It's here where people with self-contained vehicles and caravans can park for a night or two for free.
We stopped here for just a look on our way home from the beach the other week parking under the trees as it was a hot day.
Monday 4 February 2019
Down by the Bridge.
What lovely place Campbell Town is in Tasmania. This old Red Bridge is the oldest surviving arched bridge in Australia as it's used as a National Highway. The bridge was finished in 1838 and built by convicts.
It's here where people with self-contained vehicles and caravans can park for a night or two for free.
We stopped here for just a look on our way home from the beach the other week parking under the trees as it was a hot day.
It's here where people with self-contained vehicles and caravans can park for a night or two for free.
We stopped here for just a look on our way home from the beach the other week parking under the trees as it was a hot day.
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That is so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI never get tired of looking at your pictures.
: )
Thanks Catarina.
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sussi.
DeleteIt makes me feel like home, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWell that's lovely :) many buildings in Tasmania that look like England's buildings, unfortunately some have gone to ruin.
DeleteHow beautiful. The convicts built well. Very well.
ReplyDeleteThey sure did, they were excellent building bridges and houses.
DeleteI hiked down by the bridge yesterday with Taedy Baer and Miss Sissy.
ReplyDeleteOh did you, also rather pleasant near most bridges.
DeleteOh so nice
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo-Anne.
DeleteWe drove through Campbell Town very many years ago. I remember it being a nice town and I think we stopped there for lunch but we missed noticing the bridge entirely. It looks surprisingly green, unlike much of Tasmania with its fire issues.
ReplyDeleteThe grass was green, I expect it's watered regularly from the river I presume.
DeleteNo rain, fires still raging and today is the first day that I have smelt smoke but gone now, depends on which way the breeze blows I expect.
Lovely and clean in Campbell Town.
The sandstone building to the right of the bridge looks like it may have been built about the same time.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many unfortunate convicts died from maltreatment building that bridge?
One of my convict connections was only a 14 year old boy sent out to Botany Bay for 7 years and his crime!!! Stealing a rabbit from an estate! The poor little fellow's family was starving!
How criminal offences have changed in the years..........let out on bail for horrendeous criminal acts!
Ah ' SUCH IS LIFE" - good old Ned, eh?
Lovely clear photos.
Colin
Oh yes, the convicts many of them were sent here for petty crimes - the Government wanted to populate the colony.
DeleteThanks re photos.
Nice bridge
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely one..peaceful there
DeleteYes--- that really is a fine bridge!
ReplyDeleteIt is and is standing the test of time as Highway
DeleteFinished in 1838, still standing and still in use. What does that say about modern construction methods where buildings and bridges collapse willy-nilly all over the world?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to travel back in time and have those older craftsmen build me a home to last for centuries.
A lot of traffic going over that bridge River, and yes, if only we could have those men these days. Buildings wouldn't crumble or bridges fall down - well some.
DeleteI like the way the bridge is reflected in the water.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that is why I stop there to take the reflections.
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