Mt Field National Park (8 January)

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We drove north from Cockle Creek, through Hobart and out to Mt Field National Park. We set up camp and then walked the circuit walk to Lady Barron Falls, Horseshoe Falls and finally Russell Falls. Thomas was in heaven with all the waterfalls and rated the latter two 10/10 while Lady Barron Falls scored 9/10. We discovered that Mt Field, along with Freycinet National Park, is Tasmania's oldest national park, was founded in 1916. It is believed that the last known wild thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) was captured in the region in 1933 (https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/thylacine-photos-last-tasmanian-tiger/).

We only spent the one night (Thursday) at Mt Field as we could only get a campsite at Lake St Clair on Friday and Saturday nights. Fortunately we had already spent a few hours in the nearby Styx Valley of the Giants a few days previously, so felt we had covered the region fairly well.

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