No trip to the West would be complete without a visit to the stunning 168, 000-hectare World Heritage area of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair.

BBC: Tasmania's wild wild west

"The first time people come in, they're petrified because they're thinking of a hypodermic needle, " says acupuncturist Pat Matthews, of the adventure destination Red Mountain Spa in St.

FORBES: Facing the Point

"Individual choice is huge now, " says Tracey Welsh, general manager of the Red Mountain destination spa in St.

FORBES: Magazine Article