Derwent Valley & Central Highlands Travel Guide
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North of
Hobart, the Derwent Valley is a potpourri of historic towns, opium poppy paddocks, willow-shaded riverbanks, orchards and hop fields. Further on, the Central Highlands are a beautiful wilderness of rivers, lakes and mountains with small hamlets like
Bothwell and Waddamana nestled in the strips of farmland. The road to Strathgordon leads past Mount Field National Park to the rugged surrounds of Lakes Pedder and Gordon through a landscape of rainforest and knife-edge quartzite mountains.
Along the Lyell Highway the historic towns of
New Norfolk,
Hamilton and
Ouse feature some of the country’s oldest buildings and at Salmon Ponds a brown trout hatchery provides some of the world’s finest fly fishing. The road passes rolling paddocks and encroaching wilderness and crosses rivers harnessed for hydro-electric power. The stark beauty of the Central Plateau is a reminder of the glaciers that tens of thousands of years ago sculpted this magnificent landscape.