4. WEST COAST WILDERNESS RAILWAY (Queenstown to King River Gorge, return) Get a little hot under the collar around old-school locomotives? In the case of Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway, it's probably the steam, but the good news is you have time to cool off: its half-day journeys are available to book from September 22 (full-day journeys departing Strahan will start in January 2021). Sign up for the four-hour Rack and Gorge, a unique railway journey through ancient rainforest that marries the heritage steam-train experience with gold panning at Lynchford Station and chugging up one of the Southern Hemisphere's steepest tracks. Heritage carriages provide upholstered seating and snacks to buy, but the indulgent Wilderness Carriages offer fully inclusive catering including a welcome glass of Tasmanian sparkling. From $115 per person.
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