From the turn-off to Stanley, the Bass Highway heads inland towards Smithton and Tasmania's wild west coast. Smithton is a commercial centre supporting the surrounding farming and specialised forestry industries, set beside the popular water sports and fishing destination of Duck River. The area's other main attraction is the Allendale Gardens, good for refreshments and walks through native rainforest and English inspired gardens. From Smithton, it's another 51 kilometres before the highway reaches Marrawah, the most westerly town in Tasmania, as well as one of the most remote. Consisting of a pub, a campsite, a couple of guesthouses, and a general store, most visitors that travel this far west are either here for the solitude, the fishing, or for the huge surf which the angry Indian Ocean usually dishes up. If you've have come this far, make sure you visit the sleepy settlement of Arthur River, a township renowned for it's eco-cruises on the Arthur and Frankland Rivers, into the unspoilt wilderness of the Arthur Pieman Protected Area.