Hollybank Forest is a 3.5km, grade 1 hike located in Hollybank Forest Reserve, Tasmania. The hike should take around 1.5 hours to complete.
Hike overview
Hollybank has spacious picnic facilities nestled amongst ash and pine trees. Walking tracks lead through a mix of native bush and plantation forests. The ash trees, originally planted as a wood supply for cricket bats and tennis racquets, are particularly attractive in autumn.
Route and GPX file
Max elevation: 388 m
Min elevation: 335 m
Total climbing: 108 m
Total descent: -108 m
For more information about this hiking trail please visit Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania
Tips
15-40 minute return (2km circuit) depending on your choice of track. An information panel is located just inside the reserve entrance.
Toilets, picnic shelters, wood barbecues, gas barbecue and bush cricket pitch (BYO cricket gear).
Wide tracks with gentle grades are usually dry underfoot.
Dogs are welcome if kept on a leash. Bicycles are not permitted off the formed roads.
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About the region
Launceston Tamar and the North
Turn into Hollybank Road from road B81, 7km from Lilydale and 19km from Launceston via the suburb of Rocherlea.
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Acknowledgement of Country
Trail Hiking Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we hike and pay respects to their Elders, past and present, and we acknowledge the First Nations people of other communities who may be here today.