Australia

DANNY : DE HEK is dedicated to providing informative and unbiased online Accommodation, Transportation and Travel Tourism information. Established in 1995, my extensive network provides comprehensive travel guides for popular destinations and top resources for activities and ‘all things New Zealand’.

To Discover Australia you will need to be prepared for the unexpected. What other country can offer so many rewards and surprises to the traveller setting out to explore the ‘back of beyond’? All you need is Accommodation, a reliable rental car or Campervan, a Road Map and that all-important sense of adventure, and the wonders of Australia are yours to savour.

Australia: Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania Itineraries and Tasmania Great Walks

Cape Tourville

East Coast & Flinders Island

Cape Tourville

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T21:59:19+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Cape Tourville, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

The Cape Tourville walk in the Freycinet National Park is rated as very easy, and therefore suitable to all levels of fitness and all ages.

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Castle Rock

East Coast & Flinders Island

Castle Rock

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T22:06:06+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Castle Rock, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Beach walks are a favourite relaxation for many, and the Flinders Island walk along the beach at Marshall Bay to Castle Rock is a must-do.

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Fossil Cliffs

East Coast & Flinders Island

Fossil Cliffs

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T20:08:59+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Fossil Cliffs, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

The Fossil Cliffs walk on Maria Island, site of the former penal settlement of Darlington, is an easy circuit walk of 3.7km (1.5-2hr return)

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Apsley River Waterhole and Gorge

East Coast & Flinders Island

Apsley River Waterhole and Gorge

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T20:04:48+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Apsley River Waterhole and Gorge, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

The Apsley River Waterhole and Gorge walk is graded at Level 3, so some bush-walking experience and a good level of fitness are recommended.

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Alum Cliffs

North West Coast & King Island

Alum Cliffs

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-19T17:34:24+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: North West Coast & King Island|Tags: Alum Cliffs, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Alum Cliffs walk is rated at Level 2 and is suitable for most levels of fitness. It is generally a dry track and has quite a gentle uphill.

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St Columba Falls

East Coast & Flinders Island

St Columba Falls

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T22:03:02+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, St Columba Falls, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

St Columba Falls at 90m high, the St Columba Falls are perhaps incorrectly regarded as the highest falls in Australia.

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Trousers Point

East Coast & Flinders Island

Trousers Point

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T19:59:27+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Trousers Point, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Trousers Point features amazing rust/red boulders and crystal clear waters, it is beautiful, pristine and definitely most unusual.

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Calcified Forest (King Is.)

North West Coast & King Island

Calcified Forest (King Is.)

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-19T17:34:33+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: North West Coast & King Island|Tags: Calcified Forest (King Is.), Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

King Island has another claim to fame, beyond its 57 shipwrecks, and the Southern Hemispheres tallest lighthouse (48m) at Cape Wickham.

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Fern Glade

North West Coast & King Island

Fern Glade

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-19T17:30:47+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: North West Coast & King Island|Tags: Fern Glade, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Fern Glade on the outskirts of Burnie, is a wonderful, relaxing reserve featuring a short walk suitable for people of all ages.

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Evercreech

East Coast & Flinders Island

Evercreech

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-18T20:00:15+13:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: East Coast & Flinders Island|Tags: Evercreech, Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

These majestic trees are the tallest of their type in Australia and if you are touring Tasmania, they are well worth a visit.

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Labillardiere Peninsula Walk

Hobart and Surrounds

Labillardiere Peninsula Walk

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-17T20:45:29+13:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Labillardiere Peninsula Walk, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Located on one of the more remote corners of Bruny Island, this 5-hour circuit track is located within the South Bruny National Park.

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Waterfall Bay

Hobart and Surrounds

Waterfall Bay

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-17T20:49:33+13:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Hobart and Surrounds|Tags: Forest Reserves, Forest Walks, Great Short Walks, Nature Reserves, Nature Trails, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania Great Walks, Tasmania Parks, Tasmania Walking Guide, Waterfall Bay, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuaries, World Heritage Sites|

Tasman National Park and provides fabulous viewing points that showcase dramatic cliffs which plummet into the sea to meet the swirling ocean

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