Strezelecki National Park

Strzelecki National Park covers 4216 hectares in the south-western corner of Flinders Island. Flinders is the main island in the Furneaux Group, a group of 54 islands in Bass Strait off the north-east coast of mainland Tasmania.

The national park protects rich and varied ecosystems as well as spectacular coastal and granite mountain landscapes. Strzelecki forms an area where plant and animal species found on mainland Australia and Tasmania overlap, making the park of important biogeographic significance. The park is also home to a high number of endemic species, rare flora and fauna and significant vegetation communities.

Flora & FaunaEncounters with wombats, Bennetts wallaby and the Tasmanian pademelon are a common occurrence in the park. Other mammals of particular interest include the long-nosed potoroo, which favours areas of dense cover. A number of rare and threatened species occur in the park, including the swift parrot, forty-spotted pardalote, grey-tailed tattler, and the hooded plover, which is listed as vulnerable nationally, and requires monitoring in Tasmania.

Nine of the nineteen species of reptile known to occur in Tasmania have been recorded in the park, including two species of snake, the tiger snake and white-lipped whipsnake. The copperhead snake is also expected to be found in suitable habitat within the park.