Went north a little more to Zeehan which has a old mine access tunnel that you can drive through called the Spray Tunnel. It says that only cars should enter but gave it a go anyway. Was a tight fit I can tell you but did it a couple of times without hitting the walls. See page 59 in the book.

Driving through an old rail tunnel, Zeehan.

You can access the highest waterfall by a 4wd track down an old train line. It was first opened in 1898 and was the longest and steepest self-action haulage line in the world and ran until 1929 when they used an aerial cableway instead. There are some nice deep narrow cuttings along the way and even a few creek crossings as well. You have to watch out for on-coming 4x4's as it is narrow most of the way. In the book on page 74 it tells you to use UHF 10 to monitor others on the track which works well.

Wheeling along an old tramway.

Funny thing was when we had reached the end and had a good look at the waterfall we heard of others coming up the track on the CB. We told them we would wait until they got here as they were a large group. It turned out that the author of the book that we were using was with them. He was most interested in our opinions of it and took on some of our advice for the next edition.

What a great way to get to Tassie's highest waterfall, Montezuma Falls.

Talking to the group with the author we found out that the Trail Harbour track that follows the coast further north was now passable even though the locals and the signs said it was still closed. So we took it and you can check out on old mining town and site as well as seeing some great scenery along the way. I would rather drive slowly along a 4x4 track than the main road any day so it turned out well that we met them. See page 62.

Very scenic 4x4 track from Trail Harbour to Granville Harbour.

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