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Explore Zeehan in Australia

Zeehan in the region of Tasmania with its 845 inhabitants is a town in Australia - some 500 mi or ( 804 km ) South-West of Canberra , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Zeehan

Current time in Zeehan is now 07:32 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Hobart " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Renison Bell, Hobart, and Dundas. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Renison Bell . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Zeehan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Monteuzuma Falls Track landslide

1:13 min by Tassyexplorer
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The four wheel drive track into the Monteuzuma Falls which is the old tramway known as the North East Dundas Tramway, which starts at Melba Flats is ofern needs track clearing is done by a local four ..

Pelion to Windy Ridge, Mt. Ossa side trip Nadine's photos, Australia (windy ridge hut tasmania)

2:13 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
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Day Trip to Cradle Mountain Fiseb's photos around Cradle Mountain, Australia (cradle day trips)

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Interesting facts about this location

Zeehan, Tasmania

Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia 139 kilometres south-west of Burnie. At the 2011 census, Zeehan had a population of 728. It is part of the Municipality of West Coast. The town was named after the nearby Mount Zeehan which had been named by George Bass and Matthew Flinders after Abel Tasman's brig Zeehaen.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -41.88 145.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Mining towns in Tasmania, Towns in Tasmania, Western Tasmania

Comstock Mine

Comstock mining operation in West Coast, Tasmania is at mine site is situated 4 km west of the township of Zeehan along Trial Harbour Road and neighbours the Avebury Nickel mine a further 4 kilometres to the south-west.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -41.89 145.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Surface mines in Australia, Western Tasmania

Dundas, Tasmania

Dundas was a historical mining locality, mineral field and railway location on the western foothills of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is now part of the locality of Zeehan. The town was located 5 kilometres east of the town of Zeehan, and almost 10 kilometres west of the Mount Read township. The North East Dundas Tram branched off the Emu Bay Railway approximately 3 kilometres north east of the Dundas railway connection.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -41.88 145.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Ghost towns in Tasmania, Mining towns in Tasmania, West Coast Range (Tasmania), Western Tasmania

Melba Flats

Melba Flats is a railway siding on the Emu Bay Railway east of Zeehan that served as a terminus for trains carrying copper ore from the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in west coast Tasmania, once the Emu Bay Railway ceased services into the Zeehan townsite. The section of line near Melba Flats was operational by December 1900. The Rosebery to Zeehan connection closed on the 14 August 1965, however the Rosebery to Melba Flats section re-opened on the 15 January 1970.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -41.85 145.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Rail yards in Australia, Western Tasmania

Montezuma Falls

Montezuma Falls are located on a minor tributary to Lake Pieman, north-east of Zeehan, on West Coast Tasmania, Australia. In historical context - on the route of the former North East Dundas Tramway not far from the old mining town of Williamsford at the foot of Mount Read. With a fall of 104 Metres, the falls are considered to be one of the highest in Tasmania

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -41.83 145.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Waterfalls of Tasmania, West Coast Range (Tasmania), Western Tasmania

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Zeehan