MUST DO!! Tasmania West Coast Wilderness Railway Strahan - Queenstown Complete Review

Welcome to Tasmania!! The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a super scenic 34.5km long railway that travels through Tasmania's wet and wild rainforest. Due to its remote location from other towns, I never got chance to come and travel on this train. But today, I've finally made up my mind, spent 7hrs on the bus from Hobart and arrived in Strahan at last.

In this video I will show you every single detail of my experience, and hopefully by the end of the video, I'll be able to answer every question you may have and you'll be able to decide which route and which type of carriage you would like to travel on. Please enjoy!!


This video was filmed from 10 November to 12 November, 2021
10 November:
Train type: West Coast Wilderness Railway D-2 Diesel Locomotive
Strahan - Lower Landing - Dubbil Barril - Lower Landing - Strahan
Travel time: 4h
Distance: Around 18km
Seat: Car 17, seat 23
Class: Wilderness Carriage
Cost: $189

11 November:
Train type: West Coast Wilderness Railway Abt No.1 Steam Locomotive
Queenstown - Lynchford - Rinadeena - Dubbil Barril - Rinadeena - Queenstown
Travel time: 4h15m
Distance: Around 16.5km
Seat: Car 6, seat 12
Class: Heritage Carriage
Cost: $120


River and Rainforest Diesel Locomotive Wilderness Carriage:
00:00 Strahan
1:34 Regatta Point Station
3:55 Breakfast at the Cafe
5:36 The D-2 Diesel Locomotive
7:24 Wilderness Carriage (First Class)
9:16 Morning Tea
12:36 Lowana to Lower Landing
15:32 Leaving Lower Landing
16:50 Dubbil Barril
21:00 Lunch
22:13 Returning to Strahan
23:47 A Sweet Finish
25:43 Summary

Rack and Gorge Steam Locomotive Heritage Carriage:
27:48 Queenstown
30:22 Mount Lyell Abt No.1 Steam Locomotive
31:55 Heritage Carriage (Economy Class)
33:35 Lynchford - Gold Panning
35:55 The Abt System
38:08 Rinadeena
40:57 Dubbil Barril
44:08 View from Heritage Carriage (King River Gorge)
43:39 Conclusion
47:10 Arrival into Queenstown
48:12 Turning the Locomotive using Manual Turntable
51:22 Lunch at the Tracks Cafe, Queenstown
52:47 Something Extra ---- Burnie Penguins



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