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Campbell Town Voyage Tips and guide

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    Not to be confused with Campbelltown or Campbeltown.

    Campbell Town is a small but picturesque town in Northeast Tasmania that makes a pleasant stop if you're driving the 200 km from Hobart to Launceston.

    Understand

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    Get in

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    Campbell Town is 45 mins from Launceston via the Midland Highway, which is mostly a freeway until Perth. From Hobart, just take the National Highway 1, but north this time, and this route is not a freeway north of Bagdad. There's no airport in Campbell Town, nor is there a train service.

    Get around

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    See

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    • 1 Heritage Highway Museum and Visitor Information Centre, 75 High Street. M-F: 10AM–3PM. Local history museum housed in the town hall. Free - and well worth the entry!.
    • 2 Valentine Park, High St. Park with toilets, kid's play facilities and monument to the 1874 transition of Venus observations.
    • 3 Blackburn Park. Park with BBQ and play facilities, with a view of the Red Bridge.

    Do

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    The Grange, the former residence of Dr William Valentine, is now the town meeting center and function hall.
    • 1 Campbell Town Agricultural Show. 2 days in early June. Oldest agricultural show in Australia, founded in 1838. $10 ($55 annual membership admits 2 adults and 2 children both days).
    • 2 Campbell Town Golf Club. 9 hole course, with rare orchids in the rough.

    Buy

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    • IGA supermarket and JJ's Bakery are on King Street, near the museum.

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    Drink

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    Sleep

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    • 1 Ivy on Glenelg, 9 Glenelg Street. B & B with some self catering facilities, in a house built in 1838. from $145.

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    Go next

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    Routes via Campbell Town
    PerthLaunceston N  S  RossHobart
    END W B34 E  Lake LeakeA3 jcn near Swansea



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