About Enchanted Walk
The Enchanted Walk is a short 1.1 km loop trail in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, starting near the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre. Winding through cool temperate rainforest along Pencil Pine Creek, it features moss-covered myrtle-beech forest, buttongrass moorland and wombat burrows. Part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, it is notable as an easy, family-friendly introduction to the park's ancient landscapes and wildlife.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect an easy, mostly flat 1.1 km circuit through dense temperate rainforest and along Pencil Pine Creek. The track includes boardwalks, bridges and forest floor sections under a canopy of myrtle-beech and pencil pines draped in moss. The walk passes wombat burrows, buttongrass clearings and small cascades, with interpretive signs. It starts and ends near the Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre and is suitable for a short nature immersion and wildlife spotting.
Key highlights
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1.1 km loop walk through moss-covered myrtle-beech temperate rainforest
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Follows Pencil Pine Creek with small cascades and bridges
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Active wombat burrows and opportunities to spot wombats, pademelons and birds
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Ancient pencil pine and buttongrass moorland scenery
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Easy Grade 1 track starting at Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre
History of Enchanted Walk
Located within Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, proclaimed in 1922 following conservation advocacy by Gustav and Kate Weindorfer. The park forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area inscribed in 1982 for its natural values and wilderness character.
Culture & Context
The walk lies within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, a landscape traditionally associated with Tasmanian Aboriginal people and valued for its wilderness heritage and early conservation history centered on Cradle Mountain.
Route
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