Called into Kempton, Tasmania.

We also stopped at Kempton another historical town being settled in the 1820's.  Just a short stop to have a little walk.  Some photos of the small town.

The visitors center above and the town clock which doesn't work.

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.

Kempton, Tasmania, Australia

Sweet place is Kempton in Tasmania, Australia.  I stayed there once for many months with my parents in the old Hotel, now burnt down another replacing it.  I remember whilst my mother was resting during the day and my father was at work I sat down on the floor by the bed and being a very small child opened the cupboard door somehow and found some Aspirin began eating those as lollies.  Didn't do me any harm :)  My parents thought they had hidden the Aspirin and were horrified for they were not sure how many I had had.

Kempton was settled by Europeans in 1820's

The Memorial Arch in Kempton

Wilmot Arms Inn where once stage coaches, horses tied up at the posts. Built in 1843 it provides accommodation plus meals for the traveller.

I believe inside it's very nice.

 A sweet cottage in Kempton.

Dysart House Built in 1842, it was originally named 'The Green Ponds Hotel' and served as an Inn, Public House and residence until the 1860's. During the next decade it was used as a scholastic establishment for young ladies before reverting to private occupancy.