Queen's Domain – Mawson's Huts Replica Museum loop from Glenorchy
Queen's Domain – Mawson's Huts Replica Museum loop from Glenorchy
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Queen's Domain – Mawson's Huts Replica Museum loop from Glenorchy
01:07
18.9km
130m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 12, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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8.47 km
Queen's Domain
Highlight • Forest
10.0 km
Mawson's Huts Replica Museum
Highlight • Monument
The expedition – made up of Mawson, Lieutenant Belgrave Edward Ninnis, and Xavier Mertz – met with disaster on December 14, 1912, during a survey of the largely uncharted Victoria Land when Ninnis' sledge plunged through a crevasse, never to be recovered. With most of the expedition’s supplies, as well as its strongest sled dogs, lost, and over 300 miles away from base camp, Mawson and Mertz rationed their meager supplies and headed back, resorting to eating the remaining sled dogs as they went. Mertz ultimately succumbed to starvation, dysentery, and frostbite, forcing Mawson to carry on alone.
On February 8, 1913, Mawson – near-death, skin literally peeling off of his body – stumbled into base camp. Only six hours before, the ship Aurora had departed Cape Denison after failing to locate Mawson and his team. A relief party of six men stayed behind and nursed Mawson back to health, and the weary explorer was forced to spend another winter on the cape.
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18.9 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
18.0 km
761 m
141 m
Surfaces
17.7 km
1.05 km
141 m
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