Tamar Island Wetlands

 W Tamar Hwy, Riverside TAS 7250, Australia +61 3 6327 3964 Website Launceston Campervan Hire

tektonscut (contributor)

Located just 10minutes from Launceston the Tamar Island Wetlands was an interesting area to walk around and try and find birds, reptiles, frogs and fish.
The Tamar Island Wetlands reserve is approx 60 hectares of mud flats, lagoons and islands. The Tamar Island gives an excellent view of the surrounding landscape

The wetlands have a big variety of Birdlife and Reptiles, we were lucky enough to see this snake (photo) sunning himself by the boardwalk.

The distance from the entrance gate to the island is 1.5 km and there is approximately 1.2 km of tracks on the island itself on an easy access board-walk, the walk will take about 1hour return.
Opening times for the board-walk are dawn to dusk every day of the year except Christmas Day.
There is an Interpretation Centre located 200 metres from the main gate.

OPENING TIMES……
1 April – 30 September 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
1 October – 31March 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

A short walk from here, and we came to a bird hide which has seating, a good place to see the different birds on the lagoon.

There are picnic and gas barbeque facilities on the island

monspucklie (contributor)

2008:
For folks wishing to explore the town a little more on foot, Launceston has walkway plenty along the North Esk River and the Tamar River. Take a light stroll along the 2 rivers that gave Launceston life. The view is not always breathtaking….but it is certainly serene and you will be walking by landmarks, such as the Boag & Sons Brewery etc.

I took a short stroll, starting from the Queen Victoria Museum @ Inveresk along the North Esk River, all the way to the Seaport area along the Tamar River with its swanky posh waterfront houses, finally finding myself exiting into the Park I spent a lovely afternoon in back in 2001.

2001:
I spent a lovely afternoon here, doing almost nothing, but sitting by the river banks, watching yachts sailing up and down the Tamar River, enjoying the occasional breeze, lapping up the “let-the-world-go-by” state of mind and chatting with my friends. There isn’t a place in the world I am rushing off to that afternoon.

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