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    Walls of Jerusalem National Park

    Australia

    Walls of Jerusalem National Park

    National Park

    The Walls of Jerusalem National Park is located on Tasmania's Central Plateau, east of Cradle Mountain. Here, dolerite walls enclose a high plateau featuring glacial lakes, cushion plants, and ancient pencil pines.

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    The Walls of Jerusalem National Park is located on Tasmania's Central Plateau, east of Cradle Mountain. Here, dolerite walls enclose a high plateau featuring glacial lakes, cushion plants, and ancient pencil pines.No roads lead into the park. From the Mersey River car park, a steep ascent takes you up to the plateau. Most visitors stay for two to three days and camp.

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    Pool of Bethesda

    Pool of Bethesda

    Small, deep glacier lake between Herods Gate and Damascus Gate, surrounded by cushion plants and pencil pines that live for several hundred years.
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    Solomons Jewels

    Solomons Jewels

    A chain of small lakes on the way to the high plateau, one of the most photographed sections of the hike.
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    Herod's Gate

    The passage between two rock walls forms the entrance to the central basin of the Walls of Jerusalem. Beyond it lie Pencil Pines, small lakes, and the Dolerite Walls that gave the park its name.
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    Culture and History

    The Central Plateau was a hunting and transit area for the Palawa, who travelled here in summer. In the 19th century, trappers and drovers arrived; Trappers Hut on the ascent commemorates this era.The biblical names like Herods Gate, Damascus Gate and Pool of Bethesda originate from early European visitors who saw the walls of Jerusalem in the rock faces.

    Arrival & Tips

    Approach: Via Mole Creek and the Mersey Forest Road to the Fish River car park; the last kilometres are gravel.Climb: Around 600 metres elevation to Trappers Hut and onward to the Plateau.Accommodation: Simple campsites with platforms at Wild Dog Creek, self-catering.Weather: Snow occasionally falls on the Plateau even in summer. Register before your trip.

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    Nearby

    Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

    Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park

    The Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in the Tasmanian Highlands stretches from the distinctive dolerite peak of Cradle Mountain in the north to Lake St Clair, Australia's deepest lake, in the south. In between runs the Overland Track, one of the country's most famous multi-day hikes.The park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tasmanian Wilderness. The weather changes rapidly; even in summer, it can snow.
    Tasmanian Wilderness

    Tasmanian Wilderness

    The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area covers approximately one fifth of Tasmania and is one of the largest protected wilderness areas in the temperate latitudes. It comprises several national parks, including Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers, Southwest, and Walls of Jerusalem.Rainforests with Myrtle Beech and Huon Pines, glacial lakes, high-altitude moors, and wild rivers define the landscape. Vast areas are only accessible on foot, by boat, or from the air.
    Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

    Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

    The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park in Western Tasmania protects the catchments of two wild rivers, dense rainforests with Huon Pines, and limestone caves with traces of Ice Age settlement. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Tasmanian Wilderness.Access to the park is primarily via short walks off the Lyell Highway, by boat from Strahan, or on multi-day rafting tours on the Franklin River.
    Southwest National Park

    Southwest National Park

    The Southwest National Park, at around 6,000 km², is Tasmania's largest national park and is almost entirely roadless. Button grass plains, rugged quartzite ranges, rainforest, and an uninhabited coast characterize the area.By car, you can only reach the fringes: Lake Pedder and Gordon Dam in the north, Cockle Creek in the east. The rest is accessed via long-distance hiking trails, boats, and small planes.
    Otway Coast & Hinterland

    Otway Coast & Hinterland

    Between Lorne and Princetown, the Great Ocean Road leaves the coast and leads through the Great Otway National Park: cool rainforest, waterfalls, koalas, and Apollo Bay, a good base.

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