South East – Tasmanian Towns

Colebrook

March 28, 2015 by Xenith

Approaching Colebrook now, the other town along this road. If town is the right word.

The Anglican Church of St James of Jerusalem, 1884.

Campania

March 28, 2015 by Xenith

This is Campania. It’s one of those small towns you don’t usually take much notice of as you pass through.

Runnymede

March 28, 2015 by Xenith

If you could see the sign there, you’d know we were about to go through Runnymede. (That’s an “Oh, quick where is camera?” photo)

Ye Olde Buckland Inn. I’m not sure that putting “Ye Olde” on the front is really going to have much effect on visitor numbers though. Obviously it was a coaching inn on the Hobart to East Coast road, built in the 1831 (it says, everywhere else says 1840s). At one time, probably an attractive little sandstone building.

Sorell

March 28, 2015 by Xenith

(That’s S’rell, not Sorrel.)

When the British settlers first spread out from their Derwent base, many of them headed east, into the Coal River Valley, and up along the east coast (encouraged by the settlement on Maria Island that needed supplies). The road to the east goes through Sorell, and when the settlement on the Tasman Peninsula was established, that road also passed through Sorell. The town is named for Lieutenant Gov Sorell, who inherited Davey’s mess and was replaced by Arthur, so prior to 1825. It’s a location that comes up time and time again in early records. And yet…

We went to the Information Centre. This is a place where tourists can go and get useful information (that is, brochures) about accommodation, tourist attractions and anything else that tourists might need to know.

The Sorell Information Centre (former church hall) is on the main street. It’s a nice big room with lots of brochures for all around the state divided up by regions. Nothing stood out for Sorell, so we asked the young guy at the counter. He looked a little… desperate. He did produce a leaflet that showed the locations of a couple of antique shops and a hobby shop. This obviously wasn’t what we wanted. Then he came out with a much-copied B&W map showing Interesting Buildings. That was more like it. Sort of. We assured him (I hope) that this was all we needed and we departed.

Doo Town

March 8, 2015 by Xenith

Photos taken from car, between rain showers and, um, I forgot to check setting the camera was on. They’re all I have though.

Richmond

March 8, 2015 by Xenith

Richmond is just north-east of Hobart, in the Coal River Valley. In the early days of British settlement, as settlers moved out looking for places to farm, this is where many of them went.

With the bridge over the Coal River, Richmond was on the road to both the east coast and the Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur. These days the highway to both goes more to the south, bypassing Richmond. With its large collection of Georgian and sandstone buildings, Richmond is very much a tourist town now, lots of traffic, lots of people, lots of galleries and cafe, and things to look at. You could spend a day here, easily.

We only had an hour and fifteen minutes though, which was supposed to include lunch (I ate mine on the bus), so I didn’t have time to do much more than take a lot of quick photos 🙁