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.