Rosebery

Understand

Rosebery is the survivor community of the West Coast council communities, it has been an always at work mining town, where Zeehan and Queenstown have had closed down and silent times.

Getting there

From the north - Burnie - the trip in until the 1960s was on the back of a train - there was no highway beneath Mount Black - the notorious road that seems to grow black ice at times least expected... After the Pieman power scheme changed the nearby landscape, the roads and bridges were rebuilt for the new dams and lakes that resulted from the scheme - even a Lake Rosebery being the name of one of the lakes.

From the south - Zeehan and Renison - the road can be as dangerous as the road from the north in bad weather.

See

See the old Hercules to Rosebery aerial ore bucket ropeway

Do

1 Montezuma Falls. Tasmania's highest waterfall with a drop of over 104 metres, named after the Aztec emperor Montezuma. Access is via a 3-hour 11.5-kilometre return trail with a Grade 2 difficulty level. (updated Feb 2023) Stitt Falls, accessed via a 30-minute walk through rainforest, starting at Stitt Park

Events Rosebery Folk Festival. (updated Nov 2015)

Eat

Blue Moon Restaurant. (updated Nov 2015)

Drink & nightlife

1 The Top Pub, 20 Agnes St. Su–Th 1PM–10PM; F Sa 1PM–midnight. The town's main pub. (updated Feb 2023)

Sleep

Mount Black Lodge, Hospital Road. (updated Nov 2015) Rosebery Cabin and Tourist Park, 1 Park Road, Rosebery, ☏ +61 3 6473 1366, [email protected]. The park offers self-contained cabins, basic cabins, powered and unpowered sites, and single backpackers rooms. There is also a camp kitchen. (updated Nov 2015) The Top Pub, 8 Agnes Street, Rosebery, ☏ +61 3 6473 1351, [email protected]. Hotel accommodation. Rooms with ensuite, and standard rooms (shared bathroom) are available. (updated Nov 2015)

Go next

Burnie is a 90 minute drive to the north. Zeehan is a short drive south