Explore kooparoona niara
🅘 Lower Chasm Falls | ©Oliver Whone Photography
Cedar Cottage Meander sits at the foot of kooparoona niara / Great Western Tiers.
Known as the mountains of our spirits to the local Pallitorre mob, this stunning area has rich living heritage, world-class wilderness and exceptional produce.
🅘 Bastion Cascades | ©Doug Brown
SHORT WALK CAPITAL
Known as Tassie’s Short Walk Capital, kooparoona niara is a top spot for bushwalking and hiking.
Explore lush rainforests, subalpine woodlands, alpine moorlands, ancient cave systems, spectacular gorges, dolerite bluffs, and pristine rivers, lakes, tarns and waterfalls.
The Great Western Tiers Conservation Area, Meander Forest Reserve, Central Plateau Conservation Area, Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Mole Creek Karst National Park, Alum Cliffs State Reserve, Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park and Liffey Falls State Reserve are all nearby.
Read on for some of our favourite short walks.
MEANDER FALLS
Starting in the Meander Forest Reserve, this 4-6 hr return hike is one of Tassie’s great short walks.
The track meanders through World Heritage-listed rainforest and fragile subalpine woodlands.
The falls are breathtaking as they cascade 130 metres over the escarpment and drop into a pool fringed with ancient Celery Top and King Billy pines.
It’s a magical sight in winter when frozen in crystalline form.
tulampanga / ALUM CLIFFS
A gentle 40 min return walk to a lookout over a spectacular gorge where you can see the Mersey River wend its way through steep, forested ravines.
This area is the meeting place of three Tasmanian Aboriginal Nations and a source of highly prized ochre. It remains an important spiritual and cultural place today.
We love the Aboriginal cultural info and artwork along the track.
Look out for the ruby red kiss of flowering Tasmanian waratah in spring and early summer.
🅘 Tasmanian waratah | ©Natasha Mulhall Photography
PINE LAKE
This 20 min return track in the Central Plateau Conservation Area is a wheelchair accessible boardwalk.
The boardwalk leads through flowering alpine shrubs and ancient Pencil pines that are some of the oldest living species on earth.
It’s especially lovely after snow and in spring when the alpine wildflowers, like Scoparia, bloom.
We like to visit Pine Lake after exploring Liffey Falls from the Upper Falls carpark.
🅘 Pine Lake | Central Plateau Conservation Area
OTHER ADVENTURES
Tour wild caves, try goat yoga, raft down rivers, learn about Tasmanian Aboriginal culture, and interact with unique wildlife.
🅘 Cedar Cottage Meander | ©Natasha Mulhall Photography