In 1881, the first store was built on the banks of the Pieman River and Corinna was born.

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In the other direction, a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk heads 300m along the banks of the Pieman River to an ancient Huon pine tree.

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Kayaks are available for hire to explore the Pieman River and its tributaries, and several walking trails radiate out through the rainforest.

BBC: Tasmania��s true wilderness

At the southern end of the Western Explorer, on the banks of the Pieman River, the former gold-rush settlement of Corinna offers the only accommodation inside the Tarkine.

BBC: Tasmania��s true wilderness

In Corinna's heyday, pubs anchored both banks of the Pieman River, though today the Tarkine Hotel stands alone, wrapped in a wide veranda that would not look out of place in the deserts of central Australia.

BBC: Tasmania��s true wilderness