National Parks in Tasmania

Hello,

1) Which is your favourite National Park of Tasmania and why?

2) Which is the nearest National Park to Hobart and which is the nearest National Park to Launceston? Is own vehicle the only to travel from the respective city or do we have public transport for the same as well?

3) Which is the National Park where Tasmanian Tigers are still suspected to be roaming(I know certain people believe they're extinct but there have been sightings.....)?

4) Which is the most dense National Park according to you which is full of trees and those trees are huge with huge trunks and centuries old.....?

1. I don't have a favourite: they all have their distinct "personality".

2. Nearest to Hobart - Mount Field National Park

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/?base=3589

Nearest to Launceston - Ben Lomond (to the south east)

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/?base=4551

or Narawntapu (to the north west)

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3669

(both about the same distance but very different topography).

Generally private vehicle is the usual way to travel but there is a tab called "Access" on those links above which show some public transport options - but they don't operate to all parks.

3. They are generally believed to be extinct. There are occasional claimed sightings in various parts of the state but they're not confined to any national park.

4. The South West National Park

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/?base=3801

or Wild Rivers

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/?base=3937

Awesome thanks!

Just out of curiosity: From the map it seems there are 5 national parks which are connected to each other.(Hartz, Southwest, Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers, Cradle Mountain and Walls of Jerusalem). Am I correct that it just 1 huge national park of around 12500 sq. km that is divided solely for academic purposes?

They are areas which have been declared national parks at different times since the earliest (Cradle Mountain) in 1922 until the 1990s (from memory, the present boundaries of the Southwest Park).

Thanks! I understand why they're different. So am I right that they're connected without any gap of human settlement etc.?

Yes, there are no human settlements in those areas (apart from accommodation for visitors to the national parks in a few areas).