Gormanston Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Gormanston is an amazing town - one of the last remaining ghost towns in Tasmania. It's unofficially a ghost town as it has a population of six. Mount Owen, pictured here, looms over this all but forgotten place. It takes about 4-5 hours return to climb Mount Owen. Well worth it for views like this! Bring warm, wet weather gear. It can be a soggy part of the world!
Gormanston is an amazing town - one of the last remaining ghost towns in Tasmania. It's unofficially a ghost town as it has a population of six. Mount Owen, pictured here, looms over this all but forgotten place. It takes about 4-5 hours return to climb Mount Owen. Well worth it for views like this! Bring warm, wet weather gear. It can be a soggy part of the world!

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Strahan Village

Strahan Village

4 out of 5
The Esplanade Strahan TAS
The price is AU$170 per night from 2 Apr to 3 Apr
AU$170
2 Apr - 3 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Strahan. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and 2 restaurants. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in ...
8.4/10 Very Good! (1,004 reviews)
Room was clean but a little dated and the shower grout needed mould attended to! For the cost of the room it really needs a bathroom reno. No recycling bins provided (odd on the edge of a wilderness conservation are). Room ‘looked’ on the car park so as opposed to a garden with cars coming and going ...

Reviewed on 5 Mar 2026

Strahan Village
Gold Rush Inn

Gold Rush Inn

3 out of 5
65 Batchelor Street Queenstown TAS
The price is AU$144 per night from 14 Mar to 15 Mar
AU$144
14 Mar - 15 Mar
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this hotel in Queenstown. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and room service. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in their reviews. ...
9/10 Wonderful! (676 reviews)
Nice place to stay if you're staying in the very quiet town of Queenstown. The room is spacious with a kitchenette and dining table, sofa, and large bed. Parking is right in front of your unit. Oddly, the restaurant is closed on the weekends.

Reviewed on 1 Mar 2026

Gold Rush Inn
BIG4 Strahan Holiday Retreat

BIG4 Strahan Holiday Retreat

3 out of 5
8-10 Innes St Strahan TAS
The price is AU$138 per night from 9 Apr to 10 Apr
AU$138
9 Apr - 10 Apr
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this beach holiday park in Strahan. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in their reviews. Popular ...
8/10 Very Good! (1,002 reviews)
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Reviewed on 3 Mar 2026

BIG4 Strahan Holiday Retreat
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Zeehan Bush Camp

Zeehan Bush Camp

2 out of 5
Hurst Street Zeehan TAS
Stay at this campsite in Zeehan. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and a garden. Popular attractions West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum and Zeehan Golf Club are ...
8.8/10 Excellent! (141 reviews)
Clean comfy great amenities friendly staff.

Reviewed on 14 Feb 2026

Zeehan Bush Camp
Strahan Bungalows

Strahan Bungalows

4 out of 5
Cnr Andrew & Harvey Streets Strahan TAS
Stay at this apartment in Strahan. Enjoy free parking, a 24-hour front desk and a garden. Popular attractions Strahan Golf Club and West Coast Reflections are ...
9.6/10 Exceptional! (407 reviews)
Self check in was easy. Unit was clean and spacious. Availability of a laundry is a bonus.

Reviewed on 2 Mar 2026

Strahan Bungalows
Aloft Boutique Accommodation

Aloft Boutique Accommodation

4 out of 5
15 Reid Street Strahan TAS
Stay at this luxury apartment in Strahan. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and daily housekeeping. Popular attractions Strahan Harbour and West Coast Reflections ...
9.8/10 Exceptional! (210 reviews)
The room was clean and spacious and the hosts were so nice and friendly! Having a private washing machine and dryer was also a great addition to the amenities

Reviewed on 1 Mar 2026

Aloft Boutique Accommodation
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Queenstown featuring a small town or village and a gorge or canyon

Queenstown

In the western wilderness of Tasmania in Australia, there is a remote historic mining town which is rather beautiful and peaceful, named Corinna. It is the gateway to the Tarkine - second largest temperate rainforest in the world. I went there in a winter break, and pitched my tent (was the only tent there) just in front of this river - Pieman River (quite like the name). Almost after the gold sunset, fog started rising from the surface of Pieman River. Then, the whole tone went so #Blue! Everything was just right! However, the second day, when I rented a kayak to explore surroundings by river, a tourism board caught my attention. It WAS nothing rather than description of this place, BUT this river turns out to be named after a convict who bacause of his repeated CANNIBALISM!!!! In the year of 1822, the convict Alexander Oearce finally recaptured, after few escapes, with bits of Thomas Cox's (another convict he escaped with) hands and fingers in his pockets. Even though I was horrified by this plausible true story, I finished reading the story with disgust for Pieman River. Since I have already paied for the rental of a kayak, I figured that I have to go into the Pieman River with a sense of disgust. Fortunitely, the scenery was simply so great that I left behind that horribly inhuman story.

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