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Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Smithton and the Duck River

I thought we would venture to another area of Tasmania and away from the sea, but somehow the river is not far from the sea.

We stayed at the Smithton Caravan Park and it was a lovely stay back in March of this year. The caravan park is next to the Duck River in the town of Smithton on the North West Coast.

The photos are of the river when the tide is out, then when the tide is in as the river goes to the sea.

Part of the caravan park looking from the river, our caravan is the 3rd in the distance.

My husband had an accident in the caravan on that trip - he dropped all the ice cream cones and that's the mess..lol.

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Smithton isn't far from Stanley and is a larger town with about 4,000 people. It has a decent supermarket and plenty of shops. We went here often whilst staying at Stanley.

The economy of Smithton is agriculture main primarily of dairy and beef farming. Other major industries are fishing, aquaculture, crop farming, timber plantations and tourism.
A major center in the northwest of the State, several companies have established processing plants in Smithton. Major employers in the town include Greenham Tasmania, who operate a meat processing plant that prepares beef for export to Japan and the United States as well as Australian markets.
McCains Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd maintain potato storage, processing and freezing facilities in the town for production of French Fries.
Two timber mills are also located in Smithton, operated by Britton Bros and Ta Ann Tasmania.
Tasmanian Seafoods Pty Ltd operate an abalone processing facility and cannery as well as having heir head office located in the town.
Also Murray Goulburn (Dairy Company) have offices there.
Wikipedia.

In some of the photos you can see the Duck River.