WEST COAST WILDERNESS RAILWAY

THISSTEAM LOCOMOTIVE experience chugs on century-old tracks for more than 34km across rivers, through ancient rainforest and along rims of plunging gorges. The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway that used to haul copper between Queenstown and Regatta Point at the port of Strahan, and was for many years the only transport link between Queenstown and the rest of Tasmania. Today’s popular tourist operation focuses on bringing the harsh mining days back to life.