From Hobart: Gordon Dam and Lake Pedder Wilderness Day Tour

Itinerary

This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At:

New Norfolk, New Norfolk, Tasmania

We depart Hobart heading west then following the Lyell Highway. We will make a short stop at this historic town dating back to 1807, to pick up lunch and hot drinks at a local bakery

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At:

Creepy Crawly Trail, Scotts Peak Dam Rd, Southwest TAS 7116, Australia

We then will drive through the tall eucalyptus forest on the Gordon River Road. You will then arrive in the temperate rainforest at the Creepy Crawly Walk where your guide takes you on a 35 minute informative wilderness walk on wooden stairs and bending to get under the logs

Duration: 35 minutes

Stop At:

Teds Beach Campground, Strathgordon, Tasmania 7139 Australia

As we pass the incredibly steep mountains and sweeping views of Lake Pedder, we will arrive at the Lake's Teds Beach, time to immerse right into nature through the lake shore walk, with David's university level knowledge of botany, geology and lakes and rivers. You might possibly have a bare feet dip in the lake.

Lunch, relax at Lake Pedder's white quartzite Teds Beach

Duration: 55 minutes

Stop At:

Lake Pedder Lookout, Strathgordon, Tasmania 7139 Australia

After a short drive, we will arrive at the lookout for a stunning birds eye view of the lake and the rugged glaciated mountain ranges of the southwest. Take a deep breath and take it all in.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At:

Gordon Dam, Gordon River Road, Strathgordon, Tasmania 7139 Australia

After another short drive, we will scurry across the 140m high Gordon Dam, feeling like mice in comparison, with plenty of time to take photos, take it all in or look down to the base of the gorge 35 stories below if you dare.

Experience in the breathtaking steep Gordon Gorge, with untouched temperate rainforest on your left, then turn 180 degrees and on your right behold Lake Gordon Australia's largest water storage dam. David your guide can share with you his first hand knowledge of how he helped to determine its volume when he worked for Hydro Tasmania. We climb 185 stairs back to the road.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At:

Gordon Dam lookout and Knob hill Lookout, Gordon River Rd, Strathgordon, Tasmania 7139 Australia

Another short drive, we then gain an even higher perspective and views of Lake Gordon Tasmania's largest lake from the Nob Hill lookout and Gordon Dam lookout where one guest exclaimed Ï believe I can fly".

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By:

Southwest National Park, Southwest National Park, Tasmania

South West National Park is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area. Travelers will see incredibly steep and rugged quartzite mountains, button grass plains, Tall Eucalypt forest and rainforest. They will also see sweeping views of lake pedder.

Stop At:

Maydena, Maydena, Tasmania

Drive through the Southwest National Park, we will then make a short stop at the town of Maydena with historic timber houses surrounded by forest plantations eucalypt forest and mountain bike trails. We stop here briefly and can get views of the abrupt sometimes snow covered dolerite peaks of the Mount Field National Park.

We will then head back to Hobart along the scenic Derwent Valley.

Duration: 5 minutes