The Estate is home to many of Tasmania’s unique animal residents – walk quietly and you will enter a magical kingdom. Or book a guided walk to the waterfall, a night wildlife spotting tour or even one of the more specialised activities which include wild platypus tours and a conversation with the last man to have seen a Tasmanian tiger in the wild.

Animals spotted on the Tarraleah estate, in the last three months, include the spotted-tailed quoll, the eastern quoll, Tasmanian devils, dusky antechinus, swamp antechinus, common wombat, common ringtail possum, sugar glider, common brushtail possum, long-nosed potoroo, Tasmanian bettong, Tasmanian pademelon (Rufus wallaby), red-necked wallaby (Bennett’s wallaby), platypus, echidna, greater long-eared bat, lesser long-eared bat, chocolate wattle bat, little forest eptesicus, King river eptesicus, long-tailed mouse and last but not least, the broad-toothed rat.

Flora is equally diverse in the Highlands. Trees on the Estate include sassafras, myrtle, blackwood, dog wood, swamp peppermint, white top stringy bark, mountain white gum and the silver wattle with its fine frilly foliage. Common shrubs include the dolly bush, mountain pepper, pink mountain berry, guitar plant, dusty daisy bush, huge man ferns and wild orchids. Take a guide or go it alone with a guide book from ‘The Highland Store’.

Please book specialised activities in advance of your visit in case someone else gets there first!