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Deloraine
 Bonney's Inn was established in 1831
(built in 1828) and is situated at 17 West
Parade. It was built as a coaching inn by John Bonney, the son of a
convict. The bricks used in it's construction were made by convicts and
Bonney designed the building along the lines of the coaching inns in
England with walls which are nearly 50 cm thick, cedar mantelpieces and
panelled walls. In 1853, as a result of his success of Bonney's Inn, John
Bonney built the Deloraine Hotel next door.
  Deloraine is a town on the
Meander River and 50 km west of Launceston in a major agricultural
centre. It was a council innovation to encourage streetscape sculpture - below
are just two of many dotted along the central city street - on right, my
photograph of the river is from the Historic Deloraine bridge.
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