The Marlborough Highway is a minor highway in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. It links the Lyell Highway

Lyell Highway

The Lyell Highway is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown. The name is derived from Mount Lyell, the mountain peak where copper was found in the late 19th century, and the site of the Mount Lyell copper mine, and the sole reason for the existence of Queenstown...

 to the Lake Highway and cuts short the otherwise very long journey from the West Coast to the Central Highlands.

The road leaves the Lyell Highway near Bronte

Bronte Park, Tasmania

Bronte Park is a locality on the Marlborough Highway at the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania. It is approximately halfway in between Hobart and Queenstown, and is also almost exactly in the geographic dead centre of the island...

 and travels overland to Miena

Miena, Tasmania

Miena is a small town by the Great Lake in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miena and the surrounding area had a population of 104.- Climate :...

, on the Great Lake

Great Lake (Tasmania)

The Great Lake is a half man made lake located in the central north region of Tasmania, Australia, within the sparsely inhabited Central Highlands municipality. Its original size was much smaller, it is dammed at its southern outflow for hydro-electricity production...

. There are no settlements along its route. The road is unsealed, and in times of heavy snow it cannot be passed.