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Campbell Town was one of the early coach stops on the main route between Launceston and Hobart and is still a popular place to stop today and is one of the many historic towns dotted throughout the Heritage Highway Tourism Region.
Refuel with a bite to eat in one of several cafes or pick up some produce for a picnic by the river. The main street has antique stores and specialty shops to explore, and the kids will love a little adventure in the playground located right in the centre of town in Valentine Park.
The town lies along the banks of the tranquil Elizabeth River, named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1821 in honor of his wife. Campbell Town has an impressive collection of colonial buildings including The Grange, designed by convict architect James Blackburn in the late 1840s; the Foxhunters Return, a lovely example of a 19th century inn built in 1834; and the convict-built Red Bridge built in 1836.
Search for an ancestor on the Convict Brick Trail, follow the trail of bricks along the main street and discover bite-sized information about individual convicts. The trail is dedicated to some of the nearly 200,000 convicts who were transported to Australia for almost 100 years from 1788 onwards.
Campbell Town is a 45-min drive (70 km) from Launceston.
We acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their enduring custodianship of lutruwita / Tasmania. We honour 40,000 years of uninterrupted care, protection and belonging to these islands, before the invasion and colonisation of European settlement. As a destination that welcomes visitors to these lands, we acknowledge our responsibility to represent to our visitors, Tasmania’s deep and complex history, fully, respectfully and truthfully.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal people who continue to care for this country today. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present. We honour their stories, songs, art, and culture, and their aspirations for the future of their people and these lands. We respectfully ask that tourism be a part of that future.
Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre
16-20 Davey St, Hobart TAS 7000
(03) 6238 4222
bookings@hobarttravelcentre.com.au
hobarttravelcentre.com.au
