Strahan, Tasmania

At Strahan you can catch the steam train to travel to Queenstown but the steam train only goes so far then you hop into a normal train.  This was always the case - when I lived at Queenstown every year just before school finished all the children hopped into an open air carriage with a canopy on top and off we went to Strahan for a school breakup picnic.  At times the steam train went so slow that the boys would get out and run up the hill to wait for the train to arrive then hop back in.
In so many places one could put your finger out the either side because of the rocks that were ever so close.  What great fun it was.
Several years ago I returned with my husband and we took the ride on the steam train but this past visit in March we didn't.

The railway was the only way to get copper from the mine at Queenstown to markets.  Until 1932, when a Hobart road link was completed, it was the only access through to Queenstown.

Obviously a jetty and Strahan Village across the bay.

Abandoned business below, excellent view of the bay. 

Not far from the jetty we tool a walk along the path.

Couldn't get a good photo of the street in Strahan due to vehicles being in the way, the houses are sweet and it's also where you catch the boat for the Macquarie Harbour cruise.

Macquarie Harbour, Strahan

From Ocean Beach we went along to Macquarie Harbour via a dirt road which is well kept, just a bit of dust behind you.

I had written a little about Macquarie Harbour last Easter so just repeating.
Macquarie Harbour is a large shallow inlet and is 6 times the size of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney NSW.
There is a man made wall which prevents erosion and keeps the channel deep and narrow, rather than allowing the channel to become wide and shallow.

The day we were there is was just beautiful, scenery and weather.

The Pathway towards the heads of Macquarie Harbour.  (see map below)

The sand squeaks when you walk on it, it's so soft.