Nature and Wildlife | Discover Tasmania

A serene beach panorama highlighting peaceful waters and impressive mountains on the horizon.

Things To Do

Separated from the mainland for thousands of years, Tasmania is an island ark of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Get ready for close encounters with everything from pocket-sized predators to ancient forest giants.

close up of a Kangaroo looking straight at the camera, in the centre of the image.

How to see wild things

A tasmanian devil, mostly black with a white stripe on its front, and pinkish ears and snout, stands amongst some rocks and leaf litter.

Meet hairy Tasmanians

Filtered sunlight through the rainforest, Tarkine National Park.

Big tree hunting

Spectacular image of St Columbia Falls from a distance, surrounded by forest.

Chasing waterfalls

A man at night time looking at the Aurora Australis, Howden

Catch the Southern Lights

A hand reaches out to grab fagus at Cradle Mountain.

Guide to Tassie’s unique flora

Women walking through rows of lavender at Bridestowe Lavender Estate, Nabowla.

In love with lavender

Wonders of nature

Lost for words? A glimpse of the Southern Lights, monster waves and towering sea cliffs will do that.

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Person on a jet ski watching a surfer catch a wave at Shipstern Bluff, Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula. — Surfing at Shipstern Bluff, Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula

Tourism Australia & Samuel Shelley

Wisdom of wombats

Spend any time in Tasmania’s national parks and you’ll almost certainly get to meet the neighbours – in this case, the island’s cute and curious wombats. The world’s largest burrowing herbivores are unforgettable.

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Wombat — Wombat

Tourism Tasmania and Rob Burnett