North East Trail
Heading north out of Launceston you soon come to Lilydale, where there is a good reason for a diversion into the Pipers River region.
Tamar Valley Route
Tamar Valley Route a land of wetlands and waterbirds, fern glades and fresh fruit, tall ships and tidy towns, seahorses and chardonnay.
The Rivers Run
Route follows the winding course of the mighty Derwent River up to Lake St Clair, one of the precious gems in the Holiday Isle's tourism crown
West Coast Wilderness Way
Lake St Clair follow the Lyell Highway, stopping briefly for a breath of fresh mountain air on the Franklin River & Nelson Falls Nature Walks
Travelling Routes
The ‘Trip to the Tip’ starts from Cairns with two options. Take the winding coastal road through Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation to Cooktown
Flora & Fauna
Flora and Fauna the most spectacular examples are the dense rainforests of the Jardine River and Iron Range national parks.
Frank Jardine, Pioneer
1860’s Cape York was a wild, trackless expanse of rock, scrub & impenetrable rainforest, government saw the need for an outpost supply station
Historic Cooktown
Settlement of Cooktown is nestled on the banks of the Endeavour River, at precisely the spot where Captain James Cook came ashore in 1770.
Cape York Peninsula
The great tapering Cape York Peninsula thrusts into Torres Strait, enclosing the vast brown mudflats of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Iron Range National Park
Access to the Iron Range Park is via a branch road north of Archer River, running east for 155km to the Lockhart River & Portland Roads.
Jardine River National Park
Close to the remote northern tip of Cape York Peninsula lies a boundless wilderness of tall rainforest straight out of Jurassic Park.
Lakefield National Park
The Cape’s most accessible wilderness reserve has enough variety and interest in its 50,000 sq.km of savannah and fertile riverine flats.