Trial harbour
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Trial Harbour is a small anchorage on the West Coast, Tasmania
, located in the northern part of Ocean Beach, Tasmania
. It was an exposed and particularly vulnerable anchorage which was susceptible to the prevailing local weather of the Roaring Forties
.
It was named after the cutter Trial which first anchored there in 1881.
The harbour was utilised for a short while during the establishment of the early mining communities of Zeehan
, and Queenstown
, prior to the establishment of the settlements and facilities at Strahan
and Regatta Point
.
Description and details are found in Geoffrey Blainey's The Peaks of Lyell of the early years. It had a hotel and currently it is the location of beach shacks.
Further north along the coast - a similarly dangerous and exposed location was Granville Harbour.
West Coast, Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is the part of the state that is strongly associated with wilderness, mining and tourism, rough country and isolation...
, located in the northern part of Ocean Beach, Tasmania
Ocean Beach, Tasmania
Ocean Beach is a long stretch of beach running north of Macquarie Heads and Hells Gates on the West Coast of Tasmania. It is close to Strahan and parallel to the Strahan Airport runway...
. It was an exposed and particularly vulnerable anchorage which was susceptible to the prevailing local weather of the Roaring Forties
Roaring Forties
The Roaring Forties is the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 49 degrees. Air displaced from the Equator towards the South Pole, which travels close to the surface between the latitudes of 30 and 60 degrees south, combines...
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It was named after the cutter Trial which first anchored there in 1881.
The harbour was utilised for a short while during the establishment of the early mining communities of Zeehan
Zeehan, Tasmania
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies southwest of Burnie. At the 2006 census, Zeehan had a population of 845. It is part of the Municipality of West Coast....
, and Queenstown
Queenstown, Tasmania
Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania. It is located in a valley on western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range.It had a population of 5,119 people . At the 2006 census, Queenstown had a population of 2,117....
, prior to the establishment of the settlements and facilities at Strahan
Strahan, Tasmania
-See also:* Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania* Macquarie Harbour* Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania* West Coast Piners-Further reading:* *...
and Regatta Point
Regatta Point, Tasmania
Regatta Point is the location of a port and rail terminus 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...
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Description and details are found in Geoffrey Blainey's The Peaks of Lyell of the early years. It had a hotel and currently it is the location of beach shacks.
Further north along the coast - a similarly dangerous and exposed location was Granville Harbour.