Currie King Island Tasmania
Currie on King Island Tasmania is a rural residential locality in the local government area of King Island in the north-west and west region of Tasmania. The 2016 census recorded a population of 768 for Currie.
It is the largest township on, and is the administrative centre of, King Island, at the western entrance to Bass Strait. The King Island Airport is near the township.
The waters of the Southern Ocean form the western and south-western boundaries. The town is situated just inland from a partly sheltered natural harbour on the west coast of the island. It was originally named Howie’s Boat Harbour after David Howie, an early visitor and unofficial resident of the island in the 1840s. It was renamed after Archibald Currie (1830–1914), a Melbourne shipowner who purchased the remains of the full-rigged ship Netherby wrecked near there in 1866. The shipowner used the harbour as a base for salvage operations.
There is a lot to see and do on the island. Activities include:
- Fishing
- Golf
- Swimming
- Hiking
- Visit the restaurant and cooking school
- Brewery Tour
- Lawn Bowls
- Enjoy nature at its finest
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With ocean views like those on Cape Wickham and Ocean Dunes golf courses – both ranked among the top 20 courses in Australia – good luck concentrating on the tee. The surf that rolls into the island has also been rated among the best in the world.
Feast as you go
Stock up on the island’s cheese, beef, gin and beer, grab a crayfish pie and prepare for a DIY feast on the shores at the colourful and quirky Restaurant With No Food.
Explore the Island
Wander among crazy limestone features in a calcified forest, trace a path above the island’s tallest cliffs on the Copperhead trail, or simply stroll the sands at Martha Lavinia Beach to a soundtrack of surf.
The Trail of Shipwrecks
The ocean is life on this island, but it’s also been death. Follow a trail of shipwrecks around the battered shores, and witness the fury of the sea at Seal Rocks, where cliffs plunge more than 60 metres into the Southern Ocean.
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