Launceston, Australia
Tassie's Bridge-Obsessed Basin Town
"Where the Tamar Meets a Thousand Bridges (Approximately)"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing the confluence of two rivers meeting in a basin, flanked by a smug peacock from Cataract Gorge, surmounted by a fog bank so dense it obscures the motto entirely.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Cataract Gorge is genuinely stunning and I'll give it that, free peacocks and all, but the rest of the city seems to shut at 5pm sharp like it's personally offended you'd want dinner later than that. My hotel room had a lovely view of a roundabout. Also the fog rolled in off the river valley so thick one morning I lost my rental car in the CBD car park for two hours."— Barry Fenwick, Geelong VIC
Property Listing
Charming heritage-listed river city offering unparalleled access to a dramatic gorge, a basin prone to atmospheric 'character fog', and a CBD that closes for the evening with the punctuality of a Swiss train — perfect for buyers who consider 6pm 'late night'!
Twinned With
Bath — Both are handsome Georgian-tinged river towns that peaked architecturally a couple of centuries ago and are still dining out on it.
Supporting Evidence
Launceston's Cataract Gorge is home to the world's longest single-span chairlift, built to ferry tourists over a gorge most locals just walk around.