Auld Kirk

Tasmania


Built in 1843 by convict and free labour, the 'Old Church’ is a much-loved local institution. Sadly, it is rarely open these days. It sits in the shadow of the Batman Bridge (pronounced 'Batm'n'), which opened in 1968 as one of the world’s first cable-stayed truss bridges.


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