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Spray Tunnel and Comstock Tramways - Trail Description
Trail
Spray Tunnel and Comstock Tramways
| Type: | Tramway trail |
| Location: | Zeehan Area, 296km from Hobart |
| Start/end: | Zeehan to Spray Tunnel and Comstock |
| Status: | Open |
| Length open: | 6km |
| Surface: | Compacted earth |
| Terrain: | Hilly |
| Best seasons: | Dry |
| Contact Region: | Western Tasmania |
Details
Description
This trail follows four connected disused mining tramways, one with a tunnel.
Traffic management has changed on approach to this trail since the 2003 Tasmanian Rail Trail guide book was produced. After driving past the golf course from Zeehan, you can no longer drive straight through the tunnel. You must turn left and drive down what was previously a one way road to access the new parking area at the southern end of the tunnel and come back the same way.
A line of bollards now separates the gravel car park from the tunnel and a neatly grassed picnic ground surrounding a plaque describing the history of mining in that area. A timber walkway leads you from the picnic ground, through the tunnel to the road at the northern end.
Part way along the car park access road is a track which lets you continue to Comstock by 4WD or bicycle, or on foot.
For more information on this trail see the book Rail Trails of Tasmania.
Links
West Coast Pioneers' Memorial Museum
May 2011
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Contact Us About This Trail
Email or click here: tas@railtrails.org.au.
Photos
Spray Tunnel and Comstock Tramways - Photos
