Sorell, Tasmania

Sorell is a town and suburb of Hobart in the South East of the Australian state of Tasmania. It is located 33 km north-east of Hobart at the bay Pittwater. In the census 2006 1.546 inhabitants were counted .. The Tasman Highway ( A3) passes through the town and the Arthur Highway (A9 ) branches there from him.

Sorell Causeway

Previously, the city was known as a station on the road from Hobart to Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula. 1872, the Sorell Causeway was opened, a dam, the Tasman Highway runs along the direction today from Cambridge about Midway Point, which separates the Orielton Lagoon from Pittwater. This shortened the route from Hobart to Port Arthur, which led earlier about Richmond, clearly.