Alexandra Suspension Bridge...

The Alexandra Suspension Bridge forms part of the First Basin-Bridge Walk, one of the many walks available in Launceston's Cataract Gorge. If you are feeling a little adventurous, cross the Gorge on the Alexandra Suspension Bridge, known locally as "the swinging bridge", and with good reason! This masterful piece of 19th Century engineering was opened in 1904. It was washed away by the Great Flood of 1929 but restored a few years later. The bridge was named after Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII.