Guidebook for Strahan
Food Scene
Risby Cove
EsplanadeLovely little restaurant on the waterfront.
Bushman's Strahan
1A Harold StAnother lovely little restaurant with great food in Strahan.
Sightseeing
Fantastic place to watch the sunset. Exposed to the open ocean with no landmass at this longitude between it and South America. You will need to rug up.
11 locals recommend
Ocean Beach
Fantastic place to watch the sunset. Exposed to the open ocean with no landmass at this longitude between it and South America. You will need to rug up.
Old convict penal settlement, on an isolated island in the pristine wilderness of South West Tasmania. It operated between 1822 and 1833. They sent the worst convicts here and it was like hell on earth.
Sarah Island
Old convict penal settlement, on an isolated island in the pristine wilderness of South West Tasmania. It operated between 1822 and 1833. They sent the worst convicts here and it was like hell on earth.
One of Tasmania's 60 Great Short Walks, this walk starts at the top of Peoples Park in Strahan and is a gentle, meandering stroll through sweet-smelling bush to a delightful waterfall. Platypus live in the creek but are rarely seen as they are very shy.
Hogarth Falls
Hogarth Falls TrackOne of Tasmania's 60 Great Short Walks, this walk starts at the top of Peoples Park in Strahan and is a gentle, meandering stroll through sweet-smelling bush to a delightful waterfall. Platypus live in the creek but are rarely seen as they are very shy.
Reaching heights of around 30m, the Henty Sand Dunes are a desert amid the rainforests of Tasmania's West Coast.
The dunes were formed by the Roaring Forties, an wind that blows uninterrupted from South America, gaining speed all the way to Tasmania.
From the picnic area it's an easy 1.5 hr return walk through the dunes to Ocean Beach, Tasmania's longest beach.
For the adventurous, try tobogganing down the dunes - but you'll need to climb back up the dunes yourself. Toboggans are available for hire from select businesses in Strahan.
Henty Dunes
Reaching heights of around 30m, the Henty Sand Dunes are a desert amid the rainforests of Tasmania's West Coast.
The dunes were formed by the Roaring Forties, an wind that blows uninterrupted from South America, gaining speed all the way to Tasmania.
From the picnic area it's an easy 1.5 hr return walk through the dunes to Ocean Beach, Tasmania's longest beach.
For the adventurous, try tobogganing down the dunes - but you'll need to climb back up the dunes yourself. Toboggans are available for hire from select businesses in Strahan.
Drinks & Nightlife
At view 42 they have an amazing all you can eat buffet. However I just love to go up to the bar for a few drinks. The lounge seats are comfy and the view over looking Macquarie Harbour is amazing.
9 locals recommend
View 42º Restaurant & Bar
41 EsplanadeAt view 42 they have an amazing all you can eat buffet. However I just love to go up to the bar for a few drinks. The lounge seats are comfy and the view over looking Macquarie Harbour is amazing.
Essentials
Mon - Fri 7.30am - 6.00pm
Sat - Sun 8.00am - 6.00pm
19 locals recommend
Strahan IGA Everyday Supermarket and News
1 Reid StMon - Fri 7.30am - 6.00pm
Sat - Sun 8.00am - 6.00pm
Arts & Culture
The museum's attractions include the historic collection of the original Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy (unique in the world), photographic galleries dedicated to all the West Coast towns, classic locomotives, mining machinery displays, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, marine display, a world class mineral collection, freemasons display and a pioneer women's gallery.
7 locals recommend
West Coast Heritage Centre
114 Main StThe museum's attractions include the historic collection of the original Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy (unique in the world), photographic galleries dedicated to all the West Coast towns, classic locomotives, mining machinery displays, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, marine display, a world class mineral collection, freemasons display and a pioneer women's gallery.
The heading incorrectly says Strahan Village & can't edit (??) but it should read; theatrical performance "THE SHIP THAT NEVER WAS"
Australia's longest running play 'The Ship That Never Was' tells the dramatic and hilarious true story of the last Great Escape from Sarah Island.
The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage.
Delightful interactive family entertainment not to be missed.
Strahan Village
41 EsplanadeThe heading incorrectly says Strahan Village & can't edit (??) but it should read; theatrical performance "THE SHIP THAT NEVER WAS"
Australia's longest running play 'The Ship That Never Was' tells the dramatic and hilarious true story of the last Great Escape from Sarah Island.
The play is based on a real event in 1834 when the last ship built at the convict settlement in Macquarie Harbour was about to sail for the new prison at Port Arthur but was hijacked by ten convict shipwrights. So begins the story of an amazing escape, an extraordinary voyage.
Delightful interactive family entertainment not to be missed.
Parks & Nature
The river descends 570 metres (1,870 ft) over its 172-kilometre (107 mi) course;[1] much of which is located in an uninhabited wilderness area, contained with the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Southwest National Park. The lower part of the Gordon River is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and contains a cold-climate rainforest and rare trees. As with many rivers in western Tasmania, the water is fresh and drinkable, yet has the colour of weak tea due to the absorption of tannin from button grass growing in the catchment area. Accessible only by boat or sea plane.
Gordon River
The river descends 570 metres (1,870 ft) over its 172-kilometre (107 mi) course;[1] much of which is located in an uninhabited wilderness area, contained with the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Southwest National Park. The lower part of the Gordon River is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and contains a cold-climate rainforest and rare trees. As with many rivers in western Tasmania, the water is fresh and drinkable, yet has the colour of weak tea due to the absorption of tannin from button grass growing in the catchment area. Accessible only by boat or sea plane.
Entertainment & Activities
The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a steam railway like no other. Full and half-day journeys along a historic 35km track between Queenstown and Strahan.
Drinks & snacks can be purchased at stops along the way, or indulge yourself in the Wilderness Carriage for fully inclusive catering and a glass of sparkling wine.
Breath-taking scenery, only accessible by this railway. Fascinating stories of the past & hardships of the railway’s construction. The train stops at along the route & offers activities including a rainforest walk, viewing the train being turned on a manual turntable, panning for gold. tastings of wild honey and stunning photo opportunities.
27 locals recommend
West Coast Wilderness Railway (Regatta Point Station, Strahan)
62 EsplanadeThe West Coast Wilderness Railway is a steam railway like no other. Full and half-day journeys along a historic 35km track between Queenstown and Strahan.
Drinks & snacks can be purchased at stops along the way, or indulge yourself in the Wilderness Carriage for fully inclusive catering and a glass of sparkling wine.
Breath-taking scenery, only accessible by this railway. Fascinating stories of the past & hardships of the railway’s construction. The train stops at along the route & offers activities including a rainforest walk, viewing the train being turned on a manual turntable, panning for gold. tastings of wild honey and stunning photo opportunities.