Follow the Dove Lake Circuit trailhead to get the best views of Tasmania’s iconic Cradle Mountain as it rises over mirror-like Dove Lake. Australia’s deepest freshwater lake, the piercing-blue Lake St Clair, is also here, as well as ancient temperate rainforest and an extraordinary range of native animals.

Keep watch for kangaroos, wallabies, Tasmanian devils and the famously elusive platypus as you roam about this spectacular national park, which is part of the state’s vast Wilderness World Heritage Area.

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41 of Australia’s most stunning natural wonders