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Listen to Episode Ten of the Voice of Real Australia podcast: The pilot whale stranding in Strahan, Tasmania, was the largest ever recorded in Australia

Laura Carolina Corrigan
Updated January 21 2021 - 10:04am, first published 7:00am
The Strahan whale stranding was the largest in Australian recorded history. PHOTO: Brodie Weeding
The Strahan whale stranding was the largest in Australian recorded history. PHOTO: Brodie Weeding

Strahan, pronounced Strawn, is a small fishing village on the west coast of Tasmania. It has a permanent population of about 650 people. The former port town sits on Macquarie Harbour, which is six times the size of Sydney Harbour.

Laura Carolina Corrigan

Canberra Times producer with a background in news and podcasts.