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Explore Mount Field National Park

  • Mt Field. Image Credit: @tassie_wild

Mount Field National Park is a nature lovers’ wonderland in the heart of Tasmania.

This beautiful and diverse park is renowned for its breathtaking waterfalls, towering forests, and unique wildlife. To make the most of your visit, here’s a quick run-down of our favourite things to do and see in Mount Field National Park.

Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @trippinonaus
Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @trippinonaus

Start your day at the Visitor Centre

The Visitor Centre in Mount Field National Park is the perfect starting point for any visit to the park. It’s full of information about the park’s unique history, geology, and ecology. The welcoming staff are also a wealth of knowledge and can provide you with everything from maps to advice on hiking trails and much more. The Visitor Centre also has a gift shop where you can purchase souvenirs, books, and other keepsakes to remember your visit.

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Russell Falls Visitor Centre. Image Credit: Tourism Tasmania & Rob Burnett
Russell Falls by Dearna Bond. Russell Falls is reachable by a short, wheelchair accessible journey from the Mt Field National Park visitor centre, through enormous fern forests and some of the world's tallest trees

Russell Falls

Russell Falls is one of the most popular attractions in Mount Field National Park and it’s easy to see why. This incredible waterfall is located just a short walk from the Visitor Centre and is easily accessible for visitors of all ages and abilities. Russell Falls cascades over a series of tiers, creating a beautiful display of water and mist that’s a real feast for the eyes. There are multiple viewing platforms along the trail, so you can soak up the views from various different angles.

Russell Falls

Horseshoe Falls

The iconic Horseshoe Falls in Mount Field National Park is another beautiful and well-known waterfall. 

Located further up the trail from Russell Falls, this waterfall requires a bit more effort to reach. However, your efforts will be rewarded as it’s truly a spectacular sight, especially after some rainfall.

Three Falls Circuit
Horseshoe Falls. Image Credit: @sheldonisitt
Horseshoe Falls. Image Credit: @sheldonisitt
Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @wander_wonderful
Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @wander_wonderful

Tall Trees Walk

The Tall Trees Walk is one of Mount Field’s most iconic and unique attractions. As the name suggests, this popular trail takes walkers through a forest of tall trees, including some of the tallest trees in the world. Along the 1km loop, you’ll be able to experience nature in all its glory with a spectacular display of flora and fauna visible throughout. The trail is a relatively easy walk, but it can be a bit challenging in places due to the uneven terrain.

Tall Trees Walk
Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @dear__tasmania
Mt Field National Park. Image Credit: @dear__tasmania
Tarn Shelf Track. Image Credit: @redparka_roams
Tarn Shelf Track. Image Credit: @redparka_roams

Tarn Shelf

The Tarn Shelf contains a picturesque series of small glacial lakes. This is a long circuit walk that takes in the Tarn Shelf, Lake Newdegate, Twilight Tarn and Lake Webster. The walk takes you across the Tarn Shelf, returning via the lower lakes. The tarns are often frozen in winter.

Tarn Shelf
Mt Field. Image Credit: @lost_off_grid
Mt Field. Image Credit: @lost_off_grid
Mount Mawson. Image Credit: @cj_wadley

Mt Mawson Ski Field

Mt Mawson Ski Field sits at an altitude of around 1250m, and generally gets snow during the winter months, which provides some downhill skiing from mid July to mid September. 

Mt Field. Image Credit: @tassie_wild
Image Credit: @tassie_wild
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We acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their enduring custodianship of lutruwita / Tasmania. We honour 40,000 years of uninterrupted care, protection and belonging to these islands, before the invasion and colonisation of European settlement.

As a destination that welcomes visitors to these lands, we acknowledge our responsibility to represent to our visitors, Tasmania’s deep and complex history, fully, respectfully and truthfully.

We acknowledge the Aboriginal people who continue to care for this country today. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present. We honour their stories, songs, art, and culture, and their aspirations for the future of their people and these lands. We respectfully ask that tourism be a part of that future.

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