The Launceston Cataract Gorge & First Basin is free to visit, but to ride the chairlift, adults will be charged 12 Australian dollars ($9.50) for one-way rides or AU$15 (less than $12) for round ...

A Tasmania Police spokeswoman confirmed officers responded to a concern for welfare at Cataract Gorge on May 2. “Sadly, a person was located deceased at the scene,” she said.

Launceston's Cataract Gorge is renowned for its "natural" beauty — but it took dynamite, the digging up of a swamp and the planting of scores of trees to make it the tourism drawcard it is today.

The award-winning, multimillionaire philosophy professor was found dead at the bottom of the Cataract Gorge, in Launceston, Tasmania, just hours after a detective knocked on his door to request he ...

View from Kings Bridge looking up the Cataract Gorge in Launceston. Sunday October 16th 2022. Picture: Grant Viney. The Birch family, from the Gold Coast, went to the gorge at about 11.30am.

Drone flight over Cataract Gorge (10/9/24) Posted: 10 September 2024 | Last updated: 16 February 2025. Water continues to thunder through Cataract Gorge on September 9, as rainfall works its way ...

The Launceston Council has backed a multi-step plan to upgrade the Cataract Gorge chairlift, bringing the controversial project closer to fruition. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards.

Police have appealed for public help to find a man who attacked a woman as she was walking at Launceston’s Cataract Gorge. Police said the woman was walking on the Duck Reach track about 4.15pm ...

Dr John Forge, an honorary professor at the University of Sydney who authored numerous books on morality and ethics, was found dead at the base of Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania on May 2 ...

Launceston Cataract Gorge Protection Association vice president Rocelyn Ives called the new approach ‘sensible’ and said it was an important first step before the proposal could proceed.

The Launceston Council has backed a multi-step plan to upgrade the Cataract Gorge chairlift, bringing the controversial project closer to fruition. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards.