Quamby Bluff

Quamby Bluff is a picturesque mountain located in Northern Tasmania, Australia.

It is a standalone part of the Great Western Tiers mountain range, lying 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Deloraine by road. Once part of the Great Western Tiers' main escarpment, Quamby Bluff, standing at 1,227 metres (4,026 ft) above sea level, now stands alone as a solitary outlier. The mountain's sandstone and mudstone base is of Triassic original with dolerite rocks formed during the Jurassic period intruding through this base. The bluff has similar geology to the rest of the range, with cliffs and talus slopes. Due to its prominence and isolation, views from the top cover a large portion of Northern Tasmania.

The original inhabitants were the Pallittorre clans of the Northern Nation of Aboriginal Tasmanians, who inhabited the area for thousands of years. Over an 18-day period in July 1827, 100 Indigenous Pallittorre people were massacred by the British. Evidence of logging by European settlers remains as stumps and trails on the mountain, and the remains of a 1940s sawmill can be seen on the Eastern slopes.

Quamby Bluff's nature as a solitary outlier of the range gives it a greater range of habitats and flora in one place than elsewhere in the Great Western Tiers. The mountain has a mixture of habitats including eucalypt forest, rainforest and subalpine vegetation. Fauna such as pink robins and