Legerwood is a must visit for the carved memorial trees.
History:
Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees are trees sculpted into World War One soldiers in Dorset, Tasmania. The 25 statues depict the fallen men they were planted for in 1918.
During a ceremony at the railway reserve at Ringarooma Road (renamed Legerwood in December, 1918) trees were planted in honour of fallen soldiers. As the names were called out, a relative of the soldier came forward to hold the tree before planting. In 2001, a report indicated that the trees were no longer safe and the community were devastated that the memorials would be lost. By 2004, it was decided that each of the stumps would be carved into the likeness of each soldier. A chainsaw carver, Eddie Freeman of Ross, was asked by the Legerwood Hall and Reserves Committee to sculpt the masterpieces. Various scenes depicting world War One were also carved.
Walk along the avenue of trees and take in the World War One history displayed. Notice the Weymouth Pine at each end of the avenue representing Gallipoli and the Anzac soldiers who fought during this time. Enjoy the picnic area and peaceful surroundings.
The Angus visits series. Angus has been busy visiting all sorts of locations. You may like to set the goal of finding all of Angus’ visits, so, for your convenience, there is a continually updated list in the Description of Angus visits Port Sorell [GC91B1R].
The Angus story:
Angus was my first West Highland White Terrier. He was my buddy, my navigator and my little man. He came to me when I retired and hit the road in my motor home [Mylittlebus] in 2006. He travelled all around Australia. Meeting new people every day, he was very social and loved nothing more than poking his nose into other motorhomes and caravans. Beaches were his favourite walks. He was joined by Maggie in 2016 but bonded more closely with the third addition, Mollie, six months later. Mollie was Angus' shadow. He taught her everything - how to 'come', how to 'stay', how to swim, how to navigate and much more. To this day, due to Angus' lessons, Mollie is better behaved than her older sister Maggie. Angus had the unique canine experience of having visited EVERY town in Tasmania in 2016/17. There is a hard cover photographic coffee table book “Every Town in Tassie’ in many Tasmanian and mainland homes. We tragically lost Angus at age 12 at Opossum Bay on South Arm in southern Tasmania. We miss Angus every day but he lives on in our geocaching adventures. Maggie, Mollie and I are now based in Latrobe but still travel and maintain our travel page on Facebook - TASMANIA ALL OVER.