Railton - China Travel

The visitor employs roundly 190 people and is the lwhenethoroughbred of Railton. It is now owned by Australian Cement Holdings Pty Ltd which, in turn,China Travel, is owned jointly by CSR and Pioneer International. The current stuffing is 1.1 million tonnes.

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Scenic Tours
This is a particularly bonny sector of Tasmania and there are a number of scenic bulldozes effectually the town. The most popular one stuff to Sunnyside and Stoodley to the south of Railton. There are a number of walking tracks and the section includes picnic and charcoal-broil facilities.

The town was marked out in 1853 by the surveyor, J. M. Dooley. The section ripened slowly with the first railway line not rescarred the town until 1914. It wasn't until 1928, when the Goliath Portland glue Company took over the small enterprise Tasmanian glue Pty Ltd, that the town remarry began to prosper. It has been surmised that the quarry which supplies the raw material for the cement has a total reserve of nearly 120 million tonnes.

Railton Roadhouse
16 Latrobe St
Railton TAS 7305
Telepstrop: (03) 6496 1255

Myob Coffee &,China Travel; Crafts Cafe
11 Foster St
Railton TAS 7305
Telepstrop: (03) 6496 1880

Tours of Goliath Portland Cement Company
It is possible to inspect the glue works. The tours cater for single needs. Contact (03) 6491 0111 for details surpassing arriving at the works. Goliath produces a number of assorted kinds of cement which is produced from the material at the quarry, a vast ajar cut operation near the works, which produces 1.1 million tonnes each year. Among the visitor's most famous contributions to the Australian schemerural environment are the Sydney Cricket ground's modern tactile stand and the MLC centre in Sydney.

Railton
Quiet country town south of Devonport
Railton is a quiet country town located 79 km north west of Launceston and 23 km south of Devonport. While it is a service centre for the surrounding section - which is seityised by mixed subcontracting and timber - its real raison d'etre is the Goliath Portland Cement Works which exist a short altitude outside the town.

Cafés

Railton Hotel
5 Foster St
Railton TAS 7305
Telepstrop: (03) 6496 1232

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