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Encyclopedia > Mount Field National Park

Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park
Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park

Mount Field is a national park in Tasmania (Australia), an hour (64 km) northwest of Hobart. The landscape ranges from eucalyptus forest to alpine moorland, rising to 1,434 metres (4,705ft) at the summit of Mount Field West. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1423x939, 285 KB)Photo taken 10/12/03 of Russell Falls File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1423x939, 285 KB)Photo taken 10/12/03 of Russell Falls File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... For other places and things named Hobart, see Hobart (disambiguation). ... Species About 600, see text Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ...

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History

Mount Field was founded in 1916, making it, along with Freycinet National Park, Tasmania's oldest national parks. The last known wild thylacine was captured in the region in 1933. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Freycinet is a national park in Tasmania (Australia), 125 km northeast of Hobart. ... Binomial name Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) Thylacine The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), formerly known as the Tasmanian Tiger or the Tasmanian Wolf, was a large carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. ...


Accommodation & facilities

There is camping, powered and unpowered sites, as well as the lake dobsen cabins.


Beside the Visitor center there are Picnic and barbeque facilities as well as a playground and public toilets.


Sights

Mt Field is one of the most popular national parks in Tasmania as there is a vast variety of things to see and do.

  • Russell Falls (10 min - EASY)

One of the most popular scenic attraction in Tasmania, Russell Falls is an easy 10 minute stroll down concrete and boardwalks.

  • Tall Trees Walk (30 min - EASY)

A walk through the tall snow gums

  • There are many other walks including to Mt Fields and around the tarn shelf

A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a valley excavated by a glacier. ...

more information

contact Parks & Wildlife Service


Fact sheet

See also: Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia) This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 22,034 km² (land area: 22,020 km² – 32. ...


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