Pine Lake
Pine Lake (photograph: Martin Fieldhouse)
60 Great Short Walks

Pine Lake

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30 minute return, 800m return
Grade 1: No bushwalking experience required. Flat even surface with no steps or steep sections. Suitable for wheelchair users who have someone to assist them.
Supervise children. Tracks are subject to severe weather conditions – weather may change quickly. Tracks are difficult to navigate when covered in snow and may be impassable. No bikes, pets, or firearms.

About

​The Pine Lake walk offers a rare opportunity to get close to one of Tasmania’s rarest trees—the pencil pine​—without doing an extended bushwalk. Off the Lake Highway on the Central Plateau, this easy 800m return walk leads to a small alpine lake fringed by beautiful pines. 

This ancient species evolved before flowering plants and is only found in the T​asmanian highlands. 

Almost all of the walk is on raised boardwalk, making it suitable for all ages in the right weather conditions. However it is at an altitude of around 1200m—be aware that severe weather conditions can occur at any time of the year.​