Start your visit to Hartz Mountains National Park with this short, easy walk along a gravel track and step down to a viewing platform overlooking the Huon Valley. This walk provides a lovely opportunity to look out over the dense forests you’ve just driven through to reach the park.
Starting near the Waratah Picnic Shelter, take the time to explore the different plants growing along the track as you make your way to the viewing platform. In December and January, the Tasmanian waratah will be in flower and you’ll be treated to a blaze of beautiful red. Directly below the lookout you’ll see old myrtle forest, and uninterrupted views across the Huon Valley to the Wellington Range.
Return by the same route.