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Launceston and the Tamar Valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hobart & Surrounds Information - The Rivers Run Touring Route
Touring Routes - The Rivers Run

The Rivers Run Touring Route is a region of diversity from the Derwent Valley to the Highlands Trail and the Central Plateau. Experience rural vistas, rugged mountain ranges, towering forests and highland lakes teeming with trout.

Visit Mt Field, Tasmania’s oldest National Park, cruise on Australia’s deepest natural freshwater lake, flyfish, mountain bike, or play around on Tasmania’s highest golf course at Tarraleah.

Distinctive architecture of oast houses, hop kilns and historic Georgian towns engage with the forests of the Styx Valley and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area including the southern gateway to the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and the renowned Overland Track which attracts almost 10,000 walkers each year.

The Derwent River system is the lifeblood of the region, rising in Lake St Clair flowing through a network of streams and marshes, supporting hydro-electricity and irrigation to ultimately become a grand and glorious river at New Norfolk.
Must See & Do
Touring Routes - The Rivers Run

• Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls
• Lake St Clair at the southern end of the famous Overland Track
• Lake Pedder and the Gordon Dam • Enjoy the “Creepy Crawly Walk” near Strathgordon
• New Norfolk – home to fabulous antique and collectable shops, and an array of accommodation options, only 30 minutes from the centre of Hobart
• Saint Matthews Church and Mary King’s Grave at Lawitta
• The oldest Golf Course in Australia at Bothwell – visit the Australasia Golf Museum
• Explore Bothwell – 53 buildings classified by The National Trust
• The classified historic town of Hamilton
• Visit the revitalised Hydro town at Tarraleah – restaurants, accommodation and activities
• Salmon Ponds at Plenty – oldest hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere
• Something Wild Wildlife Sanctuary at National Park
• The Styx Valley at Maydena – tallest hardwood forest in the world
• Heritage listed Prospect Villa
• Trout fish the Great Lakes
• The Wall in the Wilderness, Derwent Bridge – amazing Huon Pine sculptured panels

Plus. . . Stunning diversity, fishing, wilderness walks, historic towns and farms at the edge of Tasmania’s World Heritage listed wilderness.
Further Information

Touring Routes - The Rivers Run Further information on this touring route can be found at: www.riversrun.net.au or pick up the Rivers Run Brochure from your local Visitor Information Centre. Click here for a map to this region.

Visitor Information CentresTasmanian Travel & Information Centre Hobart – 20 Davey Street, Hobart
Phone: (03) 6230 8233

Visitor Information CentresWest Coast Visitor Information and Booking Centre – Esplanade, Strahan
Phone: (03) 6472 6800