Located in the Meina, Great Lake, Arthurs Lake, Lake Sorell, Lake Crescent area of the Tasmanian Highlands

Located in Tasmania’s Great Lakes District in the central highlands are Lake Crescent and Lake Sorell, known as “two of the most beautiful lakes in the world” wrote a journalist for the Hobart Mercury in 1899.

On the shores of Lake Crescent historically renowned for its prime trophy fishing, is a unique opportunity to purchase this 56 acre lake front acreage property.  Records reveal how young fry from the Salmon Commissioners at Plenty were first deposited into Lake Crescent in the 1860’s and healthy stocks were maintained over the decades. Several years ago Inland Fisheries conducted a species management program, resulting in the closure of the lake to anglers but since then Lake Crescent has been restocked with trout and is set to become an angler’s paradise once more.

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Red Awnings Hobart

Red Heritage Hobart Tasmania

Is public opinion going to become the custodian of Tasmania’s Heritage? Well, with the sea of media interest surrounding the very public Red Awnings debate, a closer look at the impact of the media shows that this could be a possibility. After a few minutes on Google the following was revealed.  Type in ‘Red Awnings Hobart’ and you get  4,750 results, not including Facebook’s “Save the Red Awnings” site with 2,670 fans.

Then there was the “Save the Red Awnings” support rally outside of parliament house under the banner of Supporting Life Liberty & Beauty in Hobart that saw supporters carrying red balloons and symbolic red umbrellas. The rally was attended by Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings who personally likes the red awnings and although a passionate supporter of Tasmanian heritage she thought that in this instance the Heritage Council had got it wrong.

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The Priory Country Lodge

An Ode to the Past and Present

It’s a chilly winter’s morning at Bothwell, in central Tasmania. The mists have rolled in and the gentle falling of rain drums lightly on the century old tin roof of the Inn which once welcomed and warmed travellers, merchants, farmers and pioneers of many descriptions.
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