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Heritage Highway Instameet 9th April 2017

DOIN' IT #TASSIESTYLE Our day started at 8.15 am on a cold wet Sunday morning, where a group of 35 Instagrammers met at Brooke Street Pier to board a Gray Line coach for a day of adventure, #TassieStyle ! with great company, great food and to top it off, Whisky and Gin tastings. OATLANDS AND CALLINGTON MILL Our first stop was Oatlands, one of Tasmania's oldest settlements located 84 km north of Hobart, a beautiful town full of sandstone buildings. A few of us were chosen to enjoy a guided tour of the mill, complete with matching accessories that came in the shape of hair nets and hard hats!, Alison guided us through the mill, climbing up the steep narrow stairs was great fun and the view from the top floor was incredible, the best views of Oatlands, well worth doing. A working Georgian windmill built in 1837, Callington Mill was restored to full working order in 2010. The mill is the only working mill of its type in the southern hemisphere, producing quality fl...