Midlands silhouettes
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xenithThe metal silhouettes entertain travellers along the Midlands Hwy (between Tunbridge & Kempton) but even if you're deliberately looking for them, it is hard to see more than a handful each trip. Some of them are easier to see from one direction than the other.
On this trip from Hobart to Launceston we found fourteen of them (and missed two).
Boarding the stage coach (and patting the horses): southern entrance to Kempton.
Waiting for the stage: near Wilmot Arms, Kempton
Railway workers: northern end of Kempton, just before road rejoins the highway
I had never seen this one before and had no idea where it was. When we stopped the car to get out at the park, it was in the paddock directly opposite. So that was handy :)
Someone should warn them the rail bridge is out!
Stagecoach: northern entrance to Kempton.
This is bigger than it looks. Taller than me :)
Drunk being wheeled home by a constable: near Melton Mowbray pub
Mail delivery (with bridge): on the old highway, sort-of halfway between Melton Mowbray & Jericho
These next ones are mostly off the road in paddocks so they're smaller.
Coaches, (Mary Ann Cox or Samuel Page): Spring Hill
Shepherd: south of southern entrance to Jericho, other side of the road
Tigers: one of five between Jericho & Oatlands
There are four tigers, two facing each direction, and they are only small, life size I think, and hard to see even if you are looking for them and know where they are. As they are.
Surveyors: south of Oatlands
There are two guys here, one on top of the hill at the left, the follow the slope down and the other guy is just before the bushes.
Bushranger, Richard Lemon: south of Oatlands
Soldiers: north of Oatlands (hard to see coming from south)
Road gang: just north of York Plains Rd
Emus: just south of exit to Tunbridge
There is a long gap between these and the others, so if you're heading north you've probably stopped looking and if you're heading south, you haven't started looking, so they're often not spotted.
On this trip from Hobart to Launceston we found fourteen of them (and missed two).
Boarding the stage coach (and patting the horses): southern entrance to Kempton.
Waiting for the stage: near Wilmot Arms, Kempton
Railway workers: northern end of Kempton, just before road rejoins the highway
I had never seen this one before and had no idea where it was. When we stopped the car to get out at the park, it was in the paddock directly opposite. So that was handy :)
Someone should warn them the rail bridge is out!
Stagecoach: northern entrance to Kempton.
This is bigger than it looks. Taller than me :)
Drunk being wheeled home by a constable: near Melton Mowbray pub
Mail delivery (with bridge): on the old highway, sort-of halfway between Melton Mowbray & Jericho
These next ones are mostly off the road in paddocks so they're smaller.
Coaches, (Mary Ann Cox or Samuel Page): Spring Hill
Shepherd: south of southern entrance to Jericho, other side of the road
Tigers: one of five between Jericho & Oatlands
There are four tigers, two facing each direction, and they are only small, life size I think, and hard to see even if you are looking for them and know where they are. As they are.
Surveyors: south of Oatlands
Bushranger, Richard Lemon: south of Oatlands
Soldiers: north of Oatlands (hard to see coming from south)
Road gang: just north of York Plains Rd
Emus: just south of exit to Tunbridge
There is a long gap between these and the others, so if you're heading north you've probably stopped looking and if you're heading south, you haven't started looking, so they're often not spotted.
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