Asbestos Range National Park

The only constant thing about this park has been change. Over thirty thousand years even the shape of the coastline has changed many times. Sea levels have risen and fallen, beaches have come and gone and rivers and creeks changed course. Throughout this period of change Aborigines, particularly those of the Northern Midlands Tribe adapted their lives to utilise the resources of the area. The Norroundboo people were forced off their land in the 1830's.

Asbestos Range National Park is so named because copper, asbestos, iron and gold were all mined in small quantities around the edges of the mountain range at about this time. Farming occurred on the Western Side of the range and after 140 years as a farm 'Springlawn' was purchased by the government in 1974. Today this farm forms the nucleus of the park.

Asbestos Range was declared a national park in 1976 because of its unique coastal heathlands, its importance as a habitat for native animals and its recreational value. There is perhaps no better spot in Tasmania to view Wombats. The beaches are superb and the walks varied and interesting.