Wild West Coast
The Tasmanian Wild West Coast. Home to wild rivers, ancient Huon Pine trees, giant sand dunes, the famous or infamous Franklin River and a wild world of adventure! Taking in such towns and Strahan, the gate way to the Franklin River and Queenstown, once the world’s richest mining town, now a step off to the King River Gorge and its white water rafting activities. Board the West Coast Wilderness Railway steam train for a trip into the rainforest area between Queenstown and Strahan. Discover the Montezuma Falls – a horsetail waterfall on a minor tributary to the Pieman River. Go trout fishing on Lake Burbury – a large reserve stocked full of wild trout. Head to the wilderness area of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. Another wild area to challenge yourself is the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, it covers over 15,000 km2 and constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world.
