Editor’s Note: PAUL PICHUGIN IS A LANDSCAPE and travel photographer based in Western Australia, who’s just a little bit obsessed with photographing beautiful scenes all over the world — but especially at home in Australia. He had the opportunity to travel to Tasmania and spent a week criss-crossing the island in search of epic sunrises, sunsets, mountains, forests, and whatever else he could find. Here are 8 landscapes that prove Tasmania is a worth destination for 2016.
Located in Cradle Mountain -- Lake St. Claire National Park, the mountain of the same name couldn't look less like somewhere you'd want to lay a baby down. But it is dramatic, craggy, capped with an imposing peak, and begging to be photographed. It's home to ancient rainforests and a hotbed for unique flora and fauna, including the ever-famous Tasmanian Devil. It's also the start to a famous six day trek, the Overland Hike, which takes hikers on a Tasmanian alpine trek through the mountains, and includes many sites just as impressive as Cradle Mountain. But Cradle is a pretty good start, if I do say so myself.