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The famous
Western Explorer Highway, which joins the north and the southern ends of the
Tarkine has recently been upgraded. A well kept secret, the road enables
visitors to the north west of Tasmania, the chance to drive to either from end
of the 450,000 hectare Tarkine region, without backtracking.
The Western
Explorer Highway offers a wonderful experience in its own right. While
unsealed, it is an excellent road, suitable for two wheel drive vehicles. It
transects the world’s largest remaining stretch of temperate rainforest. At the
north lie fishing settlements like Couta Rocks and Temma – where the sea can
rage and fishermen winch their boats from the water on slips. To the south lies
the spectacular Tarkine wilderness rainforest, and the settlement of Corinna.
From coastal
tea tree to button grass plains, from towering eucalypts to the soft myrtle
beech and man ferns, from coastal and mountain landscapes, the Western Explorer
is a unique and little travelled road waiting for people to discover.
Since the
road reopened in October 2008, the new Tarkine Hotel and Tannin Restaurant have
been opened at Corinna. Visitors can enjoy the food and beverage at Corinna on
their journey or choose to stay at Corinna Wilderness Experience. Further
travel south starts with the legendary Pieman River barge crossing at Corinna,
on the road south to either Roseberry or Zeehan.
Information
about the road, and accommodation at the southern end are available at Corinna
on 03 64461170, or www.corinna.com.au
For more information click
here.
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