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13/10/2008

The Northern Region Parks and Wildlife Service Office located at Prospect will be closed to the public from Friday 17 October 2008 to Monday 20 October 2008.More

NSW fundraiser no connection to Tasmania

02/10/2008

Tasmania's Parks and Wildlife Service has no connection with a telephone fundraising campaign being conducted by the New South Wales-based Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife.More

Better protection for Lillico's much-loved penguins

26/09/2008

A new viewing platform at Lillico Beach will help give better protection to the much loved North West Coast penguin colony as well as an enhanced visitor experience.
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Shadow Lake Circuit

52. Shadow Lake Circuit

	4 hour walk
	Road C193 to Lake St Clair from the Lyell Highway (A10).
	Park entry fees apply.
	Visitor centre, restaurant and accommodation.
	Moderate, the track climbs approximately 270m over a distance of 6.6km.
	Group C items required
	Extreme weather conditions can be experienced at any time of the year. Not suitable for children in wet and cold weather conditions.
	No pets, firearms or bicycles

From Lake St Clair, this walk will take you through rainforest, sub-alpine moorland and highland eucalypt forest on this circuit walk via Shadow Lake. Clear weather allows splendid views of Mt Hugel.

Highlights

Near Shadow Lake the vegetation changes to sub-alpine forest. Here snow gums, buttongrass and sedges flourish. Pencil pines fringe the lake edge. The lake contains the introduced brown and rainbow trout. These can be fished if you have a licence. Picnic spots can be found around the lake edge but please remember that campfires are not permitted.