Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park Information

Burnie overlooks Emu Bay, on the north-west coast This proudly industrial city is Australia’s fifth largest container port and a vibrant place to visit... read more

In 1827 Joseph Fossey saw a dramatic mountain peak at the northern end of what is now the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, in the World Heritage Area... read more

Devonport is the major port of entry for visitors to Tasmania from mainland Australia... read more

Explore four pathways through Dismal Swamp and open your eyes and your mind to the mystery of life at the bottom of a giant sinkhole... read more

Part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, this national park protects Tasmanias great western rivers the Franklin, Gordon, Jane and Denison and the remote mountain ranges where they... read more

Part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, this national park protects Tasmanias great western rivers the Franklin, Gordon, Jane and Denison and the remote mountain ranges where they... read more

The dark waters of the Gordon flow through the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area before quietly entering Macquarie Harbour... read more

Lake Burbury is a popular fishing lake on the edge of Tasmania’s World Heritage Wilderness Area... read more

Liffey Falls State Reserve is nestled within cool temperate rainforest on the slopes of the Great Western Tiers... read more

Nelson Falls is set amongst a true rain forest of deep green ferns, moss and ancient trees... read more

Ocean Beach is situated on the West Coast of Tasmania and extends from Strahan in the south to Trial Harbour, west of Zeehan to the north... read more

Historic Queenstown, the largest settlement on Tasmania’s west coast, is best known for its copper mines and smelters... read more

A craggy promontory nudging out into Bass Strait, Rocky Capes tracks, cliffs and beaches attract walkers and rock climbers... read more

Concealed in the foothills of majestic Mount Roland is the enterprising town of Sheffield, where history and art merge to create an entire town of murals... read more

Classified an historic town, Stanley has a busy fishing port at the base of an unusual land formation called The Nut - a flat-topped rock outcrop 150 metres high... read more

Strahan – for many this name evokes a place with the true spirit of independence – of 19th century piners and miners, and 20th century protesters who stopped the damming of the wild Franklin... read more

Tullah is a former mining and ‘Hydro’ town, overlooked by magnificent Mount Farrell and Mount Murchison... read more

Tasmania’s West Coast Wilderness Railway operates between Strahan and Queenstown... read more

Wynyard is a centre of agriculture on the A2 about 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Devonport... read more

Tasmania's rugged west coast is one of the worlds richest mineral provinces, known for the diversity - gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, zinc, tungsten, iron ore and osmiridium - and quantity of its... read more