Coming down from the mountain we wanted to cross the large central agricultural valley to the Western Mountains for a day of short walks. We were however sidetracked to one of the oldest homestead (UNESCO world Heritage site) Woolmers Estate est. 1817. We took the 2 hr guided tour to become familiar with the land development in the beginning of the Tasmanian colony. The first owner Thomas Archer 1 was followed up by son and grandsons down to Thomas 6 who died in 1994 unmarried. He bequeathed the property and its content to the Archers historical Foundation.
The estate started with a large land grant accompanied with several convict laborers. The main produce was sheep and wool and later apples and apple cider.  Over the years many convicts (servants) have worked on the estate till the system was abolished in 1840 and stayed on afterwards. During the tour we saw the Main house which, like all buildings is kept in its original style (including furniture) and several outer cottages, blacksmith shop and large wool shed. The wool was exported to England. 

Late in the afternoon we drove on, crossing rivers to the other side of the valley and found a small riverside campsite in Bracknell.