Regatta Point, Tasmania

Regatta Point, Tasmania

Regatta Point is the location of a port in West Coast Tasmania, Australia

Port

Regatta Point is often assumed into the name of the locality across the bay in Macquarie Harbour, Strahan, Tasmania. The other ports in Macquarie Harbour were Strahan, and Pillinger.

Most shipping through the notorious Hell's Gates is now the fishing fleet.The last sea-based delivery of explosives for the Mount Lyell company occurred as late as 1976.

Railway Terminus

It was the port and terminus of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway line from Queenstown. When fully operational prior to closure in the 1960s, it was location of the transfer of Mt Lyell materials to ships.

Regatta Point was the location of the connection between the Mount Lyell private railway and the government railway line which passed through Strahan on the way to Zeehan, when that line was operational. It was possible to utilise passenger services from Queenstown to Burnie, using the Mt Lyell Line, the government line to Zeehan, and the Emu Bay Railway line to Burnie. It currently the terminus for the rebuilt railway known as the West Coast Wilderness Railway. The remaining station building at Regatta Point has been restored for the new service, having lain at risk from the 1960s to 2003

Nearest ports

Outside of Macquarie Harbour - on the north coast of Tasmania - Burnie, Tasmania or the south east Hobart - smaller anchorages exist in between - but are either facility free Port Davey or dangerous Trial harbour.

References

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*: 2003 edition - Queenstown: Municipality of Queenstown. :1949 edition - Hobart: Davies Brothers. OCLC|48825404; ASIN [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FMPZ80 B000FMPZ80] :1924 edition - Queenstown: Mount Lyell Tourist Association. OCLC|35070001; ASIN [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0008BM4XC B0008BM4XC]

ee also

*Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania
*West Coast Tasmania Mines


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