fluffyhead Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Hi PIO people. Anybody live or work in Oatlands? Research suggests a beautiful place, but what is like to live and work there? Early days yet but may have sponsorship for 457:biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyhead Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 That quiet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibovered Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Oatlands is a lovely place, we've visited quite a few times, but it's tiny and quite far from the major Tassie towns, I think your chances of finding a job there would be pretty slim unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siamsusie Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 We like Oatlands very much, its a beautiful Georgian town. Oatlands is about one hours’ drive (84 kilometres/52 miles) north of Hobart or 90 minutes’ south of Launceston. Employment wise what were you thinking of doing? and welcome to the Tasmania thread. Susie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Oatlands has a population of only about 500 people: it is basically a service town for the surrounding agricultural area which is comprised mostly of large sheep grazing properties. It is quite picturesque - it has the largest number of Georgian buildings of any town in Australia. The Callington mill there has recently been authentically restored - a traditional Lincolnshire windmill design - and is now producing flour in the traditional way for an artisan bakery there. Oatlands is about 1200 feet above sea level and can get quite cold in winter. Occasionally the highway around there can be closed because of snow, although that is much rarer now than it used to be. The daughter of a friend of ours teaches at the local primary school and she really likes it, but she travels up every day from the northern suburbs of Hobart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Oatlands is about 1200 feet above sea level and can get quite cold in winter. Occasionally the highway around there can be closed because of snow, although that is much rarer now than it used to be. As I was saying....:biggrin: http://www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts/86/midland-highway/ Spring Hill is south of Oatlands and St. Peter's Pass north of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyhead Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Thank you all for the very informative comments. It sounds an amazing place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siamsusie Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 All these places, like Ross, Richmond, Campbell Town, Evandale, they are steeped in history with wonderful sandstone, colonial buildings. Susie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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