Swansea, Tasmania

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Swansea
Tasmania

Morris General Store in the main street of Swansea
Population: 529 (2001)[1]
Postcode: 7190
Elevation: 11 m (36 ft) [2]
Location:
LGA: Glamorgan Spring Bay Council
State District: Lyons
Federal Division: Lyons
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
17.9 °C
64 °F		 7.8 °C
46 °F		 596 mm
23.5 in

Swansea, Tasmania, Australia is a town located in the center of Tasmania's east coast, on the northwest shore of Great Oyster Bay and overlooking Freycinet National Park. According to the 1996 census, the town's population was 495. 25.1% of the town's population were above the age of 65 - making it the Tasmanian town with the largest percentage of over-65-year-olds.

Schouten House, Swansea
Schouten House, Swansea

[edit] References

  1. ^ Population distribution. Government of Tasmania Department of Justice, Tasmania (2006-12-14). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology]. Retrieved on 2007-11-14

Coordinates: 42°07′37″S 148°04′37″E / -42.12684, 148.07698

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Swansea is a delightful historic town that overlooks the Great Oyster Bay, about halfway up the east coast. It also faces the marvelous Freycinet National Park .There are lots of lovely beaches, bays and rivers and and various activities such as sunbathing, swimming and fishing . There are the old saltworks ruins, the very unusual Spiky Bridge, Nine Mile Beach that forms the southern edge of Moulting Lagoon. The town of Swansea is physical eveidence of the early british settlement with its old building and unique infrastructure.