A Boat Trip to Hells Gates and the Gordon River

This boat trip is a MUST for anyone going to Strahan. There are two companies offering trips, but "The Eagle" is the one to go for. A local family runs it, and they are just brilliant.

We had the most delicious lunch on board, and the captain treated all passengers as if they were the owners.

Well, the Captain needed a bit of a hand, so I told him I have a boating licence.

Mind you, this is a $5.5 million piece of machinery.

This a Hell's Gate. Only 70m wide and the only entrance to the harbour. In days of yore, sailing ships might have to wait for months to enter.


The Gordon River. Beautiful huon pine rainforest... some of the trees are over 2,000 years old. Sticky scared all participants by declaring he had his chainsaw with him. Greenies were not amused.


(Check out the guy's nose next to Sticky!!!)