Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) have also confirmed that around a kilometre of boardwalk along the Overland Track has been burnt as well as the Pine Forest Moor hut, privately operated by ...

Mr Mittwollen took some snaps of the fires from the summit of Mount Oakleigh near the Overland Track. View from the summit of Mt Oakleigh showing the southern fire front on the flanks of Pelion West.

A total statewide fire ban has ended and national park tracks are opening back up to the public, but fire authorities are urging the public to remain vigilant of changing conditions.

The Overland Track has been closed since February 5. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service liaison officer Brendon Clark said they remained confident a safe and traversable track would be available ...

File image of Tasmanian Walking Company taking a walking ground through the Overland Track. IMAGE: Chris Crerar/Parks Tasmania The cancelled walks have drawn the ire of some who took to social ...