In the main street there is a must see attraction. It is a model village of Hobart Town which was built using the town plans of 1820. Fantastic!
Richmond has some lovely old church's.
The Congregational Church in the main street dates from 1873.
It was locked so we couldn't see inside.
St. Luke's Anglican Church is dated 1834 and is the oldest church in Richmond. It is built of sandstone which was quarried by convicts at Butcher's Hill. It is a beautiful church and has a peaceful and welcoming feeling. The clock was originally in St. David's Church Hobart until 1922.
We went back to St. John's Catholic Church, I took some photo's of the inside but felt somewhat uncomfortable; it was as if the building knew I was a proddy and wanted me out LOL.
We went back to the river where Glenn took these photo's.
Time to leave for Swansea. The camera was flat so no pictures for a while.
We stopped along the way at a beautiful beach at Orford for a cuppa. The next stop was to see the convict build Spikey Bridge where I was interested to read about Mr Merideth, whom 2 of my convict 3x's great grandfather's worked for.
Once in Swansea we headed for the Historical Society but found out they are only open on Tuesday's and Thursdays. I decided to go to the library but found out they too are only open on Tuesday's and Thursdays! I asked at the school next door to the library about charging my camera battery and they sent me to a coffee shop in the main street called Trellis. The girl at Trellis was fantastic and charged my battery for free. Great cuppachino and only $3.50. Glenn bought 2 shepherd's pies from the bakery, they where yuk and gave me indigestion.In the main street of Swansea there is a fantastic old fashioned general store called Morris' which has a diverse array of products. It also has a small history room. I took a photo of these old, small boots.
We then took a couple of pictures of the beach at Swansea and left for Bicheno.
Along the way we stopped at the Moulting Lagoon Game Reserve wetlands. This area is home to a number of waterfowl including Black Swans, Australian Shelducks and Chestnut Teal and also some rare plant species. The area is also an important fish nursery.
Bicheno caravan park is not the best park we stayed in but it was undoubtably the most expensive and the only park to threaten to charge extra if not out by 10am.
We took a look at Oyster Bay beach and then went to the blowhole and gulch.
Watched some tele in the camp kitchen and went to bed.
