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Exploring the Heritage Highway.

Leave Hobart along the Brooker Highway north and cross the bridge at Granton into Bridgewater, the start of the Midland or Heritage Highway. Bridgewater has a large shopping centre on the hill overlooking the town, and the highway is a major industrial area. Continue on to Brighton and take the road to the right to Bonorong Wildlife Park to see the animals. Return to the highway and travel through Brghton, across the bridge in the tiny hamlet of Pontville, up the hill past the large church on the right, and onto the Mangalore Straights. You will see several magnificent colonial buildings on the left as you travel along. At Bagdad there is an antique centre on the right and the service station is a Wilkins Tourist Maps Information Centre where you can get maps of the highway and other areas.
The road begins to climb here and a little way up the hill, on the right, is a turn-off to the Big Gumboot go-kart centre.

Continue on through Dysart to the historic town of Kempton on your left. A short detour will let you see a couple of fine Georgian homes and a railway display in the town centre. Keep going through the town and rejoin the highway near 'Mood Food' and continue to Melton Mowbray, the junction of the Lakes Hwy from Deloraine in the north. Continue up the hill for some 15km or so and start watching the left side of the road for cut-out sculptures. The most obvious is a highway robber but there are Tasmanian Tigers, a stagecoach and others to look for between Jericho and Oatlands. Turn in to Jericho and turn right to see the old convict holding station and rejoin the road to the north and continue to Oatlands.
Oatlands has dozens of historic buildings. Many are classified by the National Trust and include the wonderful Callington Mill. A walk down the main street will take you to yesteryear. Rejoin the highway to the north and continue on to Tunbridge Wells, a small town halfway between Hobart and Launceston and see the historic display in the main street before heading to Ross.

The Ross Bridge and the church are amongst Australia's oldest remaining structures. The whole town is picture postcard perfect and there is an excellent bakery near the pub. You can picnic near the river before continuing on to Campbell Town. At campbell Town there are many information plaques around the town describing the historic sites. The information centre here carries a full range of our maps for your information. The most recent attraction in the town is a convict walk on the western footpath where bricks have been set in with names of transported convicts. The Red Brick bridge across the Macquarie River is one of Australia's most significant.
Continue north, past the Esk Main Road to St Marys and the east coast, past Conara Junction, and through Cleveland to Epping Forest. This is a good place to stop for a coffee if you haven't already done so. From Epping Forest you will pass the Symmons Plains raceway before coming in to Perth, a small and busy town at the junction of the turn off to Devonport and the Ferry. Keep going 10km or so to the roundabout and turn south to historic Evandale and on south to Clarendon House, another National Trust property.

Return to Evandale and visit the memorial to artist John Glover who lived and worked here before again heading north, past the airport, straight through the roundabout and enter Launceston from the south through Kings Meadows.
Franklin House is another prized National Trust property and is on the right just after you enter the built up area.

The Heritage Highway is just that. An informative tour of many of Tasmania's most significant historical towns and buildings. The whole trip is around 200km and 2 hours of actual driving time. How much time you spend exploring is your decision.