Get back to your rootsy mountaintop essence at these three simple, six-bed cabins 15km inside Mt Field National Park. Built in the 1940s, the cabins are equipped with mattresses, cold water, wood stove and firewood (there’s no power), with a communal outdoor toilet block. BYO gas lamps, cookers, utensils and bedding. Book online.
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The park's star water feature is the magnificently tiered, 45m-high Russell Falls, an easy 20-minute return amble from behind the Mt Field National Park…
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Hamilton’s history gets an overview in the little Hamilton Heritage Centre, set up in an 1835 cottage that was once part of a larger jail. Ridiculously…
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