Mark and Pam McDermott retire from Strahan tourism after four decades

Mark and Pam McDermott have sold their last tourism business in Strahan after running it for more than four decades. They had meant to stay just five years.

Why it mattersAn environmental victory four decades ago reshaped the entire region's economy and infrastructure. The couple rode that wave to build a thriving tourism business.

AustraliaTasmanian West Coast tourism and infrastructure developed because the community won the Franklin River fight; the McDermotts' retirement marks the end of an era shaped by that 1983 victory.

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