3rd Week - Wednesday - Ross

Packed up this morning.  First stop Campbell Town.  Walked up and down the main street for a look.  The information brochures say there is a convict walk here.  We were looking for a sign pointing out the walk.  Turns out it is a row of bricks along the main street.  Each brick has the name of a convict, their age, their offence and how long they were sentenced.  Not exactly what I was expecting but quite interesting.   Back in the car and off to Ross to set up and have lunch.  Our American friends had told us to have a scallop pie from the bakery here so Ian did.  Mine was a boring meat pie.  Both were nice.  After lunch we set off and walked to the convict female factory site.  There is one original building still standing and information boards where other buildings were.  We picked up a historic walk brochure and wound our way around the town.  We visited the original burial ground, 3 churches, town hall, original stables for military garrison horses and the barracks.  We ended at the Ross Bridge which was built by convict labour.  The buildings were well kept and very impressive.  Back to the van and as we are next to a river Ian went for a paddle.

Old Garrison stable