pick are in use as the galleries and studios of a new generation of West Coast artists and Ouse the tallest flowering plants on Earth and up a bargain in one of the town’s antique shops. craftspeople. drive into an alpine wonderland. Come Source of a great river – in the heart in summer for wildflowers – come in winter for snow sports. HOBART LAKE BURBURY Nestled under its guardian Mt Wellington, Tasmania’s capital hugs the eastern Renewable energy to light and warm homes; and western shores of the River Derwent. The focal point of this maritime city is clean & green power for businesses; wonderful of the highlands Hamilton the picturesque docks precinct, scene of the colourful Hobart Summer Festival trout fishing – it all comes from the waters over the Christmas/New Year break; home of Salamanca Market every Saturday; of this hydro lake. After you cross Bradshaw and host to the fire and fun of Dark Mofo, which brightens and warms the Bridge, look for a track-line just above the Tasmanian mid-winter. valley floor on the left – it’s the old route to HO Queenstown and the West Coast. Gretna Mount Field MF National Park LB WR Bushy Park MONA Lake BR Bridgewater WEST COAST WILDERNESS RAILWAY GORDON DAM MO Brilliant, weird, challenging, bizarre, eclectic, hilarious, sublime – no Gordon adjectives do justice to David Walsh’s simply astonishing Museum of Old and Translation of the words ‘Download trip notes’ This train once carried ingots of pure copper from the Mt Lyell smelters down to Plenty New Art, MONA. The best way to get there is aboard the fast ferry MONA You can download a map and trip notes at waiting ships at Strahan. The same train now takes visitors through the rainforested Salmon Ponds ROMA from the Hobart docks. gorges, crossing trestle bridges on its way to the shores of Macquarie Harbour. www.hobartandbeyond.com.au/derwentbridgemap Southwest Strathgordon Maydena SP National Park LP NN MONA MO Lake Pedder STRAHAN New Norfolk LAKE PEDDER Gateway to World Heritage wilderness, this scenic fishing Hobart HO Surrounded by mountains deep in the wilderness of Southwest Tasmania, the port is the home base of the cruise boats that make the ST waters of this hydro lake drive the turbines in the underground Gordon Power voyage to the entrance of the harbour, stopping at the once- Station and offer outstanding trout fishing. At the end of the road is the spectacular feared convict colony of Sarah Island and gliding into the Bothwell double-curved arch of the Gordon Dam, which rises 140 metres from the river bed. lower reaches of the Gordon River, where ancient rainforests are reflected in dark water. > LP Strahan Queenstown Nelson Falls Donaghys Hill Franklin River Derwent Bridge Tarraleah Ouse Hamilton Gretna New Norfolk Hobart Bronte Park 32 km < 4 km > < < 40 km >< 26 km >< 24 km ><10 km >< 26 km >< 49 km >< 37 km >< 15 km > < 20 km > < 19 km >< 33 km > NANT ESTATE, BOTHWELL AUSTRALASIAN GOLF MUSEUM, BOTHWELL PP ‘Nant ’, built by a Welsh settler and a mid-19th century haven for Irish Bothwell is the site of Australia’s oldest golf course, on the historic political exiles, is another of the town’s heritage properties and the property ‘Ratho’. It is home to the Australasian Golf Museum, which traces source of acclaimed single-malt whisky, crafted using Tasmanian-grown the evolution of the game through the ages. The museum is the brainchild PUMPHOUSE POINT barley and pure highland water. of Tasmanian champion golfer Peter Toogood. It’s not a Grecian temple – this wonderful building at the end of a causeway in Lake St Clair began life as NA GO a pumping station for an early hydro-electric scheme. It has been transformed into a unique and intimate wilderness retreat. LSC LAKE ST CLAIR The River Derwent has its source in this beautiful glacial lake. BRADYS LAKE Mt Olympus overlooks tall myrtle rainforests on the western When Hydro Tasmania releases water into the channel bank; opposite is the shapely dolerite peak of Mt Ida. At the head NA connecting Bronte Lagoon to Bradys Lake, a world-class of the lake are the lofty mountains of the Du Cane Range. slalom kayaking course, with drops, holes, stoppers, eddies and chutes. GREAT SHORT WALKS, WATERSMEET WM BRONTE PARK This lovely, level and easy BP 45-minute walk follows a good Once the home of the engineers and labourers lakeside track through eucalypts, who built hydro-electric schemes in the Central DB buttongrass moorland and myrtle Highlands, Bronte Park now welcomes visitors rainforest to reach a bridge to the Staff House, which offers comfortable over the confluence of two forest accommodation and hearty meals. DERWENT BRIDGE streams, the Hugel and Cuvier WILDERNESS HOTEL Rivers. On a chilly highlands day, there’ll always be a warming blaze in the huge fireplace – in every season you’ll find a friendly greeting, a refreshing drink and hearty mountain food. The Derwent Bridge Hotel has been the heart of the community and TROUT FISHING, a haven for travellers for many decades. CENTRAL HIGHLANDS LAKES Enthusiastic anglers come from around the world to cast a fly or lure into the lakes and rivers of Tasmania’s high country. Every year in Liawenee on the western bank of Great Lake, hundreds of wild brown and rainbow trout are stripped of their eggs and milt, then released – the fertilised eggs are raised in the Inland Fisheries Service hatchery to restock the highland waters. CH WA WADDAMANA POWER STATION MUSEUM Mountain water first turned these turbines in 1916 – Waddamana was Tasmania’s earliest hydro-electric power station. The original station generated electricity for homes and businesses until 1964. Today, the museum explains the amazing story of power development in the harsh conditions of Central Tasmania..