Mount Wellington

Mount Wellington is nestled in the southeast coastal region of Tasmania. Home to breathtaking scenery and unique wildlife. It is the summit of the Wellington Range, sitting within the Wellington Park reserve.

With the popular city of Hobart right at the foothills of this mountain. Stretching up thousands of metres above sea levels, visitors come here to experience the epic view this mountain offers, as well as the dozens of walking tracks and fascinating natural terrain.

The Natural Highlights of the Mountain

The Mountain’s geology is truly extraordinary, being shaped by the earth’s forces for millions of years. Producing the rugged terrain that is covered in lush greenery. Mount Wellington is bursting with forestland, with both woodlands and alpine environment dotted about the region. This diverse range of flora provides a range of food and shelter for animals to live in. Giving the mountains a diverse range of wildlife, with some species found nowhere else in the world. The mountain is one of the most popular attractions in the Wellington Range, with other natural wonders including Collins Cap, Lost World and Cathedral Rock. While travelling through the mountain, visitors can come across stunning fern gullies, cascading waterfalls, and even dry eucalypt woodland. Giving you a range of experiences in this one mountain area!

The Wildlife of Mount Wellington

Wildlife

Animals are covering the mountain, found in the tall branches of the trees, to the dug burrows of the moist soil. Mammals found here include some of Tasmania’s favourites, such as wallabies, echidnas, wombats and Tasmanian devils. Reptiles such as a number of snakes are also found here during the warmer months of the year. The skies are always jam-packed with the range of birdlife here. With at least 67 bird species, recorded to be permanent fixtures in the parkland, making the mountain one of the richest bird habitats in all of Tasmania.

Flora

The diversity doesn’t just stop at the animals, with the microclimates on the mountain producing a range of plant species. With over 500 native plant species recorded on the mountain, visitors can spend days hunting for the unique and rare plants nestled here. Some of the most unique flora include the endemic Mt Wellington eyebright and the towering tree ferns in the wetter foothill forest. By far one of the biggest tourist attractions in the mountain is the eucalypt trees, with entire forestland bursting with just these gums, from gum-topped stringybark to the alpine yellow gum. If you are feeling adventurous, you can try to find the world’s tallest flowering plant here, known as the Swamp gum. A truly stunning display of Tasmania’s stunning wildlife.

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