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Macquarie Heads Camping Ground offers bush campsite accommodation, great fishing and beautiful views whilst walking along the beach. Located 15km (30 minutes) from Strahan, access is by a gravel road and a boat ramp and public toilets are available. Please carry your own water and firewood.

Built-in 1901 the Empire dates back to the wealth of the mining era at the turn of the 20th Century. It is the grand old lady of the West Coast and has a prominent facade in the town streetscape. Inside is a National Trust listed staircase made from Tasmanian Blackwood.

Glenaire Apartments offers 3 fully self contained apartments, the three apartments are named after the Stacey families cray fishing vessels which all work in Strahan. You can also purchase fresh crayfish from the apartments at any time during crayfish season.

A series of giant dunes formed by the Roaring Forties are great to explore.  The dunes are around 30m high, reaching several kilometres inland and extending 15 km along the coast. From the picnic area it's an easy 1.5 hr return walk through the dunes to Ocean Beach.

The harbour may look beautiful - postcard perfect - but it has seen terrible hardship and untold suffering.

The four-hour River and Rainforest tour takes you from the shores of Macquarie Harbour into the rainforest and mountains of Tasmania’s rugged west coast. Soak up the stunning views of Macquarie Harbour as you travel along the foreshore from Regatta Point Station in Strahan.

Silver Hills is located on the main road into Queenstown, affording a peaceful and private motel environment. All guests enjoy free wireless internet, iPod docking stations and a great restaurant. Silver Hills offers modern motel multi-storey accommodation.

Offering traditional counter meals and accommodation. Accommodation options include ensuite motel rooms and budget backpacker rooms. All accommodation bookings include a light breakfast.

Located within the heritage listed West Coast Wilderness Railway station at Regatta Point. Tracks on Point has plenty of character with polished floorboards and fireplaces where you can relax whilst taking in the harbour views.

Architects, writers, woodturners, gardeners and historians contributed their talents to the acclaimed exhibition West Coast Reflections at the West Coast Visitor Information and Booking Centre.

In Queenstown, our footy players play on a gravel oval, not grass. It’s not for the faint of heart. Built in 1895 the ground has been called the most infamous and feared football field in Australia.  The "Gravel" was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

Housed in the 1897 Imperial Hotel offering a unique collection telling stories of survival, endurance and sacrifice, as well as providing a very personal record of the people themselves and their daily lives.

The reflections will take your breath away.  This picturesque lake is surrounded by myrtle, sassafras and eucalypt forests and offers trout fishing. Lake Rosebery is man-made and plays an important role in Tasmania's hydro-electric system.

A series of giant dunes formed by the Roaring Forties are great to explore.  The dunes are around 30m high, reaching several kilometres inland and extending 15 km along the coast. From the picnic area it's an easy 1.5 hr return walk through the dunes to Ocean Beach.

Macquarie Heads Camping Ground offers bush campsite accommodation, great fishing and beautiful views whilst walking along the beach. Located 15km (30 minutes) from Strahan, access is by a gravel road and a boat ramp and public toilets are available. Please carry your own water and firewood.

Break up the long drive and stretch your legs - you won't be disappointed. Nelson Falls are reached after an easy 20 minute return (1.4km) boardwalk stroll beside a river through a forest of sassafras, myrtle and ferns.  The falls are especially spectacular after heavy rain.

Starting in People's Park, this walk will take you through an example of mixed forest. Among the towering gum trees you will also find species typical of temperate rainforest such as leatherwood, sassafras and myrtle.  Platypus can sometimes be seen in the creek below the falls.

Enjoy fantastic views of Queenstown after a steep, short walk - with mining heritage exhibits along the way.