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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.
The new Tarkine Hotel is a focal point for the Corinna community.
Fine Tasmanian wines and beers are served at the Hotel, which is really a tavern, as no accommodation is
available in the hotel itself. It also houses, in the same building, the wonderful Tannin restaurant, named after the tannin stained waters of the Pieman and its tributaries.
The Tannin restaurant serves lunch and dinner year round.
Tannin offers excellent food using local Tasmanian ingredients where possible.
We source ocean trout and Atlantic salmon from Strahan, eggs and pepper berries from Waratah,
red meat from Lapoigna farm at Wynyard, poultry from Sassafras and fruit and vegetables from the Derwent Valley.
Tannin offers quality food at excellent value - a tribute to the chefs operating in this remote location. Dishes served for dinner include local beef with hollandaise, fresh ocean trout, Sri Lankan inspired garlic prawns, oven baked chicken stuffed with sundried tomatoes, lemon myrtle and coriander, and the keenly sought Corinna pavlova. A selection of quality Tasmanian and mainland beers and wines is available in the hotel and restaurant.
Other lighter alternatives provide guests with plenty of choice for lunch, and coffee
and tea is available around the clock. Lunch specials include Lapoigna steak burgers, Tasmanian chilli jam scallops and local beer battered flathead, the famous Corinna wallaby shank pie, and Caesar salad with Sassafras chicken.
The new wilderness retreats surround a produce store, which houses a large communal barbeque. This area provides another excellent gathering place or function venue for guests.
The old miners' 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.
Within the hotel reception area, there is a store with general provisions, including a limited variety of packaged food for those wishing to self cater in their retreats. The retail area also sells snack foods, beverages, confectionery, fishing items and licences, some clothing items, cards, and other basic requisites. Please note that petrol is 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 hotel, boat ramps for fishermen, boat trailer parking facility, limited camping capacity and some room for motor homes. Camping sites are $15 per night.
Don't miss the gravestones of two of the area’s pioneer publicans - Gam Webster and Thomas Davis. These graves can be found down a boarded walk leading off at a point about fifty metres on the southern side of the Pieman.
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