Tasmania North West
- The Burnie/Wynyard airport is 1km from the park. There are flights to and from Melbourne on "REX" (Regional Express) Airlines. Also TAS-AIR fly to King Island from here.
- Wynyard is Tasmania's tulip capital with a Tulip Festival held every October.
- There are two excellent golf courses in Wynyard, plus lawn bowling, tennis and squash.
- Fossil Bluff is within easy reach. Fossils are embedded in the layers of sandstone. The oldest Australian marsupial was discovered here.
- Table Cape is an expired volcanic landmark. It has a lighthouse on the cliff, it's light has a range of some 32 nautical miles - just a 5 minute drive from the town.
- Fairy penguins can be seen at dusk in colonies along the coastline. Viewing is around November - March.
- Rocky Cape National Park has great walking tracks and spectacular scenery. It abounds with Aboriginal history.
- Sheltered clean swimming beaches.
- Walking tracks, boating and yachting, all in North West Tasmania.
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