Wellington Park

For the locality, see Wellington Park, Tasmania.

Wellington Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Hobart with Mount Wellington in the background
Nearest city	Hobart
Coordinates	42.89°S 147.16°E / -42.89; 147.16[1]
Area	182.5[2]
Established	November 1, 1993 (1993-11-01)
Visitors	280,491[3]
Operator	Wellington Park Management Trust
www.wellingtonpark.org.au

Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses kunanyi / Mount Wellington and surrounds near Hobart, Tasmania. There are numerous hiking and mountain bike tracks within the park of varying difficulty.

Protection

Although it carries the same status as a national park (IUCN protected area category II[2]), because the park contains private land it cannot technically be reserved as a national park.[4]

Management

Wellington Park is administered by the Wellington Park Management Trust established in 1993 whose members include: Hobart and Glenorchy City Councils, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, DPIPWE, TasWater and Tourism Tasmania.[5] The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the Wellington Park Act 1993.[6]

Gallery

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  Australia Tower on the top of Mount Wellington
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  Mount Wellington hiking track and Organ Pipes
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  Mount Wellington lookout and boardwalk
• 
  One of the huts on the slopes of Mount Wellington

See also

• Protected areas of Tasmania
• Wellington Range

References

1. "Wellington Park on OpenStreetMap". openstreetmap.org. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. "CAPAD 2014". environment.gov.au. Commonwealth of Australia. 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
3. "Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). wellingtonpark.org. Wellington Park Management Trust. 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "Wellington Park FAQ". wellingtonpark.org.au. Wellington Park Management Trust. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. "Wellington Park Management". wellingtonpark.org.au. Wellington Park Management Trust. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
6. "Wellington Park Act 1993". www.austlii.edu.au. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

External links

• Wellington Park website