West Coast Wilderness Railway

this train and the line were completely restored - used to be a regular route aross the mountains in the heyday of West Coast copper mining

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Tasmania Part 2 : The Wild West

April 18th 2008
The West Coast of Tassie is different - it’s commonly known as the west coast wilderness and some parts of the region, particularly the south-west corner, have never been explored to date. Interesting! We noticed the change as we drove from the North Coast through the tall forests to the mining towns of Rosebery and Zeehan and beyond. The drive was interesting, thick native beech trees that s ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » West Coast

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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