This walk is reachable from the northern entrance of the Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair National Park and one of the must do hikes if you want to have a good feel about the park.

There are two ways to go up to the top - I have chosen the -of course harder- walk from Ronny Creek Carpark.

You can alternatively chose to take this hike from the Dove Lake carpark but the one from Ronny carpark goes through much nicer parts of the park.

The start of the walk does not indicate how hard it gets later…the boardwalk you start your walk on flows just so nicely into the nature that all you wanna do is to go in deeper and deeper.

After about an hour easy walk on the boardwalk, which is the start of the famous overland track as well, the small climb starts when you cross the wild flowers.

After about an hour and a half walk -you are slowly going uphills here, but if you are reasonably fit this walk is doable - you reach the glacier lake of Crate Lake. If the weather is clear - like I had -, this is an amazing place to take reflection pictures with the mountains behind the lake.

The path continues going along the lake, when you reach the last, steep section of the climb. I saw people doing this climb in thong, however I would not recommend to do so…

This part of the hike requires climbing along the chains for about 100 metres before reaching the top.

Marion's lookout itself offers a beautiful panoramic view of the Dove Lake-Cradle Mountain area. Please do note that it can get pretty windy up there but it’s still a great place to chill and enjoy the views.

Don’t forget to bring your lunch up and have it up on the top! 

You can either return the same way or via Wombat Pool to Dove Lake Car Park.

How to get to Cradle Mountain National Park

The Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park is accessible from Sheffield in the north and Derwent Bridge in the south. The northern entrance to the park is 1.5 hr from Devonport and 2.5 hr from Launceston.

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My name is Katalin and I have been traveling in China and Australia (on and off) for three years now. I can’t stand travel agencies - totally disagree with their principle of keeping the “secret of how to travel” to themselves and I love traveling on my own.

My favourite way of traveling is by public transport, I do it usually with minimal planning and just let the locals “drive” me to the spots.

This site is my experience of how to travel with no agency in China and the places I think worth for a visit in both Tasmania and Victoria, Australia.

If I am not exploring you can find me hiking somewhere in the mountains / bushes or taking photos. Oops, wait a second that’s exploring too