Exploring Queenstown, Tasmania: Lake St. Clair & Russell Falls | Travel Guide Ep. 4

Good morning from Queenstown after our  epic hiking yesterday in cradle mountains we reached Queenstown and checked into  this beautiful motel called Silver Hills it's just 12 degrees here and the  weather is very very cloudy today but it makes this place even more beautiful  as you can see behind me on that mountain Queenstown is the largest town in western Tasmania  and surrounded by dramatic hills and mountains this place was once a thriving mining area but  the mining did cause an environmen

tal damage but mother nature is soon healing this and making this place beautiful. So our initial plan was just to do a pit stop in this town but now we want to explore this town and then head towards Hobart In such a small town it's very surprising to  find an electric charging station very nice so this is the west coast wilderness railway  and it is a 35 kilometer long railway line the original three out of the five coaches are currently used the fourth one was destroyed  and the fifth one is

in the museum at hobart you can explore the inaccessible locations in and around Queenstown we did not have time to explore this magical train ride but it's definitely on our list to check out next time we are at tracks cafe and enjoying our morning breakfast this museum was once a hotel for 20 years then becoming a hospital and accommodation for  mining men finally in 1970 this became the galley museum We are at Spion Kopf lookout this place  provides a spectacular view of the entire city you'l

l also find some mining exhibits along the way Queenstown football field is very unique as  you can see it's a gravel field not a grass field it is considered to be one of the  dangerous and feared fields in Australia Just behind me is the Iron Blow Lookout. It was one of the earliest ventures in 1883 and has an  open mine with amazing views around This is the way towards horsetail  fall it's just a 30 minutes walk on the edge of the mountain but this is seasonal  waterfall and is at its best af

ter heavy rainfall In Tassie always fill your tank in city as  there are very less gas stations on highway On our way to Hobart we stopped at St. Clair lake Here is the final destination of the overland track. The overland track which starts at cradle mountain which is around 65 kilometres and it  takes six days reaches here at St. Clair lake this lake is the deepest  freshwater lake in Australia and it was formed from the melting of the glaciers We are at Russell falls. it's one of  the most po

pular and most photographed waterfalls in Tasmania you can hear the sound  of water behind me so refreshing and so green well that's the end of today's journey and this  episode now we are going to check into our hotel in Hobart keep watching as we explore  Hobart in our next episode bye for now