If you've ever contemplated an ambitious tree-change to Tasmania's wild west coast this might be your chance, but caveat emptor — the property includes the ruins of a historic hotel in a ghost town.
If you've ever contemplated an ambitious tree-change to Tasmania's wild west coast, this might be your chance.The hotel was built in 1901, but has fallen into disrepair since the 1950sIn the little-known ghost town of Linda, 10 minutes from the small mining town of Queenstown, you'll find the blackened concrete ruins that were once the Royal Hotel, and it is on the market.
"Some Tasmanians but also some people from interstate, basically just people looking for peace and quiet," she said.The ruins of the Royal Hotel, known as the Old Linda Pub, and more modern structures, are seen in a real estate listing. "It's quite an imposing building, got quite a lot of history to it and it's quite peaceful," she said.Despite it's long history, there is not a lot of information formally recorded about the history of the Royal Hotel.
In the same piece, the Royal was considered as one of the town's "most conspicuous" buildings, with "comfort and cleanliness pervading everywhere".An undated photo of the township of Linda, in the Linda Valley in Tasmania's west. Mr Holmes said despite the fact Linda was technically part of the nearby town of Gormanston, it had it's own sense of identity.
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