Day 58 - Low Head to Hadspen near Launceston

It was fine and cold this morning, twelve degrees with a strong westerly wind.

The 67km drive down the eastern side of the Tamar River to Hadspen was uneventful. Hadspen is a small town about 15km SW of Launceston.  After setting up camp and having lunch we headed off for a drive in the area south of Hadspen.  Places we passed through included Longford, Perth and Evandale.

We struggled to find things worthy of photographing.  This was not surprising as we were in relatively flat, river plain country.  The bigger rivers were the South Esk and Macquarie Rivers. To each side of us as we drove south were, on the right hand side, the Central Highlands and on the left hand side, The Ben Lomond National Park.

260415 Macquarie River near Longford

260415  South Esk River in the late afternoon sunlight

260415 Mountains in Ben Lomond National Park

260415 Mountains in the Central Highlands

Much to our surprise we came across a grain receiving site, much smaller than the ones in other states, so some of the fields we passed may well have been grain fields.

260415 Grain storage near Evandale

260415 Longer storage sheds

There were many sheep flocks and some cattle herds and, for the first time, we saw cattle yards and a small abattoir.

260415 Stock receiving facilities near Evandale

Not far from Longford we passed by the famous Tasmanian car racing circuit at Symmons Plains. There were cars on the circuit, probably doing time trials for Targa Tasmania, which starts this weekend.  There are many road closures in the NE area of Tasmania for Targa Tasmania over the next few days.

260415 Porsche cars waiting for their turn on the Symmons Plains circuit

260415 Cars on the track at Symmons Plains

260415 A competitor in Targa Tasmania

Evandale is an historic town and it was beautifully maintained.  We photographed two churches in the main street which demonstrate the way the town is presented.  The church signs confirm, while the churches are for different denominations, the names are the same.

260415 St Andrews Anglican Church at Evandale

260415 Different denomination, same name

260415 St Andrews Uniting Church at Evandale

260415 Different denomination, same name

Today was a quiet day and we appreciated the change of pace.