We woke up after a very restful sleep, had breakfast, packed up and went to explore the town of Ross. It was a beautiful crisp, cloudless day and apparently the temperature -5* overnight.
Luckily we were cosy in our motel. Our first stop this morning was the Ross Bridge, built in stone back in 1836. The convicts took only 2 years to build this magnificent bridge (1834 - 1836). We took the historic walk, up past one of the towns three churches to the "Female Prison Factory" and headed up to the burial grounds and cemetery. There were many really old headstones in he cemetery and the oldest headstone that we could clearly read was dated 1854! Back into town, we went into the "Class Wood" shop, took photos of the military monuments in the centre of the town and had a delicious lunch at the "Ross General Store, Bakery and Tea Room". A place not to be missed! Then we were on the road again passing through Campbell Town where we stopped and admired the "Red Bridge". We visited a very interesting bookshop called the Book Cellar which is located underneath the "Foxhunters Return" B&B.
Back on the road once again, we continued along the Midland/Heritage Highway for the 40 minute drive to Launceston (known as "Lonny" by the locals). We passed through Lonny travelling along the West Tamar highway as we wanted to visit the Beaconsfield Mine. After visiting the mine, we made a few purchases from the gift shop and then headed back to the "Tasmanian Country Club", where we were staying for the night. The Country Club was very grand and we had a lovely room overlooking bushland. The Club had four restaurants, a casino, golf, tennis, health club,swimming pool,day spa and "you-name-it-they-have-it"! We had booked the Country Club months in advance with a total rate of $113.00, which included our room, a fantastic buffet breakfast for the tree of us, valet parking, and a round of golf. A bargain, even though we didn't have time to play the golf.
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