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Last Tuesday we visited Somercotes, an old farming property near Ross.

Now what makes this place worth posting about: it's not a house museum, it's a working farm with an assortment of outbuildings and an old homestead they're trying to maintain. So it has some rather interesting features.


I did completely forget to get a photo of the whole house but there is one here or an older one. If you've ever been down to Hobart, you've probably seen it in the middle of a paddock just after the second turn off to Ross. Unless you are looking at the other side of the road.

The estate was established by Captain Horton back in 1823, which is of course, a Long Time Ago. The focus then was on establishing the farm buildings and the house was constructed later, sometime before 1842.

( Interestings bits to do with house )

( Interesting bits to do with other buildings )

One woolshed. Exciting stuff here!



Nice rustic scene, although the post & rail fence is fairly new. The woolshed itself possibly pre-dates the main house and was built in the 1830s, or maybe earlier.

The left side (two windows & door) is the main shearing area. On the right is a side room where stuff like classing & baling goes on.

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