Penguin Cradle

Penguin Cradle Trail

Click Here for 18 Page Maps and Route Guide Download (2.76Meg Pdf Format)

Penguin to Cradle, a Walk with Variety

Tasmania has become the greatest bushwalking destination of Australia with most walkers intent on an extended walk heading for the Overland Track through the Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park.

For those seeking a quieter time and a more challenging bushwalk with different but still beautiful Tasmanian scenery, the North West Walking Club has developed the Penguin Cradle Trail. The complete walk is over a distance of 80km and it is recommended that a party allow five to seven days for the trip. Crossroads provide access at a few points enabling the Trail to be done as overnight or 4 large day walks and allowing shorter sections to be explored. The Trail starts at the coast, and takes you through rural areas and much seemingly untouched open woodland and rainforest. Combine these with rugged mountain ranges, a canyon with a wild river running through it, some idyllic lakes and vistas of snow capped peaks. Add waterfalls, ancient conifers, wildflowers and clean water with your lungs ventilated by the purest air in Australia, and you have a bushwalk featuring some of the best experiences available in Tasmania. Quiet campsites ensure that “million miles from care” feeling

Route Guide and Maps

The following downloadable high quality maps and a 18 page route guide of the Penguin - Cradle trail, North West Tasmania can be freely downloaded and used for private purposes only. The express written permission of the North West Walking Club Inc. is required if the maps are to be used for any other purpose.

The maps of Penguin - Cradle trail are composed of four separate sections as shown in the locality map opposite. The download is PDF format (2.76 Meg) and takes about 15 minutes to download at 30kbps. The best way to print the guide is to print the EVEN pages first in a printers regular text mode (pages 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18) then turn them over and arrange the order of pages so they can print the ODD pages on their respective opposite side.
Then print the first 5 ODD pages (1,3,5,7,9) while still in the printer's text mode, then changing to the printer's mode to colour and photo or high definition to print the last 4 ODD pages containing the maps (11,13,15,17).

That is of course if your printer is colour and has the quality to print the maps clearly!. If you are unable to print the maps clearly then you can send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the club and we will send the 4 maps. If you want an entire route guide sent then you can send 6x50c stamps with your address, in an envelope to the club.

Locality Map

Click Here for 18 Page Maps and Route Guide Download (2.76Meg Pdf Format)
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