Bothwell, Australia Tourism

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excellent trout fishing waters (Arthurs Lake, Penstock Lagoon, Lake Echo).

This quiet little country town has more than 50 fine 19th C. buildings. The Castle Hotel in Patrick Street dates from 1829, with an 1860 extension. St Luke's Uniting Church (built by John Leo Archer in 1831) is Australia's second oldest Presbyterian church; the figures over the doorway were carved by the convict sculptor Daniel Herbert. The Georgian-style Slate House (High Street) was built in 1835. The 'Coffee Palace' in Dalrymple Street is now a museum. Wentworth House (1833) belonged to a brother of William Wentworth, one of the team who found a passage through the Blue Mountains. The old post office, a timber building of 1891, originally housed the Van Diemen's Land Bank.

Round Bothwell there are a number of other interesting old buildings, for example Thorpe Mill (2km north) with its large water wheel.