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[Mystic]

This forum is for discussing the walks outlined in the Parks & Wildlife publication 60 Great Short Walks. Please do not create topics here that do not relate directly to those walks. If you have a question about any of the walkis, and there is no existing post about it, ask your question in the Questions & Possible Answers on things Tasmanian forum.

When creating a topic here, please make certain that the walk you are about to describe has not already been discussed. If it has, add your description to the existing topic rather than start a new one.

To keep things ordered please use the walk number and title as is published in the Parks & Wildlife publication.

The main internet entry for this publication can be found here and the publication can be downloaded in pdf format here

The booklet contains all the info you need to find out how to get there, and basic info about level of difficulty, etc of the walk. This forum is to allow us to share personal experiences of this walk and expand on the basic information provided. If you have any photogrpahs that you have taken along these walks, please add them to your description.

Hopefully we can build a detailed database of all the great walks covered in this booklet.

Below is a list of all the walks contained within the booklet. The walks that have been struck through are ones that a discussion has been started on.

North West
1 Dove Lake Circuit Cradle Mountain
2 Enchanted Walk Cradle Mountain
3 Cradle Mountain Summit Cradle Mountain
4 Crater Lake Circuit Walk Cradle Mountain
5 Fern Glade Burnie
6 The Nut Stanley
7 Montezuma Falls From Rosebery
8 Calcified Forest King Island

North
9 Liffey Falls From Bracknell, Deloraine or Great Lake
10 Meander Falls From Bracknell
11 Alum Cliffs From Deloraine or Sheffield
12 Duck Reach Launceston
13 Tamar Island From Launceston
14 Hollybank Forest From Lilydale
15 Pine Lake From Liffey Falls or Liawenee

North East
16 Ralphs Falls From Ringarooma or Pyengana
17 St Columba Falls From St Helens or Ringarooma
18 Evercreech From Fingal or Ringarooma
19 Trousers Point Flinders Island
20 Castle Rock Flinders Island
21 Strzelecki Peaks Flinders Island

East
22 Loon.tite.ter.mair.re.le.hoin.er. Swansea
23 Apsley River Waterhole From Bicheno
24 Apsley River Gorge From Bicheno
25 Friendly Beaches From Bicheno or Swansea
26 Cape Tourville Freycinet National Park
27 Wineglass Bay Lookout Freycinet National Park
28 Wineglass Bay Freycinet National Park
29 Hazards Beach Freycinet National Park
30 Bishop and Clerk Maria Island
31 Fossil Cliffs Maria Island
32 Painted Cliffs Maria Island

South
33 Organ Pipes, Mt Wellington Hobart
34 Russell Falls Mt Field National Park
35 Lady Barron Falls Circuit Mt Field National Park
36 Tall Trees Mt Field National Park
37 Pandani Grove Mt Field National Park
38 Lake Esperence Hartz Mountain National Park
39 Hartz Peak Hartz Mountain National Park
40 Keoghs Creek From Geeveston
41 Tahune AirWalk From Geeveston
42 South Cape Bay From Cockle Creek
43 Duckhole Lake From Dover
44 Waterfall Bay Tasman Peninsula
45 Bivouac Bay Tasman Peninsula
46 Cape Hauy Tasman Peninsula
47 Cape Raoul Tasman Peninsula
48 Coal Mines Historic Site Tasman Peninsula
49 South Bruny Walks Bruny Island
50 Peninsula Walk Bruny Island

West
51 Lake St Clair From Derwent Bridge
52 Shadow Lake Circuit From Derwent Bridge
53 Echo Point From Derwent Bridge
54 Mt Rufus From Derwent Bridge
55 Franklin River From Lyell Highway
56 Donaghys Lookout From Lyell Highway
57 Nelson Falls From Lyell Highway
58 Hogarth Falls Strahan
59 Teepookana From Queenstown
60 Kelly Basin From Queenstown

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Just as a quick aside, PWS, Forestry Tas, Tourism Tas & the Hydro are currently reviewing the make up of the Great Short Walks. Some are likely to be de-listed & exchanged with newbies. However, they started this review in 2006 and nothing seems to have changed on the ground so far!

Having said that, I like the idea of this forum...I look forward to seeing what turns up here!

[Mystic]

Thanks for the info Wayne, it will be interesting to see what changes are made, if they ever do materialise.

Glad you like the idea, Margie & I had been discussing creating it for a while, and it may help motivate us to get out to do more of these interesting walks, hopefully motivate others too. I am certain that many of our visitors would have done at least a couple of the walks here and it would definitely be a great thing if we can motivate them to discuss their experiences and thoughts.

We have done around 8 or 9 of these walks at various times and will post details of our thoughts as we remember where the photo's are hiding and dig them out.

[greed]

The main internet entry for this publication can be found here and the publication can be downloaded in pdf format here

The link to the PDF seems to be broken - no big deal - the first referenced page has a link that works.

Excellent idea for a topic, and even better contributions. The first hand experiences + great photos are a real boon to anyone like me looking to do a bit of a "flying tour" of the "real" Tazzie. Thanks.