Richmond's famous convict bridge (1823) I have had not one, but two visits to Richmond in the last week or two. We've had appalling weather for at least a month, so the first time the sun managed to struggle out from behind the clouds, #1 granddaughter gathered me up and drove me Richmond for afternoon tea. One by-product of the weather we've been having was that everything was lovely and green, something which I have rarely seen in this area. Richmond was its usual charming self. It's Australia’s oldest intact Georgian village and has quaint cottages and stately homes, a historic bridge, a river with ducks, several vineyards and eateries and its historic goal. It took me a long time to realise that much of what we admire in Tasmania today would not have been possible without the toil, misery and free labour of convicts. I had planned to visit one of two Christmas tree farms in this area, but one wasn’t open yet and the other hadn’t yet put up its Chri...
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