8-781: Ocean Beach may refer to a number of beaches: Places [ edit ] Australia Ocean Beach (Tasmania) Ocean Beach (Western Australia) New Zealand Ocean Beach, Bluff , Southland Ocean Beach, Hawke's Bay , near Havelock North Ocean Beach, Northland , near Whangārei Ocean Beach, Otago , in Dunedin Ocean Beach, Wellington , on Palliser Bay United States Ocean Beach, San Diego, California , also community Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California Ocean Beach (New London) , Connecticut Ocean Beach, Monmouth County, New Jersey Ocean Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey Ocean Beach, New York ,
16-644: A village Other [ edit ] Ocean Beach (album) , by the Red House Painters Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ocean Beach . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean_Beach&oldid=1230680969 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
24-568: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Strahan%E2%80%93Zeehan Railway The Strahan–Zeehan Railway , also known as the "Government Railway", was a railway from Strahan to Zeehan on the west coast of Tasmania . It linked two private railways: the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company railway line (now known as the West Coast Wilderness Railway ) between Queenstown and Regatta Point , and
32-544: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ocean Beach (Tasmania) Ocean Beach is a long stretch of beach running north of Macquarie Heads and Hells Gates on the West Coast of Tasmania . It is close to Strahan and parallel to the Strahan Airport runway. It extends as far north as Trial Harbour and the coast immediately west of Zeehan . Exposed to
40-536: The Emu Bay Railway between Zeehan and Burnie . Early photographs of the Strahan wharf and buildings adjacent taken from the north usually have the railway tracks in the lower section of the photograph, as the line followed the shore from Regatta Point around the bay before passing northward in what is considered to be West Strahan today. The line ran parallel to Ocean Beach before heading towards Zeehan. It
48-574: The West Coast—and can be difficult to remedy due to the isolated location and low population numbers to assist in whale rescue. It was also the name of a stopping place on the Strahan–Zeehan Railway which was on a part of the railway line where shifting sand dunes often affected the track. 42°04′08″S 145°15′14″E / 42.069°S 145.254°E / -42.069; 145.254 This Tasmania geography article
56-481: The ocean with no landmass at this longitude between it and South America, this beach can be exposed to extreme weather conditions. In serious weather it can have large extended lines of breakers, and a swell at the Cape Sorell Waverider Buoy at up to 20+ metres. In the 1940s the beach area was utilised by local gliding and soaring club members Whale stranding frequently occurs along this stretch of
64-462: Was a critical link, due to the difficulties of shipping negotiating the entrance to Macquarie Harbour and was essential during the 1912 North Mount Lyell disaster . The track gauge of the lines between Burnie was the same all the way to Queenstown. Flooding and fire affected the most important link, the Henty Bridge, at stages in the line's history. 1920 was one year where the break in the line
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