Lake St Clair National Park

Lake St Clair is at the southern end of the world famous Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park. It is also part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Carved out by ice during several glaciations over the last two million years, this is the deepest lake in Australia and the headwaters of the Derwent River, upon which the capital city of Tasmania is located.

Flora & Fauna Cynthia Bay sits on the boundary between dry and wet sclerophyll forests, two habitats that are home to a wide variety of birds. Many, such as black currawongs, strong-billed and black-headed honeyeaters, and the yellow wattlebird are found only in Tasmania. Other animals that you may be lucky enough to see within the park are the Bennett's or red-necked wallaby, the timid Tasmanian pademelon, wombats, quolls, echidnas and platypuses.