Mount Roland Conservation Area

Mount Roland from the lookout at Sheffield.

Mount Roland is a Conservation area in the north west coast region of Tasmania. [1]

It is near the town of Sheffield. It rises to 1234 metres and there are a number of well-marked bushwalks suitable for a day of pleasant exercise. There are long established walking tracks from both Claude Road and Gowrie Park to the summit.[2][3][4]

A Mount Roland cable car has been proposed for the mountain on several occasions.[5] The local community remains divided over the suitability or desirability of a cable car. [6]

Notes

  1. University of Tasmania. Institute for Regional Development; Mount Roland Steering Committee (Tas.) (2011), Mount Roland developing a destination, University of Tasmania, retrieved 12 July 2012
  2. "ON MOUNT ROLAND.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 11 January 1910. p. 4 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. Tasmania. Dept. of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (1990), Mount Roland day walk map, Tasmap, retrieved 12 July 2012
  4. Mount Roland day walk map, Tasmap, 1986, retrieved 12 July 2012
  5. "Cable car tourism push for Sheffield’s Mt Roland". The Mercury. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. http://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/221223/MOUNT_ROLAND_REPORT-FINAL-06072011.pdf


Coordinates: 41°27′S 146°15′E / 41.450°S 146.250°E / -41.450; 146.250

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