The Cataract Gorge

The Cataract Gorge is a river gorge in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, approximately 1.5 km from the town centre. It is one of the place's premiere visitor points of interest. It is located on the decrease section of the South Esk River. The earliest recognised European traveller to the website online become William Collins, who observed its front in 1804. A pathway, called the King’s Bridge-Cataract Walk, and firstly built with the aid of volunteers inside the 1890, runs along the north bank of the Cataract Gorge, and is a famous traveler vacation spot. The authentic toll residence at which pedestrians had to pay to go into the stroll can still be seen near King's Bridge on the northern fringe of the gorge.

A chairlift is the longest unmarried-span chairlift in the global, with the longest span being 308 m. The chairlift, constructed in 1972, has a complete span of 457 m. Before the Trevallyn Dam changed into built upstream within the 1950, flood waters could upward thrust up as excessive as 12 metres. In the past, there has been a strength station at Duck Reach, approximately 2.5 kilometres from a suspension bridge which changed into constructed in 1940. It became washed away within the floods of 1929, rebuilt after which decommissioned while the Trevallyn Dam become completed in 1955. The constructing is now an interpretive museum.