Tasmania
Queenstown and Strahan
We had a quick look at Zeehan before leaving for Queenstown this morning. Zeehan is a classic “mining boom” town. Down the main street it has a run of half a dozen buildings which show its past mining affluence. Sadly the former grandeur of the town has now been been diluted with new buildings and […]
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Mining, Forests and Tasmanian Rivers.
Today, we drove from Stanley, south to the mining town of Zeehan. Our day was rich with mining towns, forests and rivers in this remote part of Western Tasmania. We began in the morning by driving back along the picturesque north coast of Tasmania to Wynyard. We relocated from the ‘Fresh Air Capital of the […]
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Tasmania’s Not So Wild West Coast
When the wind is strong, the seas along Tasmania’s west coast are rough and tempestuous. However, for us, the weather has been idyllic with only gentle breezes and lots of sunshine. Yesterday, we travelled from Stanley to Arthutr River and return but first, we took some time to explore the little town of Stanley. It […]
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From the Mountains to. the Sea at Stanley
It was cool this morning at Cradle Mountain – about 8C. I had a hearty beakfast fiollowed by a short walk along the Enchanted Walk that winds through the forest and returns to to Cradle Mountain Lodge along Pencil Pine Creek. Unfortunately it had a number of steps along the way so it wasn’t suitable […]
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Our Drive to Cradle Mountain
It seems that a very short distance will expose you to completely different environments in Tasmania. Yesterday, we travelled a little over 120 kilometres to get from Devonport to Cradle Mountain and found ourselves in completey worlds Along the way, we passed through several little towns that have invented some feature, other, that will help […]
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Exploring Devonport and Surrounds
Devonport is the third largest city in Tasmania with its fortunes based on the fact that it is the port for the Spirit of Tasmania ferry from Melbourne. Consequently it’s known as “The Gateway to Tasmania”. The fertile district around the Devonport area is known as “Australia’s market garden”. It ihas mild summers and cool, […]
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We Are All At Sea
Today is the start of our three-week long trip to Tasmania, although we left home yesterday to stay overnight in Geelong because of the early time of check in for the departure of the ferry to Devonport. I haven’t been to the You Yang Ranges for many years so we dropped in for a quick […]
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My Five Days in the Tarkine Forest
I am back in Launceston having completed the second of my two back to back photo workshops in Tasmania. We left last Saturday and the whole six hour journey to Corinna was in drizzling rain. Corinna is at the southern edge of the Tarkine Wllderness which has the highest annual rainfall in the state. We […]
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Five Days at Cradle Mountain
I’ve just returned to Launceston, Tasmania, after spending five days at Cradle Mountain with my friend Michael Snedic and a fellow group of quite serious photographers. This is a good time to be in this alpine area as Australia’s only deciduous native tree, the Nothofagus Gunnii, is turning yellow and gold as we near the […]
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Corinna – Part Two
Our second night at Corinna was very clear. The temperature was mild and the stars in the sky shone like diamonds. I managed to get a reasonable photo of the milky way between the trees near our cabin. Going back inside, I spied a number of little wallabies eating the grass and some possums sitting […]
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Corinna – Part One
Last week we spent a few days at a little ‘resort’ in the Tasmanian Tarkine Wilderness at a location called Corinna. This is a remote historic mining town set in pristine rainforest surrounded by stunning wilderness and impressive nature. It’s located at the southern end of the Tarkine wilderness and is set amongst rainforest on […]
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Tassie Weekend
This last weekend was one in which we had some free time so we decided to get away to Hobart for a quiet weekend. Our flight arrived early on Friday morning so we headed straight down to to the historic town of Richmond to see some of its old buildings and the famous convict built bridge. […]
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