PINERS AND MINERS

 
Explore the world of Piners and Miners with an intimate guided day tour for up to eight guests from Strahan Village. Take your seat aboard the Land Rover Defender Hi-Rail (a four-wheel drive converted into a rail car) as you leave Strahan Village on the West Coast Wilderness Railway track to Lynchford, near Queenstown. Enjoy a delicious breakfast hamper while you rake in the natural beauty of the rainforest through the vehicle's glassed in roof. 		 
From Lynchford, the Hi-Rail retracts its rail wheels and your comfortably appointed vehicle then transforms into a 4WD for the spectacular drive the Bird River Track, taking in views of Frenchmans Cap and Lake Burbury from the Mt Jukes Road then descending to follow Kelly Basin and Bird River Roads to the start of the abandoned Bird River railway.

Walk through the superb Tasmanian rainforest bordering the quiet reaches of the Bird River down to Kelly Basin, on the shores of Macquarie Harbour, site of the old copper mining port of Pillinger.

   Enjoy a picnic lunch featuring Tasmania's finest food and wine, with seafood plucked that morning from Macquarie Harbour's icy depths, then take in one of the many activities including heritage walks, nature study, photography and wildlife observations including bird watching before returning to Strahan by the luxury cruise boat, Second Nature.

Please note: All guests participating in the Piners and Miners experience must have hiking boots or boots with adequate ankle support due to undulating terrain covered in the walk.

Strahan

 

  • Clients MUST be staying at Strahan Village for at least one night
  • Departs 7:15am - Returns 5.00pm
  • Minimum 2 people - Maximum 8 people
  • Includes:
    - Hi-rail vehicle and luxury cruiser transport
    - Fine seafood and wine lunch
    - Morning and afternoon tea
    - Fleece jumper and/or vest, wet weather rainwear, binoculars, gaiters, gloves, water bottle, day-pack and peaked cap
  • Tour does not operate Good Friday and Christmas Day 
     
  • Tour not suitable for children under 10 years
     
  • CANCELLATION POLICY:
    100% cancellation fee if booking cancelled within 3 days of departure date. If booking cancelled outside of 3 days - full refund

Price per person

1.4.08 to 31.8.09
Adults $365
Children 10 to 14 years inc. per person prices; under 10
years tour not suitable