Regatta Point is the location of a port and onMacquarie Harbour,Tasmania.
Regatta Point is often assumed into the name of the locality across the bay inMacquarie Harbour,Strahan. The other ports in Macquarie Harbour were Strahan, andPillinger at the southern end of the harbour. Most shipping through the notoriousHells Gates is now the fishing fleet.
The last sea-based delivery of explosives for theMount Lyell Mining & Railway Company occurred as late as 1976.
It was the port and terminus of theMount Lyell railway line fromQueenstown.[1] When fully operational before closure in the 1960s, it was the location of the transfer of Mount Lyell materials to ships.[2]
Regatta Point was the location of the connection between the Mount Lyell private railway and theZeehan to Strahan line, which passed through Strahan on the way toZeehan.
An earlier building at the station location was burnt down in 1900.[3] It is currently theWest Coast Wilderness Railway terminus. The remaining station building at Regatta Point has been restored for the new service, having lain at risk from the 1960s to the 1990s.[4]
Outside of Macquarie Harbour – on the north coast of Tasmania – Burnie or the southeastHobart – smaller anchorages exist in between – but are either facility-freePort Davey or dangerousTrial Harbour.
42°09′38″S145°19′35″E / 42.1605°S 145.3264°E /-42.1605; 145.3264