Convict Walk & Suspension Bridge
The only place in Australia where you can walk between two UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Walk the Path They Walked
Woolmers Estate and Brickendon Estate sit side by side in Longford, Tasmania's Northern Midlands, connected by a 2.8km walking track that follows the same paths convicts walked in the 1820s and 1830s. Together, these are the only UNESCO-listed Australian Convict Sites in Northern Tasmania, and the Convict Farm Walk is the most immersive way to experience them both.
This is not a recreation or a themed trail. You are walking through the actual landscape where convicts assigned under the Assignment System lived and worked. Where they collected water from the river, dug drainage ditches through wet paddocks, and built the buildings that still stand on both estates today.
Convict Walk
Walk the paths convicts walked in the 1820s and 1830s, through the actual landscape where they lived and worked.
Suspension Bridge
Cross the Macquarie River via a 40-metre suspension bridge connecting both World Heritage properties.
Interpretive Content
Meet the individual convicts who worked this land, their daily lives brought into focus against the same backdrop they would have known.
The Suspension Bridge
The suspension bridge spans the Macquarie River, connecting Woolmers Estate and Brickendon Estate. It provides a dramatic crossing point on the Convict Walk, offering views across both properties and the river valley that has been at the heart of this landscape for over 200 years.
The bridge is accessible from both estates, making it possible to begin your walk from either Woolmers or Brickendon.
Two Estates, One Combined Ticket
Your combined admission ticket gives you access to both UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Convict Farm Walk between them, and the Unshackled digital exhibition at Woolmers. You can start from either estate, but here is how a day looks beginning at Woolmers.
Explore the estate grounds, all 18 original heritage buildings, and the Unshackled experience. Wander the National Rose Garden (spectacular blooms October to February). If you have booked The Woolmers Experience guided buggy tour, we recommend the 10:30am session to give yourself a full day across both properties. When you are ready, follow the Convict Farm Walk to Brickendon Estate.
At Brickendon, you will find a working heritage farm settled in 1824 and still farmed by 7th-generation Archer descendants. Explore more than 20 convict-built buildings in the 1820s Farm Village, walk the 4-hectare Heritage Gardens surrounding the Georgian homestead, and catch the daily animal feeding at 10:15am on this 465-hectare property. A very different but equally fascinating perspective on how the Assignment System shaped colonial Tasmania.
Plan Your Walk
Distance & Time
2.8km one way
Approx. 50 minutes at an easy pace
Terrain
Hawthorn-lined fences through open farmland
40-metre suspension bridge crossing
Starting Points
Begin from Woolmers or Brickendon
Bridge Hours
Suspension bridge closed 5pm – 9am
Year round for safety
Trail Essentials
*Brickendon Estate is a working property with farm animals. Dogs must remain on lead at all times. Owners are responsible for their dogs around farm animals.