Nature and Wildlife | Discover Tasmania

Cliff top at Three Capes Track - Cape Hauy.

Things To Do

Separated from the mainland for thousands of years, Tasmania is an island ark of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Get ready for close encounters with everything from pocket-sized predators to ancient forest giants.

close up of a Kangaroo looking straight at the camera, in the centre of the image.

How to see wild things

A man at night time looking at the Aurora Australis, Howden

Catch the Southern Lights

Spectacular image of St Columbia Falls from a distance, surrounded by forest.

Chasing waterfalls

Filtered sunlight through the rainforest, Tarkine National Park.

Big tree hunting

A hand reaches out to grab fagus at Cradle Mountain.

Guide to Tassie’s unique flora

Meet hairy Tasmanians

Meet hairy Tasmanians

Women walking through rows of lavender at Bridestowe Lavender Estate, Nabowla.

In love with lavender

Wonders of nature

Lost for words? A glimpse of the Southern Lights, monster waves and towering sea cliffs will do that.

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Person on a jet ski watching a surfer catch a wave at Shipstern Bluff, Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula.

Wisdom of wombats

Spend any time in Tasmania’s national parks and you’ll almost certainly get to meet the neighbours – in this case, the island’s cute and curious wombats. The world’s largest burrowing herbivores are unforgettable.

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Wombat