This week is Bridge Week! So I shall start with the obvious suspect. The bridge at Richmond lays claim to being the oldest bridge still in use in Australia, or some variation on that.
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This week is Bridge Week! So I shall start with the obvious suspect. The bridge at Richmond lays claim to being the oldest bridge still in use in Australia, or some variation on that.
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Odd post for odd cemetery
Mar. 9th, 2009 10:44 pmCatholic cemetery from church, showing the old section -- there, up on the hill. The camera doesn't capture the oddness that well.
( But I'll see what I can do. )
( But I'll see what I can do. )
St Johns, Richmond
Mar. 6th, 2009 02:23 pmSlight detour to church.
St John
The Evangelist
Catholic Church
1836
Australia's Oldest Existing
Catholic Church
MASS TIMES
1st & 3rd Sunday
of the month 8.30am
2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday
of the month 11am
It's fairly typical country town church, and not really all that interesting as these things go, but still I have photos so photos get shown. (Actually, I usually don't bother with the church photos, maybe I might do some more.)
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The Evangelist
Catholic Church
1836
Australia's Oldest Existing
Catholic Church
MASS TIMES
1st & 3rd Sunday
of the month 8.30am
2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday
of the month 11am
It's fairly typical country town church, and not really all that interesting as these things go, but still I have photos so photos get shown. (Actually, I usually don't bother with the church photos, maybe I might do some more.)
( See inside )
Out and About
Mar. 5th, 2009 08:41 pmA few photos from our road trip last month, taken from the car. The eastbound highway out of Hobart is the Tasman Hwy. A short distance out, just past the airport, it becomes a causeway that runs across to a jutting out piece of land, known as Midway Point and then there's a second causeway which leads into Sorell.
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Richmond Gaol
Dec. 5th, 2008 08:29 pmRichmond Gaol was built in the 1820s as part of Governor Arthur's reform of the convict system. Have I gone over that before? I think not, so I might have to pencil that in for another day.
I cut the photos I included down to a minimum of 1 or 2 per room, with some of the contents of the display cases. I also took photos of the larger information panels, but I'm leaving them out too :)
( Still lots of photos though. )
I cut the photos I included down to a minimum of 1 or 2 per room, with some of the contents of the display cases. I also took photos of the larger information panels, but I'm leaving them out too :)
( Still lots of photos though. )
Richmond is just north-east of Hobart, in the Coal River Valley. In the early day of British settlement, as settlers moved out looking for places to farm, this is where many of them went.
With the bridge over the Coal River, Richmond was on the road to both the east coast and the Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur. These days the highway to both goes more to the south, bypassing Richmond. With its large collection of Georgian and sandstone buildings, Richmond is very much a tourist town now, lots of traffic, lots of people, lots of galleries and cafe, and things to look at. You could spend a day here, easily.
( It won't take that long to read about it though. )
With the bridge over the Coal River, Richmond was on the road to both the east coast and the Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur. These days the highway to both goes more to the south, bypassing Richmond. With its large collection of Georgian and sandstone buildings, Richmond is very much a tourist town now, lots of traffic, lots of people, lots of galleries and cafe, and things to look at. You could spend a day here, easily.
( It won't take that long to read about it though. )
