In days of yore - Campbell Town, Tasmania

@JudyEv (325345)

Rockingham, Australia

August 8, 2018 1:56am CST

When we were in Tasmania, recently we came across these great road installations in the area of Campbell Town. I had to take the photos from the car as we drove by so there wasn’t time for niceties such as zooming up or focussing really well. I think they are just tin cutouts but they are very nicely done. The town used to be a staging post and the inn, The Foxhunter’s Return, was built by convicts. A second-hand and antique bookshop occupies the extensive cellars under the hotel. Judging by the last of the installations, maybe they had the odd bushranger in the area.

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@LadyDuck (457412)

• Switzerland

8 Aug 18

I like the two top installation, the third is a bit scary.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

The third one is very impressive from a distance. It's set up on a hill and visible for quite some distance.

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@LadyDuck (457412)

• Switzerland

9 Aug 18

@JudyEv I like the first one a lot, it is impressive for sure.

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@topffer (42156)

• France

8 Aug 18

The first photo is great : due to the backlight one would think that this scene is real

So, there was not only Tasmanian devils but also Tasmanian bandits

? Charming place for holidays

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I love the tree and scenery in the second one so I didn't crop it any more.

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@snowy22315 (169641)

• United States

8 Aug 18

They are very nicely done! It sounds like a fun place to visit.

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@snowy22315 (169641)

• United States

9 Aug 18

@JudyEv we have some covered wooden bridgesvherevthat are very old.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

There is a very old bridge there too which was built by convicts and is still being used.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 18

@snowy22315 I've read about them and seen photos. I'd love to see one 'for real'.

@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

8 Aug 18

So, a bushranger is an outlaw? You guys drove by too quickly to stop for a look at the second-hand shop? What if there was a great, one-of-a-kind buy there? You missed it!

I like all three of the cutouts, Judy. Thank you for sharing them with us!

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

10 Aug 18

So...

how often have you and Vince rustled cattle or sheep? Were they good?

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 18

@DaddyEvil The steaks of the last little steer were to die for!

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

Yes. A bushranger 'ranged the bush' and might have stolen cattle and/or horses. They also held up the stage-coaches and robbed the passengers, stole the mail or any gold bullion etc.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305532)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Aug 18

Those are interesting sculptures and makes you think about the country you're going through. I think you did well with the photos.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (305532)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

9 Aug 18

@JudyEv I'm sure it was hard to find a place to stop, but you did a great job with those pictures through your windscreen.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Aug 18

@just4him Thanks

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I took a lot through the windscreen. When you are towing a caravan it can be hard to find a safe place to pull off.

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@DesirousDreamer (34783)

• Peoria, Arizona

8 Aug 18

I love these, they are so interesting!

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

Thanks. I loved the first one but didn't expect to see more along the same lines.

Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

8 Aug 18

impressive statues

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@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

9 Aug 18

@JudyEv yes they look realistic. I expect if I saw them without warning I might think there is actual fighting going on at first

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

There has been a lot of work put into them I think.

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@MattMeng (3434)

• Hangzhou, China

8 Aug 18

It is so beautiful, and I hope I could be there one day.

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@MattMeng (3434)

• Hangzhou, China

15 Aug 18

@JudyEv Yes, it rather nice.

@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

Tasmania is a very pretty country.

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@Freelanzer (10745)

• Canada

8 Aug 18

I was fooled at first, I thought they were real especially the first photo.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I guess I knew they weren't real so it never occurred to me that someone might think they were.

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@JamesHxstatic (29237)

• Eugene, Oregon

8 Aug 18

Interesting stuff, very much like the American west.

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@JamesHxstatic (29237)

• Eugene, Oregon

10 Aug 18

@JudyEv Ohh, I suppose so.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I think our first coaches were Concord coaches from the US.

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

9 Aug 18

Those re nice as reminders.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Aug 18

I think so too.

@Shiva49 (26192)

• Singapore

8 Aug 18

Very interesting to have these cutouts to remind us of our past. Obviously, you made a quick getaway and that accounts for the lower picture quality of the third photo! siva

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

We were some distance from the last cutout so I cropped it a lot but it possibly looks better further away.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Aug 18

What wasn't built by convicts in Tasmania lol!

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I can't think of anything!

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

8 Aug 18

Wow those are nice and fun to see as your drive by I imagine. The images remind me of the American Old West...

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to create these.

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@changjiangzhibin89 (16518)

• China

8 Aug 18

Those tin cutouts not only relieve a boring drive,but make you muse over things of the remote past.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

That's true. The stage-coaches were an important form of transport in the early days.

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@xFiacre (12614)

• Ireland

8 Aug 18

@judyev I don’t know why but those scenes make me want to go and live in Tasmania back in the day. Strange. Couldn’t tolerate the long flight to get there. Ah! Steam ship- that’s how I’ll go.

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@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Aug 18

I don't know about steamship. Maybe ocean liner? Or catch an ocean-going yacht.