Strahan

MB got to do a little side trip to Strahan over the weekend, a very isolated port township on the west coast of Tasmania. Strahan is a hugely popular destination as it is located near the mouth of the Gordon River and is home to now protected Huon Pine forests. As you can see the township is picture postcard pretty. Getting there from Hobart entails a 5 hour drive through some very rugged country which includes the Franklin River National Park. Remember all the controversy throughout the seventies when the Tas. Govt. was going to dam the Franklin River? Fortunately the conservationists won out, the area is now a pristine National Park with stunning mountain scenery. I stopped at the Franklin River and filled my water bottle. The water is the colour of weak tea, but perfectly OK to drink, I hope!