Wellington Park

{{Short description|Protected area near Hobart, Tasmania}}

{{For|the locality|Wellington Park, Tasmania}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Wellington Park

| map = Tasmania

| iucn_category = II

| photo = Mt Wellington Tasmania2.jpg

| photo_caption = Hobart with Mount Wellington in the background

| photo_alt = A photo of Hobart from the eastern shore of the Derwent River with Mount Wellington in the background

| coordinates = {{coord|42.89|S|147.16|E|display=inline,title}}

| coords_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3161685 |title=Wellington Park on OpenStreetMap |website=openstreetmap.org |publisher=© OpenStreetMap contributors |access-date=19 June 2017}}

| relief = yes

| map_alt = Location of Wellington Park in Tasmania

| nearest_city = Hobart

| area = 182.5

| area_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/land/nrs/science/capad/2014 |title=CAPAD 2014 |website=environment.gov.au |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date=2014 |access-date=19 June 2017}}

| established = {{start date|1993|11|01}}

| visitation_num = 280,491

| visitation_ref ={{cite web |url=https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/assets/WP_Annual_Report_15-16_final.pdf |title=Annual Report 2015-16 |website=wellingtonpark.org |publisher=Wellington Park Management Trust |date=2016 |access-date=19 June 2017}}

| operator = Wellington Park Management Trust

| url = https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/

}}

Wellington Park is a 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), it cannot technically be reserved as a national park because it contains private land.{{cite web |url=https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/faq/ |title=Wellington Park FAQ |website=wellingtonpark.org.au |publisher=Wellington Park Management Trust |access-date=19 June 2017}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/trust/ |title=Wellington Park Management |website=wellingtonpark.org.au |publisher=Wellington Park Management Trust |access-date=19 June 2017}} The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the Wellington Park Act 1993.{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/wpa1993184/ |title=Wellington Park Act 1993 |publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute |website=www.austlii.edu.au |access-date=19 June 2017}}

Gallery

{{Gallery

|align=center

|File:Mount Wellington Australia Tower ad.jpg|Australia Tower on the top of Mount Wellington

|File:Mount Wellington hiking track and Organ Pipes, Tas.jpg|Mount Wellington hiking track and Organ Pipes

|File:Mount Wellington lookout, Hobart Tasmania.jpg|Mount Wellington lookout and boardwalk

|File:Mount Wellington hut Tasmania ad.jpg|One of the huts on the slopes of Mount Wellington

}}

See also

{{Portal bar|Environment|Mountains|Australia}}

References

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