Western Tasmania

Essential Destinations

Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area

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Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area in West Coast Tasmania contains some of the world's cleanest air. In addition to some of the best rugged and wild beaches found on the West Coast, it is also home to the Edge of the World – it's named so as the next point of land is over half a world away in Argentina.

Devonport

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Devonport is the third largest city in Tasmania, on the northwest coast off the Bass Strait. Devonport, along with the centres of Ulverstone, Latrobe, Wynyard and Burnie is part of Tasmania’s North West or Cradle Coast region.

Burnie

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Burnie is the fourth largest city in Tasmania, with a population of around 20,000. It is on the northwestern coast of Tasmania. Once renowned as a single-industry town with scant concern for the environment, Burnie has undergone a significant transformation into an attractive coastal city with a diverse economy.

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Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

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Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is a Tasmanian national park located in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, the island state of Australia. The park is one of the many parks that make up the Tasmanian Wilderness.

Strahan

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Strahan is a small town and former port on the west coast of Tasmania. It is now a significant locality for tourism in the region. Strahan Harbour and Risby Cove form part of the north-east end of Long Bay on the northern end of Macquarie Harbour.

Stanley

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Stanley is located in the northwestern part of Tasmania. According to the 2016 census, Stanley had a population of 553. It's perhaps best known for The Nut, a 143-metre-high volcanic plug by the coast that's viewable from almost every part of town.

Deloraine

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Deloraine is a town of 3,035 in the Meander Valley region of Tasmania, serving as a gateway to important destinations in northern and central Tasmania, such as Cradle Mountain, Mole Creek and the Highland Lakes.

Ulverstone

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Ulverstone is a seaside town on the Northwest Coast of Tasmania, at the mouth of the Leven River. It lies roughly halfway along the freeway between Devonport and Burnie, though it's slightly closer to Devonport.

Smithton

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Smithton is a town on the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Bass Highway, 85 km north-west of Burnie. At the 2021 census, Smithton had a population of 3,934. Smithton is the administrative centre of the Circular Head Council.

Queenstown

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Queenstown is an old mining town in Western Tasmania, that has been recognised by the National Trust as a historic town. It is about a 4 hour drive from Hobart on the Lyell Highway.

Zeehan

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Zeehan is a town of 702 in the West Coast Tasmania. It was a mining town, but is now a quiet sleepy mountainous tourist town a few kilometers off the A10, one of Tasmania's most scenic highways.

Latrobe

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Latrobe is a town in north-western Tasmania, Australia on the Mersey River. It is 8 km south-east of Devonport on the Bass Highway. It is the main centre of the Latrobe Council.

Wynyard

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Wynyard is a rural and fishing town on the North West Coast of Tasmania. It has amazing coastline and views, especially around Table Cape and into Boat Harbour.

Highland Lakes

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Named as The Land of One Thousand Lakes and Tasmania's Heartland, one of the state's least traversed scenic regions holds a plethora of alpine and subalpine lakes, tarns, and the Highland Lakes' biggest draw – fishing spots.

Beaconsfield

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Beaconsfield is a small town of 1,093 in northern Tasmania. Perhaps infamous for the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse – one of the worst mining accidents in Tasmanian history, the quaint town on the western banks of the Tamar River is possibly one of the best places in Tasmania to learn about the state's gold mining industry.

Tullah

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Tullah is a small town of 202 in West Coast Tasmania, surrounded by Lake Roseberry and Lake Mackintosh and impressive mountains that form a part of the West Coast Range.

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

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Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park is a national park in the West Coast of Tasmania. The park has an area of 4,463.42 km2, making it the second largest national park in Tasmania.

Walls of Jerusalem National Park

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Walls of Jerusalem National Park is a national park in the Central Highlands of Tasmania and a UNESCO world heritage site as part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Penguin

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Penguin is a small town in northern Tasmania, situated between Burnie and Ulverstone. It was named after the little penguins that used to wander around its beaches.

Mole Creek Karst National Park

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Mole Creek Karst National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in the west of Tasmania near the town of Mole Creek.

Beauty Point

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Beauty Point is a town by the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 45 km north of Launceston, on the West Tamar Highway and at the 2016 census, had a population of 1,222. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar Council.

Rosebery

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Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is at the northern end of the West Coast Range, in the shadow of Mount Black and adjacent to the Pieman River, now Lake Pieman.

Narawntapu National Park

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Narawntapu National Park is a Tasmanian national park in the northwest of Tasmania, minutes away from Devonport and Launceston. It's one of the few coastal national parks in Tasmania, and one of the few national parks along the Bass Strait.

Mole Creek

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Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production.

Rocky Cape National Park

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Rocky Cape National Park is a small national park in the northwest coast of Tasmania. It is believed to contain some rocks that are part of the Grand Canyon and evidently shows that Tasmania was once connected to the North American continent.

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