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Articles Feather in your capA dome-shaped mountain towering over Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park provides one of Australia's finest walks. The Frenchman's Cap walk starts near the Franklin River, traversing dramatic alpine country past fantastic, primeval scenery. Views from the summit are stupendous. more  Park amenitiesThe park is administered in two sections with helpful rangers at Cradle Mountain and at Cynthia Bay near Derwent Bridge. Food and petrol supplies and accommodation are available at the northern entrance, two kilometres from the Cradle Mountain camping grounds. There are huts with gas stoves, cooking utensils and mattresses, as well as amenities blocks with hot showers and toilets. A picnic area with barbecues and a boat service is at Cynthia Bay, and overnight huts are available with beds and heating. |
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The Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park is one of the most famous and beautiful treasures of the World Heritage listed Tasmanian wilderness. Lying 201 kilometres north-west of Hobart, the pure air and crisp atmosphere of the remote wilderness and rainforest and the unbelievably beautiful, glacially-formed landscape have become a magnet for adventure seekers. Here you can bushwalk, take photographs, camp, kayak or raft. You can strike camp and relax in what is one of the last of the truly wild regions in the world.