Bridges, Barns and Bungalows

357. Country Bridge near Andover - listed for replacement. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE

Wooden bridges and jetties are being replaced with concrete and steel structures, barns are falling down, and bungalows turn into haysheds before they too go back to the earth...

353. Worker's Cottage, Bothwell Rd near Apsley

311. Ross Bridge reflections

312. Fairlands farm building, Somerset, NW Coast

315. Convict-built stone barn near the original settlement site of Risdon Cove

319. Georgian style building built as a holding prison for convict road-gangs; c.1840 at Corra Linn, Relbia Rd, Relbia, northern Tasmania

320. O'Halloran Hill settler's cottage, Irishtown

327. McConnon homestead, Levendale

328 Original Wiggins homestead at Levendale

329. Cottage and twin sheds Levendale - originally the only shop in the village

352. Hop-picker's Hut, Molesworth - Derwent Valley

330. Old Friends, mutual support - leaning sheds at Levendale

332. Shingled barn on the Woodsdale - Levendale Rd

336. Rose cottage, Jericho - once the blacksmith's

339. Cygnet Barn, Slab Road

341. Cygnet cottage - now a hayshed

343. Cygnet farm building - a former abbatoir, judging from its height.

345. Labourer's hut at Cradoc, in the Huon Valley - now used for storing hay

335. The 'Red Bridge' at Campbell Town - Built in 1838 using convict labour, the ‘Red Bridge’ crosses the Elizabeth River at Campbell Town. It is the oldest surviving brick arch bridge in Australia, as well as the oldest bridge anywhere on the National Highway. It consists of three arch spans each of 7.6 m accommodating two lanes of traffic as well as pedestrian walkways. It lies on the Midlands Highway, roughly halfway between Hobart and Launceston, carrying over two million vehicles per year. Its design has been attributed to James Blackburn, himself a convict. It was constructed on dry land using 1,250,000 hand-made bricks, and after its completion the river was diverted to flow under it. It has been on the Register of the National Estate since 1978.

168a. Huon Settlers Cottage Krauses Rd

207. Sandstone Cottage near Dysart, southern Tasmania

304. 'Dunny and Daffodils' - Pelverata

420. Old bridge on the former East Coast main road - at Little Swanport. This bridge was recently totally destroyed by fire.

331. Bush Hut - near Levendale, Tasmania

348. Country bridge, Woodsdale - once part of the road through the village

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