North West Tasmania Hinterland

Tarkine Wilderness

The Tarkine region of North west Tasmania hosts the only wilderness landscape dominated by rainforest in Australia. It forms the largest continuous tract of rainforest in Australia.

Waratah

Waratah is a small, scenic town on the edge of Lake Waratah and the Tarkine Reserve. The town was constructed to support a tin mine at Mount Bischoff. It is built at the top of a waterfall.

Corinna

Tasmania is one of the few places left in the world where pristine wilderness is relatively easy to access. And there is no place in Tasmania where its wilderness is more easy to access, experience.

Savage River

Savage River is basically a mining town which fluctuates according to the price of its minerals and the richness of its seams. It is deep in the heart of the Tarkine wilderness area rainforests.

Mawbanna

Mawbanna is a small rural settlement in tasmania's North West. The locality of Mawbanna was the site of the last recorded kill of a thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) in 1930.

Trowutta

The Trowutta cave systems are not only unique in themselves, but are also home to extraordinary cave dwelling creatures, and other fascinating creatures.

About The Region

A major farming area stretches from Devonport along the coast to Stanley. Many of Australia's finest vegetable and dairy produce come from this region. Stanley is an historic fishing village with a large volcanic headland - The Nut - accessible by chairlift. Far out to the north-west in the stormy waters of Bass Strait, King Island consists very much of uninhabited bushland teeming with wildlife.
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Visitor Information

Stanley Visitor Centre
45 Main Rd, Stanley TAS 7331
Hours: 9AM Mon - Fri

Phone: (03) 6458 1330