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About

In the heart of Ross, Tasmania's finest Heritage Village, we're a comfortable 1830's coaching inn with creaking stairs, cosy bedrooms and log fires. Our in-house bakery is Ross's original bakery and has one of Tasmania's last working wood-fired brick ovens, specialising in old-fashioned sourdough breads.

Wake to the smell of fresh baked bread and enjoy our unique Bakery breakfast of hot bread, croissants and pastries straight from the oven to your table. If it defeats you we'll give you a little takeaway bag so you can take your leftover bread and croissants for morning tea.

Convict built in 1832, the Ross Bakery Inn is a classic Georgian house built from Ross sandstone, with a permanent listing on the Tasmanian Heritage Register. Originally named the Sherwood Castle Inn, it served for many years as a coaching inn and horse change station on the Hobart Road. The Inn takes its present name from Ross Village's original Bakery that has operated alongside the Inn for over 150 years.

Today, the Ross Bakery Inn continues the tradition, offering travellers comfortable 3½ Star accommodation with stabling for the horses and the modern wonders of indoor plumbing.

Our Inn offers upstairs bedrooms with ensuites, TVs, fridges and tea/coffee making facilities. We also offer a small three bedded room above our Bakery for those who believe in Kiki, the character in the much loved Japanese anime "Majo No Takyubin" - loosely translated as "Kiki's Delivery Service".

If you're looking for a bit more space or privacy then our fully equipped Kirsty's Cottage is just down the street from our Ross Bakery Inn. The Cottage has 3 bedrooms (2 queensize beds and 2 singles), a family sized kitchen and lounge with log fire. We do the same Bakery breakfas but in a basket for you to take back to the Cottage.

Ross Village is the best halfway stopping point between Hobart and Launceston and is only an hour's drive to the East Coast. You can feel its magic as you cross its famous bridge and stroll down streets lined with English Elms, past old sandstone buildings dating back to Ross' origins as one of Tasmania's early garrison towns.

Relax, explore and enjoy the ambience of a friendly village that has managed better than any other we know to remain unspoilt by commercialism.

Ross Village won the 2008 Tasmanian Tidy Towns Award and won the National Tidy Towns Heritage Award.


PLEASE NOTE: Kiki's Room does not have ensuite facilities however the use of a shared bathroom/toilet is available. And guests staying in Kirsty's Cottage share the Cottage's single bathroom/toilet.

Attractions

At the centre of Tasmania's Heritage Highway region Ross is a picturesque Georgian village with a wealth of convict associations and a rich pastoral and military history.

The famous Ross Bridge is internationally recognised as one of the finest 3 arch sandstone bridges of its style in the world.

Completed in 1836 the Ross Bridge is an exquisite structure in itself, but it's the 186 extraordinary carvings on its stone arches that make it a most remarkable piece of Australian convict art; the principal stonemasons being Daniel Herbert - highwayman and James Colbeck - burglar. Visit the Tasmanian Wool Centre at Ross where you'll find their stories and many others in the most comprehensive interpretation of early colonial life rural Tasmania - with particular empahasis on the superfine wool industry.

At nearby Campbelltown you'll find a unique convict trail. Thousands of bricks set into the pavements of the town, each engraved with brief details of a convict. You never know you may trip over an ancestor or two; if not you can buy and plant a commemorative brick.

Just 20 minutes south of Ross you'll find the town of Oatlands. A lot bigger than Ross, and we reckon not as pretty, but well worth a detour to admire what is claimed to be the largest collection of colonial sandstone buildings in Australia, including a giant flour windmill that they're planning to restore to working order sometime soon.

Whilst Ross's central location makes it an ideal stopover for travellers on the Highway it's also a very practical base for touring the eastern part of Tasmania. Here are some attractions within an hour or so's drive.

- Launceston City, Cataract Gorge, Tamar Valley wineries.
- Ben Lomond, north east of Launceston. Spectacular mountain scenery, sometimes even skiable snow, John Glover country.
- To the west the Tiers, Great Lake (great fishing), Poatina Village an ex-Hydro construction camp well worth a visit.
- To the east the East coast resorts of Freycinet, Coles Bay & Bicheno.

Facilities

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Rooms

Blue Room

The Blue Room has a Queensize half tester bed, ensuite toilet and shower and also features an adjoining sitting room with TV, fridge and tea/coffee making facilities with fitered water. This room is upstairs.

Kiki's Room

Kiki's Room is a samll room upstairs above our Bakery. The room has 3 single beds and a TV/VCR to watch Kiki videos as well as tea/coffee making facilities with filtered water. NOTE: This room does not have a private ensuite however guests have the use of a shared bathroom toilet and shower downstairs.

Kirsty s Cottage

Our lovely little 3 bedroom cottage (c1880) just down the street from our Bakery & right in the centre of Ross Village. 2 rooms with queensize beds; 1 room with 2 single beds. Large kitchen & lounge with log fire. Great for family groups, first & second honeymoons or if you just want a bit more privacy and space

Pink Room

The Pink Room has a double bed and a single bed with ensuite toilet and shower. Facilities include TV, tea/coffee facilities with filtered water and a bar fridge. This room is upstairs.

The Apricot Room

The Apricot Room has 1 double bed and a single bed with a fold out divan in the adjoining lounge. The room has an ensuite toilet and shower, TV, tea/coffee making facilities with filtered water and a bar fridge. This room is upstairs.