Derwent Bridge - Feather in your cap

You can't miss Frenchman's Cap – the striking quartzite dome soars to 1,443 metres; white, stark and visible throughout most of the Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.

If you're feeling fit and have three to five days to spare, reach the summit on a splendid, 54-kilometre walk that will shine in your memory forever. December to March is best, but it's challenging at any time. Close to 1,000 walkers complete it each year.

The walking trail begins three kilometres west of the Franklin River, allowing you to combine the walk with a river cruise or raft. Stride across a picturesque suspension bridge and you're on your way! The walk traverses dramatic alpine country, thick with hardy native plants like Huon pine and celery top pine, adapted to survive snow and ice. Two huts on the route, at Lake Vera and Lake Tahune, can provide shelter but you'll need to carry your own tent, stove and rations.

Views from Barron Pass are fantastic and primeval scenery around the foothills between Franklin River and Lake Vera lures landscape photographers from around the world. (Some have decided to settle in Tasmania!) Lake Tahune is overshadowed by the sheer, 500-metre cliff face of Frenchman's Cap. From here, the summit lies less than a kilometre's steep walk away. Your reward (on a fine day) is a panoramic view of the whole of Tasmania's south-west wilderness, including Lake Macquarie sparkling below, Federation Peak and Mount Ossa in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.