Central Plateau Conservation Area, Nature reserve in Tasmania, Australia

The Central Plateau Conservation Area is a nature reserve spanning moorlands, mountain lakes, and varied ecosystems across Tasmania's northern wilderness. The landscape features rolling terrain with numerous waterways and distinctive alpine vegetation adapted to cool, wet conditions.

The conservation area was gazetted on 12 September 1978. It forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982. The reserve protects animal and plant communities of Tasmania's largest highland surface, bordered by the Great Western Tiers to the north-east and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park to the west.

The reserve lies within the Tasmanian Wilderness, inscribed by UNESCO in 1982, and adjoins the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. The locality of Central Plateau recorded a population of nil in the 2016 census; the settled corridor of Breona, Miena and Liawenee sits between the conservation area and Great Lake.

Access is available via Highland Lakes Road A5 or Poatina Road B51, with entry points at Cramps Bay and Bronte Park. Visitors should prepare for changeable weather and bring proper gear, as the elevation and climate create cold, wet conditions most of the year.

Near Lake Augusta stand rare alpine sand formations found nowhere else in Australia, created through specific glacial processes over thousands of years. These geological features are a window into the plateau's unique ice age past.