An excellent introduction to this alpine wilderness is the accesible 20 min pine lake walk   1   located near the highest point on the A5 Highway, at 1210 meters above sea level. Pencil pine trees, wedge-tailed eagles and rare alpine insects and wildflowers are there for your viewing.

In Liawenee, the coldest place in Tasmania, Parks and Wildlife Service maintains a visitor centre  2   at the entrance to the Western Lakes Wilderness Fisheries and Central Plateau Conservation Area.

Murderers hill  3  , opposite Great Lake Hotel, takes its name from the violent murder there of a shepherd and convict-hutkeeper by a pair of bushrangers in 1840.

miena dam's three walls  4   China has the Three Gorges Project, Miena the Three-Wall Dam! Constructed in 1916, 1922, and completed in 1982, all three walls can be seen when lake levels drop.

beamont memorial  5   A short walk leads from the car park to a spectacular northwards view, the final resting place of 19th-century naval officer and public servant John Beamont, who explored the area in 1817.

shannon rise  6   Anglers fished shoulder-to-shoulder at this world-famous site before damming altered the Shannon River.

waddamana power station museum  7  One of the first hydroelectric power stations in Tasmania is now a fascinating museum, with restored machinery and displays about the pioneering days of power development in the Highlands.

steppes hall and lake country pioneer plaques  8  St Luke's Anglican Church was built in 1911 as a centre of social activity and place of worship for early Highland residents.

steppes homestead  9  This 19th century homestead, with bake house and other outbuildings, is a pleasant place for a bush picnic, Drinking water and toilet facilities are available.

steppes reserve sculptures  10  A ring of stone-mounted bronze sculptures by renowned Tasmania artist Stephen Walker captures the beauty and diversity of wildlife and settlement in the Highlands. A walking path through the 48-ha preserve leads to the Steppes Homestead.


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