Tall Trees Walk

How to get there

1. From the Visitor Centre, follow signs for Tall Trees / Three Falls Circuit.
2. Parks Pass required. Lake Dobson Road is unsealed beyond the lower falls zone — still 2WD in dry conditions for this short hop.
3. This is not the 15–16 km alpine climb to Lake Dobson. Park at the signed pull-off, or walk here as the mid-section of Three Falls.
4. No toilets or café at the circuit — use the Visitor Centre first.

How to do it (step by step)

1. Walk the signed 1 km circuit slowly. The trees are the reason you came; there is no prize for speed.
2. Stay on the formed track. Giant trees drop limbs.
3. If you are already on Three Falls Circuit, use Tall Trees as a rest and photo pause rather than a second outing.
4. Look up, then watch your feet — roots and duff are slick after rain.
5. Do not leave the track for a “better trunk photo.”

What to expect

Tall Trees is a Grade 2 formed circuit of about 1 km and 30 minutes among Eucalyptus regnans — swamp gums, among the tallest flowering plants on earth. It is short on purpose.

Grey light is good light here. You came for trunks and ferns, not a summit view. There is no signed “biggest tree” side trip that is worth leaving the formed track.

Alone, or as part of Three Falls

On Three Falls Circuit this forest is the flatter reset between Horseshoe Falls and Lady Barron Falls. Use it as a rest and photo pause, not as a second outing you have to complete later.

Walking Tall Trees alone works when you have already done Russell Falls, when someone in the group does not want 200+ steps, or when wind has you cautious about a longer rainforest loop. Alone, you do not see Horseshoe or Lady Barron.

Wind, rain and what this is not

After rain the forest smells strongest. After wind, check Parks Tasmania alerts before you stand under giants. Falling-limb closures happen here the same way they happen on the falls tracks.

This is not fagus country. Deciduous beech (Nothofagus gunnii) colours up on the alpine shelf — Tarn Shelf, Lake Fenton — not among the swamp gums. If you came for autumn gold, you still need Lake Dobson Road open.

Logistics

Parks Pass required. Limited parking at the Tall Trees pull-off. No café or toilets on the circuit — start from the Visitor Centre if you need either.

The short hop from the entrance is usually 2WD in dry conditions. It is not the full alpine climb, and it is not a reason to take a campervan further up Lake Dobson Road.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on Parks Tasmania before you drive.

Extra tips

• After rain the forest smells strongest; after wind, check alerts — this is limb-fall country.
• Good “bad weather” walk when alpine tracks are in cloud.
• This is not fagus. Deciduous beech colours on Tarn Shelf and around Lake Fenton.
• Pair with Russell Falls for a short complete day without the alpine road.