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Tall Trees
This fantastic 1-kilometre loop walk is about the tallest flowering plants in the world, the swamp gums (Eucalyptus regnans).
Eucalyptus regnans, also known as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum, is a medium—to very-tall forest tree native to Tasmania and Victoria.
It is a straight-trunked tree with smooth grey bark and a stocking of rough brown bark at the base, glossy green, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, white flowers and cup-shaped or conical fruit, and it is the tallest of all flowering plants.
These trees can live for hundreds of years and grow over 100 metres in height.
The Tall Trees walk one of the 60 Great Short Walks
of Tasmania
The Walk - 1 Kilometre Circuit - 30 Minutes - Grade 2
This walk starts 2 kilometres from the Mount Field Visitor Centre along Lake Dobson Road; there is a small car parking area along the side of the road.
The Tall Trees walk an easy 1-kilometre loop on a well-formed, mainly flat track.
There are several wooden bridges along the track, and various ferns and fungi can also be seen.
Information boards along the walk have many interesting facts about the forest and the swamp gums.
There is also a clinometer along the walk with information on calculating the height of these massive trees using angles and maths.
Directions to Mount Field National Park
Mount Field National Park is 70 kilometres northwest of Hobart. From Hobart, head northwest on the Brooker Highway (A10) to New Norfolk.
Once at New Norfolk, follow the winding road of B61/B62, turning into Mt Field National Park on your right. There is plenty of parking near the Visitor Centre.
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