Today we head back to Launceston.  The trip up the main highway is only about 200kms but I planned to wind our way in off the highway and look at some of the small historic towns we have not seen before and revisit some we have.

The first stop was Riversdale Estate.  I have been following them on Facebook for a while and it looks as nice in real life as it does in the pictures. We were too early for the cellar door to be open, but we were able to drive around with no traffic 🙂

Riversdale also have accomodation and it looks REALLY nice.  We have decided we will stay here at some point on a return trip.

Driving toward Riversdale, we were surprised to see a large dish.  Turned out it is the Grote Reber radio telescope. 

Our next stop was Coaldale Walnuts. Sadly they were closed :(.  I had seen on the website that their tours were not running, but I thought the shop might be open.

Back toward the main highway we passed through Richmond, but did not stop, as we have been here many times. Even M decided to skip the bakery as it was a bit early.

The next stop was Oatlands and the Callington Mill.  Again we have been here a number of time, but it changes all the time as the restorations have been done.

We had not been since the new distillery had been added, and all the buildings mostly restored.

We passed through Ross, again not stopping choosing instead to stop a Campbell Town. Somewhere we have not been.

We had lunch in a lovely bakery cafe and looked around the town.   There are bricks embedded into the footpath that tell the story of the convicts that were located in the area.

From Campbell Town we drove to our hotel in Launceston

We are at the Mantra on Charles for the next 4 nights to explore Launceston and the surrounds.

We unpacked and found Coles for a loaf of bread and a lovely pub for dinner.

Tomorrow is the Harvest Market in the city.