TEMMA HARBOUR, TASMANIA

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Little more than a collection of fishermen's shacks, Temma Harbour is one of the most isolated localities in Australia. Temma Harbour was for around 20 years the sea port for the 700 residents of the copper and tin mining town of Balfour when tin was first found in the area in the 1870s. A horse-drawn wooden tramway connecting the town and port. Balfour is one of the most mineralized copper districts in Tasmania; copper workings occur intermittently along a 35km track between the two localities.
The origin of the name Temma Harbour is not known. Mary Hopkin's 1969 hit song of the same name is not about this locality. Its name did inspire the song, however, but the songwriter, Philamore Lincoln, states the name was selected randomly from a map while looking for a place name that sounded romantic.
How to get there: 16 km south of Marrawah; 85 kms from Smithton.