Strahan Village

Cradle Country & The West

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Managed by the Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania, this outfit has a reception area on the Esplanade in the town centre. Its major property is a 140-room hotel on a hilltop overlooking town. A few have wonderful harbour views, as does the on-site View 42° restaurant, bar and lounge.

Down near the waterfront, the company offers cottages with motel-style rooms. These are on the main street so can be noisy. Wi-fi is only available in the reception centre and the restaurant. You'll need a car if staying at the hotel, as it's a very steep climb from the town centre.

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    Ocean Beach

    3.48 MILES

    Head 6km west of Strahan's town centre to find Ocean Beach, Tasmania's longest beach (40km), which is fiercely pounded by surf. It runs uninterrupted from…

  • West Coast Heritage Centre

    West Coast Heritage Centre

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    Housed in the 1894 School of Mines & Metallurgy, this museum is the pride of the local community and the town's major tourism drawcard. There's plenty to…

  • Iron Blow Lookout

    Iron Blow Lookout

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    On top of Gormanston Hill on the Lyell Hwy, just before the final descent along hairpin bends west into Queenstown, is a sealed side road leading 900m to…

  • Gaiety Theatre

    Gaiety Theatre

    18.58 MILES

    When the Gaiety opened in February 1898, a troupe of 60 performers was brought to town from Melbourne and played to 1000 spectators every night for a week…

  • Morrison’s Huon Pine Sawmill

    Morrison’s Huon Pine Sawmill

    0.28 MILES

    You hear a lot about Huon pine in Strahan…now see it, smell it and touch it at this working waterfront sawmill. Milling demonstrations take place daily at…

  • West Coast Reflections

    West Coast Reflections

    0.25 MILES

    The West Coast Visitor Information Centre is home to this creative and thought-provoking display on the history of Tasmania's west coast. It includes a…

  • Q Bank Gallery

    Q Bank Gallery

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    Run by a group of friends who fell in love with the town and its handsome but faded bank building, this gallery is home to the Queenstown Artists in…

  • Spray Tunnel

    Spray Tunnel

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    This 100m-long glowworm-filled railway tunnel was constructed as part of silver-mining operations in 1904. You can now take a short walk through it along…

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1. West Coast Reflections

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The West Coast Visitor Information Centre is home to this creative and thought-provoking display on the history of Tasmania's west coast. It includes a…

2. Morrison’s Huon Pine Sawmill

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You hear a lot about Huon pine in Strahan…now see it, smell it and touch it at this working waterfront sawmill. Milling demonstrations take place daily at…

3. Water Tower Hill

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There’s a lookout over the town here, accessed by following Esk St, beside the Strahan Village booking office. It’s less than 1km from the Esplanade.

4. Hogarth Falls

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A pleasant 50-minute return walk through the rainforest to these falls follows platypus-inhabited Botanical Creek. The track starts at People’s Park, off…

5. West Strahan Beach

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The beach next to the caravan park has a gently shelving sandy bottom that provides safe swimming. Don't be discouraged by the water colour – it's tinted…

6. Ocean Beach

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7. Cape Sorell Lighthouse

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Located 12km southwest of Strahan at the harbour’s southern head, this 40m-high lighthouse dates from 1899 and is purportedly the second highest in…

8. Pioneer Cemetery

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Queenstown's story is told in this intriguing cemetery with more than 500 graves and some fascinating inscriptions on the crumbling headstones.