Strahan

Today we drove north through Zeehan and onward to Rosebery. This is still mining country with large mining operations either side of Rosebery.
We branched off just before the town to drive 6km to the carpark serving a bush walk to the Montezuma Waterfalls. This one also claims to be the highest waterfall in Tasmania.
The road to the carpark was twisty and after a while gravel. There were a number of vehicles already in the car park when we arrived. This is billed as an easy 3 hour walk, which it proved to be as it followed the path of a disused mining tramway. Silver, gold, tin and copper were mined here, apparently, and there were some old adit mine shafts along the way. The
waterfall at the end of the path was quite impressive with water tumbling down over 100metres. A suspension bridge crossed the gorge beneath the falls but did not give a better view than the more stable staging a few metres further along the track.
On returning to our vehicle we travelled further north through the rainforest to the Stitt falls which were not photogenic, and marred by adjacent mining works, and then on to Tullah to have a wander along the foreshore of Lake Rosebery which was very pretty.
A beer and a cider were welcome at the Tullah Lodge Hotel.Read more