Campbell Town - town in Tasmania, Australia

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

Get in

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

See

• Heritage Highway Museum and Visitor Information Centre, 75 High Street, -41.92915°, 147.49385°. M-F: . Local history museum housed in the town hall. Free - and well worth the entry! 2015-09-02
• Valentine Park, High St, -41.92848°, 147.49445°. Park with toilets, kid's play facilities and monument to the 1874 transition of Venus observations. 2021-07-02
• Blackburn Park, -41.93302°, 147.49452°. Park with BBQ and play facilities, with a view of the Red Bridge. 2021-07-02

Do

• Campbell Town Agricultural Show, -41.9265°, 147.4880°. 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) 2023-02-25
• Campbell Town Golf Club, -41.94166°, 147.49039°. 9 hole course, with rare orchids in the rough. 2021-07-02

Buy

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

Eat

• Banjo's Bakery Cafe, 84 High St, -41.9278°, 147.4935°, +61 3 6381 1192. 2021-07-02

Drink

Sleep

• Ivy on Glenelg, 9 Glenelg Street, -41.92397°, 147.48979°. B & B with some self catering facilities, in a house built in 1838. from $145 2015-09-02

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