Upcoming Excursions

THRA Chudleigh Valley Excursion 5 to 7 March 2010  -  THIS EXCURSION IS NOW FULL
This will be a weekend highlighting the diverse range of historic features and old skills of the valley.

Landmarks visited will include Native Hut Corner, The Den, the Nine Foot, the Alum Cliffs, Wet Cave Reserve, the fortified barn complex at Old Wesleydale, and more.

• Travel within the valley will be by bus
• Catering will include a barbecue on Friday evening, and dinner on Saturday with Alison Alexander speaking about novelist Marie Bjelke Petersen in the valley
• Local identities will lead various sections of the programme

Further details and costs will be provided later, but now is the time to book accommodation. Numbers limited to 40.

The following places are holding vacancies for THRA until the end of August. When booking, please state you are a THRA participant.

Blackwood Park Cottage, Ph 63 631208
1-2 bedroom cottage, $195 for 4, self-catering

Engadine, Ph 63 631424
1-2 bedroom cottage, $120 double, $20 extra person, self catering

Mole Creek Guest House, Ph 63 631399
5 rooms, range $160-140 double. Breakfast included most rooms

Mole Creek Holiday Village, Ph 63 636124
6 chalets (2 chalets for 6, others 4). $120 double, $30 extra person. Self catering.

Mole Creek Hotel, Ph 63 631102
9 rooms, $95 double, continental breakfast

Mole Creek Lodge, Ph 63 678227
2 queen ensuite rooms, $135 double, 3 nights discount. Cooked breakfast

Rosewick Cottage, Ph 63 631354
3 rooms (1 double, 1 twin, 1 single), $85 double, $25 extra person, self catering

Springfield Deer Farm, Ph 0427 522 527
1 double room in cottage, $99 per night

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Please return to PO Box 441, Sandy Bay 7006 (or drop in Alison’s letter-box at 17 Dynnyrne Road, or university pigeon-hole) within a week of receiving August newsletter

I/we have booked accommodation for the Chudleigh Valley Expedition at

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Past Excursions

Excursions in 2008 have been to follow the Jordan River on March 15-16 and June 15. An afternoon tea at Summerhome in Moonah on October 12. There were also two excursions to Anglesea Barracks.

Click on the thumbnails to view photos of previous excursions.

Woodsdale, Stonehenge and beyond On Sunday 4 October, 2009 THRA held an excursion to Woodsdale and Stonehenge.

Runnymede, New Town
A rare nineteenth-century whaling family’s home named after Captain Charles Bayley’s favourite ship, Runnymede was the home of members of the family for more than a hundred years. The house contains rich collections of material related to the whaling and maritime interests of the family as well as artworks and family possessions of the previous owner Francis Nixon, Tasmania’s first Anglican Bishop. Runnymede survives with house, cottage and coach house within extensive gardens. It is owned and operated by the National Trust.

THRA has organised an excursion to Runnymede on Sunday afternoon 28 June. The house is situated in Bay Road, and there is a car park beside the house off Bay Road on the right as you go down the hill. Please meet in the garden at 2 pm, and you’re advised to wear clothing suitable for a historic house in winter, i.e. warm. We will be shown round the house, and enjoy a traditional afternoon tea. Cost $12 per head.

Down the Isis and Elizabeth Rivers
The THRA weekend excursion for 2009 will be following the courses of the Macquarie, Isis and Elizabeth Rivers. It will be based in Campbell Town, and organised by Mary Ramsay (thanks, Mary).

The cost is $90 per person, which covers bus travel (air conditioned) for two days, 1 dinner, 2 lunches, 2 morning teas and 2 afternoon teas, as well as printed notes.

There is adequate accommodation in Campbell Town. The Foxhunters' Return 6381 1602 offers a discount for THRA members, and you can also book at Ivy on Glenelg 6381 1228, the pub 6381 1494, the Gables 6381 1347, or at Ross. You will need to get yourself to and from Campbell Town - the bus is based there.

Excursionists will be sent a detailed itinerary in February 2009.