NEARLY half of Tasmania is protected by National Parks and reserves making it the perfect place for a wilderness escape. Next year marks the 100-year anniversary of National Parks in Tasmania.

When you think of Tasmania’s Freycinet National Park, the curvaceous ... part of the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Discovery Ranger program.

(Supplied: Parks and Wildlife) Mr Bayley said the establishment of more national parks was central to Tasmania's brand as a wild place. "Tourists don't want to come to interact with log tracks ...