Central Plateau Conservation Area is an animal and plant

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, Australia. It is adjacent to the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. The Central Plateau of Tasmania is the largest area of high ground in Tasmania. It is bound to the north east by the Great Western Tiers, many hydro electric schemes emanating from rivers that flow to the south - and to the west by

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. Central Plateau is a large rural locality in the local government areas of Central Highlands and

Meander Valley Meander Valley Council is a Local government in Australia, local government body in northern Tasmania. It covers the western outskirts of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, and further westward along the Meander River, Tasmania, Meander River. ...

in the Central and Launceston regions of

. Its central point, to the west of Great Lake, is about north-west of the town of

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. The 2016 census has a population of nil for the state suburb of Central Plateau. Central Plateau is a confirmed suburb/locality.

Location

Central Plateau surrounds the locality of Cramps Bay, on the eastern shore of Great Lake. The western part of the locality contains most of the Central Plateau Conservation Area, while the eastern part contains Great Lake. The localities of Breona, Doctors Point, Brandum, Reynolds Neck, Liawenee and Miena occupy a corridor between the western part and Great Lake. The conservation area extends beyond the boundaries of the locality, taking in parts of the localities of Blackwood Creek, Brandum, Breona, Bronte Park,

Caveside Caveside is a rural locality in the local government area of Meander Valley in the Launceston region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Westbury. It lies between the Great Western Tiers to the south and Mole Creek t ...

, Derwent Bridge, Doctors Point, Jackeys Marsh, Lake St Clair, Liawenee, Liffey, Little Pine Lagoon,

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, Mersey Forest, Miena,

Mole Creek Mole Creek is a town in the upper Mersey Valley, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. Mole Creek is well known for its honey and accounts for about 35 percent of Tasmania's honey production. The locality is in the Meander Valley Counc ...

, Reynolds Neck,

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, and Western Creek.

Road infrastructure

The A5 route ( Highland Lakes Road) enters from the north and runs through to the south. Route B51 (Poatina Road) runs through from north-east to south-east.

Location

Road infrastructure

See also

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