Rest of Tasmania

Tasman Island off the tip of Cape Pillar. In fact that knob of rock in the foreground is the actual tip!
Cradle Mountain. I know it's a cliche - but you can't have a gallery of nature photos from Tasmania without including a photo of Cradle Mountain in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Cape Raoul on the southern tip of the Tasman Peninsula. It's only a short trip south of Port Arthur and makes a pleasant day walk with great views.
The crags and cliffs of the spectacular Cape Pillar walk. I actually spent the night there but it ccan easily be done as a day walk.
Junction Lake Hut. Junction Lake is on western side of The Walls of Jerusalem National Park.
Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park. I usually stay there to rest and recover after and between various hikes in the South West National Park. It has showers, flush toilets and washing machines (paradise!) But I've done plenty of day walks there. This photo was taken after just a five minutes walk following a civilised and pleasant lunch at the cafe.
Lake Meston in the The Walls of Jerusalem National Park. I camped on the beach of this lake that night (just to the left of this photo). The great thing about lakes is that you do not have to worry about the tide!
Lake Meston Hut in the The Walls of Jerusalem National Park.
Lees Paddocks Hut. The incredible thing about this beautiful valley, nestled between Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and The Walls of Jerusalem National Park, is that it is privately owned. On this hike I walked a loop from The Walls of Jerusalem National Park car park to Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair and then back to the bottom end of The Walls of Jerusalem via The Never Never. A fantastic hike. If I ever win tatts I'm buying this!
On the way to Lees Paddocks Hut and beyond. Hikers are allowed to traverse this land although it is privately owned. As I said before - it's all going to be mine when I win tattslotto!
Looking north on the way back from Cape Pillar. I spent the night near the cape and did the full loop, rather than there and back. I had been going to Tasmania for years before doing this trip. I might never have done it except for a chance conversation with a guy I met on the South West Coast Walk. I'm glad I did.
Mt Eros in the distance. Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Looking north from The Labyrinth in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. On a side trip from The Overland Track.
On the way to Cape Raoul with the cape itself in the distance.
Mt Pelion East seen from the hike up to Mt Ossa. Tasmania's tallest mountain. On a walk down The Overland Track in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Looking south from near The Acropolis. The lake on the left is Lake St Claire.
Tasman Island off Cape Pillar. Manning that light house in the old days must have been interesting. The weather off southern Tasmania has to be experienced to be believed.
The cliffs of Cape Pillar.
The Labyrinth. A side trip from The Overland Track in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
Waterfall in The Never Never. There is no real track but it's a lovely and easy way get from Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair to The Walls of Jerusalem National Park.

Photos of the rest of Tasmania. I say "the rest" because some of these photos come from day trips or minor variations of hikes already described. There is a lot to see and as many times as I have been there I have still only seen a small part of what Tasmania has to offer.

There are some photos of Cape Pillar which I would have never visited except for a chance conversation with another hiker on the South Coast Track who reckoned it was one of the most spectacular views in Tasmania. I'm very glad I did. The only other people I met on that overnight hike (but I could have easily done it in a day) were two German guys on a trip to Tassie. Tasmania must have an amazing reputation in Europe because you will constantly bump into northern Europeans. People from other nations too but a lot of Germans and Scandinavians. Often in very challenging areas and my hat goes off to them. I would be hesitant about going to another continent and ecology totally alien to what I am used to. I wouldn't be familiar with what is dangerous, what is safe or even what is worthwhile and what is not.

Even in Australia, walking in Tasmania is totally different to walking in the deserts of South Australia. So a different country with tigers, bears and unicorns would just scare me.  So good luck to them!

Although I do have to say that those particular German guys had the whole of Cape Pillar to camp in but pitched their tent only two metres from mine. Maybe they had heard about drop bears?

Some of the other photos in this gallery show a beautiful hike I had never heard about before and found out about purely by chance. I will definitely do it again. I will also have to write a track guide about it as it isn't that well known. It is a hike that starts from the car park at The Walls of Jerusalem National Park and takes you though to New Pelion Hut on The Overland Track via Lees Paddocks Track. Incredibly, Lees Paddock is a stunningly beautiful valley that is inside Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park but is privately owned. If I ever hear that it is for sale I will rob a bank and buy it. From there you walk down The Overland Track and then turn off at The Mersey River and walk along it's south bank through Never Never back into The Walls of Jerusalem.