Consider stopping for a guided walk through the cave system. This will be a winding, though very scenic route.
Turn left to Cethana and cross Lake Cethana itself. The road then climbs back onto the tablelands to join the C Cradle Mountain Road. Turn left onto the C and follow it as it comes out onto a plateau area. Watch for the signpost showing the turnoff to the left to Cradle Mountain, and follow the C to the gates of the national park. The Visitor Centre at the parking area is the best place to start your visit.
The interpretation section is excellent. They also advise on weather conditions and walk safety. There is a wide range of walks available in the area, though it is always a good idea to check the expected weather conditions at the Interpretation Centre before venturing into exposed areas. Weather in the area can change with alarming speed, so sensible precautions are advised.
Discuss your walk requirements with the staff at the Visitor Centre. If the weather is cold and rainy, get under cover and relax in front of the wood fire at Cradle Mountain Lodge. Lunch in their Dining Room or Bistro Bar is a treat. On the return trip to Launceston , consider taking a different route to drive through some very attractive farmland and rural scenery. Follow the C road back towards Devonport , but do not turn off onto the C that you came in on.
Go straight ahead on the C to Wilmot. Stay on the C to Lower Wilmot, drive through Lower Wilmot and as the road dips towards the river, watch for the turnoff to the Paloona Road. Refreshments are available from the shops in the town. Stay on the B14 Road to Railton.
At Railton, turn right onto the B13 Railton Road and follow it as it winds through some very pretty farmland to join the A1 at Elizabeth Town.
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It was formed by the action of ice during previous ice ages. In autumn, the steep slopes that surround this beautiful lake are ablaze with the glorious colours of fagus.
The dark colour of the water, like so many lakes and streams throughout western Tasmania, is the result of tannins leached from buttongrass and tea tree vegetation. Supervise children, tracks subject to severe weather conditions all year round, weather may change quickly, tracks are difficult to navigate when covered in snow and may be impassable.
Located at Gowrie Park, not long after Sheffield on the way to Cradle Mountain is an easy minute walk, approximately metres to O'Neill's Road, and leads to the start of the Mt Roland Regional Reserve walking tracks.
You will find fern glades, tree ferns, white gum eucalyptus, brown top stringybarks, Blackwood, myrtle, sassafras and dogwood trees. O'Neill's Creek is also host to the iridescent dragonfly, frogs, yabbies, freshwater crayfish and platypus. There is logging evidence from a bygone era. You may encounter tree stumps with notches cut out of them for holding boards that were used for axemen or sawyers to stand on whilst felling trees.
Bullock teams or draught horses were used to skid out the logs. The bigger towns of Railton, Sheffield and even Mole Creek offer a variety of places to eat, including cafes.
Sheffield is the biggest with a range of restaurant and cafes. Mole Creek is very seasonal, Tasmazia not far out of Barrington has an onsite cafe and Moina's Cradle Forest Inn offers simple but hearty meals, on route to the National Park. There is a general store and the Visitor Center Cafe have takeaway foods. We suggest bringing food for breakfast and lunch, and perhaps splurging on dinner at a restaurant one night during your stay. One of Tassie's best closeup experiences with a Tasmanian Devil, and not far from the visitor centre, Devils Cradle offer visitors entry to their unique Tasmanian Devil and Eastern and Spotted Quoll enclosures.
They run day and night time feeding sessions as well as educational sessions where you can actually touch a devil! The Kentish Museum displays include everyday house and farm items back to the s. The world's first coin-operated petrol pump; significant artefacts such as the Weindorfer collection and a Boer War canon, to name a few. The collection is The 'Town of Topiary', located between Latrobe and Sheffield, maintains over imaginative topiary characters along the main street.
The town was built on the back of its high-quality limestone cement, which was used to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge, much of early Melbourne, and many of the great construction projects around Australia. About 80 letterboxes stretched over 25km from Gentle Annie Hill to Moina include such bizarre construction as a bomb, a skeleton on a bicycle, cows, cars, motorcycles, planes, a whisky still and book-ended by a Dalek at the northern entrance of the trail, and the Tardis at the southern end.
This gallery features hundreds of Tasmanian, interstate and international artworks. A key highlight for the whole family is the Thylacine exhibition; featuring rugs, books, and more. There are also a number of interactive exhibitions, which everyone will enjoy. Check out Playground Finder or download their APP for a list of spots which includes a location map, details if there are toilets, BBQs, if it's fenced, has shade, car parking or is near any other kid-friendly activities.
Reception is relativity good around this area if you are close to Sheffield, Railton or in Cradle Mountain. Getting to Cradle Valley from neighbouring regions will provide poor reception as well. Telstra is the only network provider within the National Park, which is generally pretty good outside of the boom gate area, but very limited inside around Dove Lake and beyond.
You will find major banks and ATMs at Sheffield and Railton, with only local hotels and cafes in between offering neighbouring purchases. A Redi-Teller is available at the Cradle Mountain village shop. All accommodation properties also have Eftpos.
All you have to do is type in your location and it provides a map, address, facilities available and open times. Save it to your safari browser on your mobile. Right now. It's important to note that there are very few toilets stops through this region.
It pays to have a roll of toilet paper in your car and a zip lock bag for the kids if you have to stop along the way and go in the bush. Place all used toilet paper and sanitary items into the bags and dispose of them once you reach a rubbish bin. The Australian Breastfeeding Association has compiled a list of Babycare rooms around the state. They have none listed for this region.
If you dont have your own vehicle you can still get to Cradle Mountain with Tassielink; buses come via Burnie and Devonport, stopping at all main towns along the way. Phone Cradle Mountain is great for public transport! There are shuttle buses that run approx every 15 minutes from the visitor center, 2km to the Dove Lake Car park inside the National Park boom gate.
We recommend using this bus, the kids will love it and you are guaranteed to get into Dove Lake. If there are too many cars within the actual park area the boom gate will not open and you will have to catch the shuttle bus. It pays to book the bus, to begin with and you won't have to worry about parking as that too, can be an issue in summer.
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