title: Wellington Park
text: # Wellington Park
  
  Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses kunanyi / Mount Wellington and surrounds near Hobart, Tasmania. There are numerous hiking and mountain bike tracks within the park of varying difficulty.
  
  ## Protection
  
  Although it carries the same status as a national park (IUCN protected area category II), because the park contains private land it cannot technically be reserved as a national park.
  
  ## Management
  
  Wellington Park is administered by the Wellington Park Management Trust established in 1993 whose members include: Hobart and Glenorchy City Councils, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, DPIPWE, TasWater and Tourism Tasmania. The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the Wellington Park Act 1993.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Australia Tower on the top of Mount Wellington
  * Mount Wellington hiking track and Organ Pipes
  * Mount Wellington lookout and boardwalk
  * One of the huts on the slopes of Mount Wellington
  