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Guests can access Corinna from the north by road or from the south, crossing the Pieman River on the “Fatman” barge. It costs $20 for a normal size car to make the crossing. Charges are higher for vehicles towing boats, trailers and caravans.
Corinna today gives no signs that it was once a throbbing west coast hub to hundreds of people. The respect for that heritage is captured in the remaining buildings and particularly in the “Old Pub” (now a guest house), which played a significant part in the town’s history and has recently been restored to its former glory. There is currently a liquor licence for bottled product at Corinna. With support from the Tasmanian Government, Corinna’s owners are building an historic hotel on site which will be completed and opened by late July 2008. The Tarkine Hotel will house a bar, meeting facilities and a new restaurant called “Tannin” after the tannin stained waters on the Tarkine.
The new wilderness retreats surround a produce store, which houses a large communal barbeque. This area provides another excellent gathering place and function venue for guests.
The old miner’s cottages and the new wilderness retreats lie within close proximity to the the planned hotel, providing a sense of community in an isolated part of the world.
There is a general store at Corinna, which also houses the office, and serves tea, coffee and sandwiches, etc. There is also a limited variety of packaged food available, plus snack foods, beverages, confectionery, fishing items and licences, some clothing items, cards, and other basic requisites. Corinna Wilderness Experience offers local Tasmanian red and white wines under the Corinna label, together with Tasmanian beer. Please note that petrol is currently not available at Corinna.
The town sits on three hectares but is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of hectares of Tarkine Wilderness. There is a public toilet block within the town, boat ramps for fishermen, boat trailer parking facility, limited camping capacity and some room for motor homes.
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