Kempton, Tasmania

We passed through and actually stopped in Kempton just off the Highway to have a good stretch and a bit of a walk in this small town of a rural area.  Kempton was settled in the 1820's.

My late Dad was stationed in the town many years ago when I was but a toddler.  One day my mother wasn't well so she was having a rest on the bed, me, I was in the room with her and whilst she rested I opened one of the drawers and started eating the 'Aspros' used for temporary relief of pain - headaches etc. These tablets did me no harm but my parents were not too pleased, Mum I recall never thought I would do such a thing :) We at that time lived in a room at the Kempton Hotel which was burnt to the ground some years ago and a new one was built.

Above was once a shop, below, the newer Hotel.

 Was a long walk to the Church and we didn't have time to walk that far so I zoomed in with the camera and you can just see the church.

The Wilmot Arms Inn (1843) was built by convicts and operated as a licensed Inn until 1897.  It is said the the proprietor suddenly got religious and stopped making alcohol and fed all his spirits to the pigs.  The building fell into disrepair, restored in 1978 and is now used as Accommodation for travellers.