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Rosebery has so many things to see and do.
With its beautiful mountains and rainforests, it allows the peace seeker to find solitude and beauty at ever turn.
It caters to the bush walker, the bike rider, the fisherman and the person just looking for something different.
Montezuma Falls
One of Tasmania's Highest Waterfalls:
Walk Length : 7 Kilometres
Time: 3+ hours return.
The walk to Montezuma Falls is one of the easiest and most rewarding walks on the West Coast, and is a gently graded track starting from the former township of Williamsford. The existing track was originally constructed in 1889, for the North East Dundas Tramway, which ran from Zeehan to Williamsford on a two foot gauge track. The track travelled from Zeehan a distance of 29 km between the mountains and valleys surrounding the picturesque Montezuma Falls to service the mines of the Ring Valley and Hercules on Mt Hamilton near Williamsford. The railway cost the government of the day well over £170,000 and took more than eighteen months to complete.
Recently the track has been the subject of much work by the National Parks and Wildlife and four wheel drive enthusiasts, who have also constructed a viewing platform at the foot of the falls.
There is also now a rope and wire bridge that crosses the river at the bottom of the fall. It's a wonderful place to take that special photograph of the falls from.
The railway closed in 1925 and much of the evidence of its existence has long since disappeared but enough remains of the old formation to excite the passion of any history buff. Several examples of early timber bridge building techniques are still well preserved and one must be amazed by the fine job of surveying which took place to mark out the original route along the hillside which at times is close to vertical with the Ring River rushing along many metres below.
The rainforest that the old track winds through has everything that a botanist would normally dream about with the canopy slowly building up above the track and fallen trees.
After a good one and a half hours walk to the falls, a seat on the viewing platform is most welcome as is the fine mist spray cascading with an almighty roar from over 100 metres above.
It is a beautiful walk for both young and old, and can be done at a leisurely pace.
The track wanders for a distance of three and a half kilometres from Williamsford to the falls, and allowing one and a half hours each way will ensure that you have plenty of time to enjoy the beauty and serene surroundings of the Ring river valley as you stroll along.
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