Sidmouth to Rowella

Fingerboard signs at the southern terminus of C724 - the junction with Batman Highway (B73), 1km west of Batman Bridge. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.

Introduced: 1980

Length: 7km

Northern Terminus: Rowella (eastern end of West Bay Jetty Rd)

Southern Terminus: Batman Highway (B73) & Rowella Rd (C724), 1km west of Batman Bridge

Route taken: Rowella Rd, West Bay Jetty Rd

Focal Points: Sidmouth, Kayena, Rowella

Responsibility: Local Government

Route C724 is a minor rural route in northern Tasmania, branching from the Batman Highway (B73) on the western side of Batman Bridge and serving a rich wine-growing area alongside the Tamar River. The route is fully sealed and ends right on the Tamar River at Rowella.

Photos of route C724
	AD sign westbound on Batman Highway (B73) approaching the junction with Rowella Rd (C724). Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard signs at the southern terminus of C724 - the junction of Batman Highway (B73) & Rowella Rd (C724), 1km west of Batman Bridge. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Other side of the fingerboard signs at the southern terminus of C724 - the junction of Batman Highway (B73) & Rowella Rd (C724), 1km west of Batman Bridge. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Rowella Rd (C724) looking north from Batman Highway. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard sign facing southbound C724 traffic at the junction with Auld Kirk Rd, 1km north of Batman Highway. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	View south from C724 (Rowella Rd) over the Tamar River towards Batman Bridge, south of Kayena. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Looking south through beautiful countryside south of Kayena, with Devil's Elbow Reach of the Tamar River on the left. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Looking south at the intersection of Rowella Rd (C724) & Kayena Rd in Kayena. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard sign at the intersection of Rowella Rd (C724) & Kayena Rd in Kayena, pointing southbound traffic towards the Batman Highway. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Rowella Rd (C724), looking south from the junction with Auburn Rd in Kayena. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard signs at the intersection of Rowella Rd (C724) & Auburn Rd, Kayena. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007. The fingerboards in the above photo were replaced by this travesty in early 2010. Requests to West Tamar Council to fix the right-pointing fingerboard have not yet yielded a result. Source: Peter Renshaw, March 2010.
	Rowella Rd (C724) looking north from Auburn Rd towards Rowella Hall - located in the clump of trees, top left of photo. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Rowella Rd (C724) looking south from Rowella Hall towards Kayena. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Nineteenth century milestone adjacent to Rowella Rd (C724) outside Rowella Hall (in background). 'R' refers to Rowella. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	The other side of the nineteenth century milestone adjacent to Rowella Rd (C724). 'L' refers to Launceston. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Rowella Rd (C724) looking north from Rowella Hall. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	North of Rowella Hall, Rowella Rd and C724 make a 90 degree turn to the east at the intersection with Westwoods Rd & Blackwood Hills Rd. This fingerboard sign faces northbound traffic. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Fingerboard sign facing southbound C724 traffic at the intersection of Rowella Rd (C724), Westwoods Rd & Blackwood Hills Rd. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	The last 2km of C724 are dead straight - this view is looking east towards the Tamar River from Westwoods Rd. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.
	Looking west at the end of Rowella Rd - ends at the intersection in the foreground. C724 continues east as a gravel road - the beginnings of which are visible in the foreground of the photo - behind the camera before ending at Holm Oaks Vineyard on the Tamar River bank. Source: Peter Renshaw, May 2007.