West Coast Wilderness Railway

This railway was built in the 1890s to serve a copper mine. It was impossible to follow the river so the railway had to climb over the hill using a rack and pinion system. Today it is simply a tourist trip with stops for gold panning, lunch etc.

1.  Panning for gold at Lynchford stop.  Didn't find any, but boy next to me found 2 flakes

2.The state of the art 'heating'.

3. Train at our lunch stop, where we also changed trains to diesel hauled for the downhill run into Strahan.

4. Just loved this place name.  There were 3 explanations of how it came about either involving 2 milk churns, a double barreled shotgun or corruption of  an Aboriginal name - whichever you want to believe!