You must be a bushwalker to enjoy this park, as a four-hour walk is the only way in. During summer, when the days are long, you may be able to walk in and out on the same day, provided the weather is good, but it would be a shame not to stay longer and bask in the splendour.

The names of the park's natural features say it all: Herods Gate, Lake Salome, Solomons Jewels, Damascus Gate, the Pool of Bathesda…Beside them, Dixons Kingdom - the name of a ramshackle hut built by a grazier and his son in the 1950s - seems both a quaint anomaly and a homage.

The most impressive feature is the huge chamber created by the West Wall, Mount Ophel, Zion Hill and the Temple. Dixon's Kingdom, just beyond, is near a pencil pine forest dotted with glades that are popular with campers. If you walk from here to the summit of Mt Jerusalem you'll be rewarded with sweeping views of a section of Tasmania's Central Plateau called the Land of Three Thousand Lakes, a collage of glittering lakes and tarns.

The 51,000-hectare (126,024-acre) park abuts Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park and forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Bushwalkers often set up camp for a couple of days and take day walks or go cross-country skiing. The weather is unpredictable at any time of year and you must be fully prepared for extremes at all times.

• Walls of Jerusalem (eight hours)

Although the number of visitors to the park is low by the standards of other Tasmanian national parks, the fragile ecology of the area is constantly under threat. There are no defined campgrounds or facilities, and you must carry out all your waste. Fire is a constant hazard due to the vulnerability of the flora, and as a result, only fuel stoves are permitted.

There is little close by of real interest. Even the drive to the car park at the start of the walk is unimpressive. However, on your way to the Lake Rowallan turnoff, you do travel through Mole Creek Karst National Park, which has a number of impressive caves that are open for inspection.

To get to the car park, take the C138 from Mole Creek Kast National Park and the Mersey Forest Road (C171) past Lake Rowallan to the sign-posted turn-off to the Walls. The car park is a half-hour walk from the park boundary and a two-hour walk from Herods Gate, which is the entrance to the scenic plateau.

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