We headed into the city here in Launceston to buy something then we went to Scottsdale again, bought our lunch at the bakery, ate it at Tuckers Creek where there is an area for caravans and motorhomes at a small cost. It's a nice view of the Creek.
Scottsdale is 62.4 km on a windy road from Launceston, Tasmania.
The area was first surveyed in 1855 and was described as, 'the best soil on the island, well-watered, with a mild climate' by the surveyor James Reid Scott, for whom the town was named. The first land was selected in 1859 and the hamlet of Ellesmere grew up. Ellesmere Post Office opened in 1865 and was renamed Scottsdale in 1893. I have no idea why the creek is called Tuckers Creek.
