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Length: 3km
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Duration: 1hr
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Grade: 2
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Style: One Way
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Start: Strahan
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End: Regatta Point
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Location: West Coast Tasmania
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Closest Town: Strahan
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Distance from CBD: 300km
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State: TAS
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Latitude: -42.15412648
Longitude: 145.3153205
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Strahan to Regatta Point Rail Trail is a 3km, grade 2 One Way hike located in West Coast Tasmania Tasmania. The hike should take approximately 1hrs to complete.
Summary
The bustling tourist town of Strahan lies on the northern end of Macquarie Harbour. The trail follows the foreshore, offering wonderful views of the historic town and its harbour. Now a fully sealed, concrete trail, it follows the former railway that connected the Abt rack railway from Queenstown with the main line north to Zeehan and Burnie. The Abt railway is now an operational tourist railway which operates daily.
For more information on this trail see the book Rail Trails of Tasmania.
West Coast Wilderness Railway
Notes
Strahan to Regatta Point in West Coast Tasmania
Strahan, 300km from Hobart
Sealed
Flat coastal
For more information and a location map please visit RailTrails Australia.
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