Updated: Sep 2024
Published: Nov 2023

Mount Field National Park

Note: indicated routes and locations are approximate.Use official topographic maps for navigation

Mount Field National Park in southern Tasmania encompasses a range of habitats from temperate rainforest to alpine heathland.

The lower elevations are dominated by temperate rainforest, and there's a popular waterfall walk that meanders through this area. There's a gravel road that provides access to the upper elevations, with a carpark at Lake Dobson., and walking tracks beyond that to access the alpine regions. The road is usually in pretty good condition, although there are typically some short sections where potholes need to be negotiated, and it may be closed or impassable in winter.

See the official park web page for more information about the park.

Growling Swallet

The Junee River disappears into the Junee cave system here. To access the walking track you need to turn off Florentine Road onto a side road (see map), but there's a locked gate at the turnoff. A key for the gate can be borrowed from  the Mount Field visitor centre.

Kangaroo fern ( Microsorum pustulatum )
Fallen logs in the cascade
Snow on boulders
Snow on Pandani, fern and log
Snow falling in a grove of Pandanis
Snow on broken tree branch
Snow on a reclining tree trunk
Small snowgum
Sprouting leaves on a snowgum
Tree trunks at sundown
Peeling bark on a small tree
Eucalyptus subcrenulata
Eucalyptus coccifera
Three Pandanis
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Pandani leaves
Curling Pandani leaves
Nothofagus gunnii in Autmun
Nothofagus gunnii in Autmun
Nothofagus gunnii in Autmun
Nothofagus gunnii in Autmun
Tarn Shelf in Autumn
Tarn Shelf in Autumn
Tarn Shelf in Autumn
Telopea truncata
Lake Seal from Snowgum Track
Ski-tow ropes