The North Esk River runs through the Cataract Gorge starting from the Trevallyn Dam down to the Tamar river only a kilometre or so from the centre of the city. In its length the park exhibits many spectacular vistas and is home to a large number of native marsupials and birds. The following slide presentations illustrate the Gorge in all its glory throughout the seasons day night and through floods fires and storms!
Low water down river from the power station 
The suspension bridge from nthe Zig Zag track 
The 2016 big flood at Trevalyn weir 
The first basin weir in summer 
The lower gorge at low tide 
The lights of Launceston on a calm evening 
A misty day 
Moon rise from the lower gorge 
A view of the lower gorge from the Tamar 
Kayakers enjoy the big flood 
Late summer sunset 
A huge winter flood 
Moon rise over the Tamar 
Flood in the lower gorge at dusk 
A risky flood photo! 
Cooling off in summer 
Sunset caused a pink flood 
The suspension from the west Launceston side. 
The big flood of 2016 
The suspension bridge was closed in 2016 due to the big flood 
The Alexander Suspension Bridge from the lookout 
Illuminations around the first basin 
The view from the Zig Zag 
A calm day in summer 
The Park keepers house by the Iron bridge 
A fish eye view of the first basin 
The Cafe in the flood 
The first basin in the 2016 flood 
Jumping in the gorge 
The Thinker an inflated sculpture in the summer festival 
Fire in the gorge 
The smoke lasted for days! 
Climbers 
Climbers 
Climbers 
Autumnal colour 
Spring daffodils 
Summer trees 
Spring daffodils 
Rhododendrons for early summer 
A path of Rhododendrons 
Native geraniums 
We had a lot of Daffodils after all the rain in 2016 
Hydrangers in fulf bloom 
Autumnal colour 
Native Pan Pacific Black Duck and a single remaining duckling 
A Male Peacoks in full plumage 
Peacock feather detail 
Peacocks are excellant climbers too 
A Peacock with beautiful wing feathers 
Every so often a seal swims into the lower gorge to gorge on eels and the take a nap 
A male Tasmanian (turbo chook ) hen 
A male Tasmanian hen 
A pair of Tasmanian hens 
Tasmanian hen chicks 
A mother Pademellon and her young joey 
A red sky at night 
A very dramatic sunset 
The lower gorge at low tide 
The lights of Launceston on a calm evening 
A misty day 
Moon rise from the lower gorge 
A view of the lower gorge from the Tamar 
Kayakers enjoy the big flood 
Late summer sunset 
A huge winter flood 
Moon rise over the Tamar
The North Esk In flood 
The lower gorge at night 
Rapids below the basin bridge 
The blue hour in winter 
Winter Fog 
Weir cooling off 
Dramatic Sunset 
Cataract Gorge great flood 16/10/2022 
The floods move boulders 
Summer pool much loved by herons 
Sunset on the basin wall 
Loving it on the suspension bridge 
Reflections in the lower gorge 
The effect of summer bush fires 
Time to gaze 
Low water near the power station 
Big rocks 
An old plane tree that is often totally under water 
Built by nature 
Narcissus in spring 
Rhododendrons in flower 
Autumn in Cataract Gorge Launceston Tasmania 
The Zig Zag walk in summer 
Azaleas 
Rhododendrons in flower 
Tasmanian native grass ‘Sagg’ 
The Edwardian Band stand 
Hydrangers 
Full Moon over the basin 
Winter trees 
Summer fairy grass 
Driftwood nest as a work of sculpture 
Trees surviving between rocks 
Trees surviving between rocks 
Climbing 
A little gift pebble 
Spring diffs 
Autumn Leaves 
Parterre garden 
Ring tail possum 
Brush tail possum cleaning out! 
Pea chick 
Welcome 
Show off! 
Resting after showing off 
Wallabies love to eat leaves 
A Pademelon and her joey 
A Pademelon and her joey 
This way! 
Sleeping… almost 
Dramatic sunset 
A rainy night!