Today's walk was lead by Mendelt and because it was a new walk we had little idea what was involved. It soon became apparent that he had spent a lot of time researching the New Town area and this was really appreciated by the walkers who attended.
Throughout the walk Mendelt provided history, interesting facts and anecdotes about the streets and buildings we passed.
The walk commenced in the car park getting the general history of New Town and an idea of what to expect during the walk (ps. the time was actually 9:38 not 10:38 as shown in this photo).
Stopping at the site of the former Rosella factory which is now part of the Hockey Tasmania Complex.
Not sure what these are but they added interest to the front yard of this house.
Shopping trolleys they are everywhere!
Is this an egg in the tree?
One of the many historical houses that Mendelt provided information about.
The New Town equivalent to Arthur's Circus. The hill in the background is Mt Direction - the location of next weeks walk.
Morning Tea at Mendelt's Manor
Continuing on after morning tea.
Mendelt explaining that Pirie Street was once the main road out of Hobart.
Although the sky was threatening a storm we were fortunate to have good weather for the duration of the walk.
More houses on Pirie Street.
Buildings on Main Road New Town including the former Post Office.
Stoke House
Lunch in a little park at the intersection of Stoke Street and Main Road.
We walked past the house in which Joseph Lyons and his wife lived.
There are some amazing sights in New Town - Leonidas King of Sparta - who would have expected that!
St Johns church
Tower Road - its easy to see where it gets its name from
New Town Rivulet
This building once provided accommodation for trainee nurses - now it is private apartments.
Swanston House and stables
Along Risdon Road
Lauderdale House - Risdon road. The owner was kind enough to allow us to enter the property for a closer look.
All up it took us about 5hrs to walk 11.8kms. Thanks to Mendelt we got an insight into the rich history of the New Town area and passed lots of historically significant buildings - because of this today's blog looks a bit like a realtors catalogue. It was also significant that a number of the grand buildings built in the 1800's were built by people with interesting backgrounds.
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