The Hobart bridge is the first stop on my
Tasmanian photo tours, above, then the view from Mount
Wellington, below, follows. I just wish it could look this
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Australia's first bridge
in Richmond, Tasmania, built in 1823 by British
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Richmond. |
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An east coast interpretation including distant Freycinet
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Colorful marine life in
a tide pool near Orford. |
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The 'Spikey Bridge' on
Tasmania's central east coast. Another convict built bridge
but this one with the added mystery of the 'spikes' along
the top of the walls
My theory is that a Welshman had some influence over this
addition as there are similar walls in North Wales. |
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The view across the
Moulting Lagoon, a protected wetland thanks to the
Ramsar treaty of 1971. |
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Glorious late light and wave action at Coles Bay, Freycinet National
Park above and below. The mountain range is The Hazards which are a mere 485 meters
above sea level, with Mt. Dove being the highest. |
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Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park. |
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On the trip up to the Wineglass Bay view there is much
to photograph, especially in the realm of natural
history studies. |
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A female Wallaby and her 'joey'. |
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Sometimes Wallabies
don't want to be photographed! |
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above, a Cape Tourville sunrise in Freycinet National Park,
as is the shot at left below. Below right is the lighthouse
at Low Head at the mouth of the Tamar River. |
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To
'clean up society' the British aristocracy shipped not
only the 'real' criminals to Australia, but many petty
thieves too. As a reminder of these events Campbell Town
has a large
number of bricks embedded in the street paths. My maternal family is Squire, so this
name carries some poignancy.
The 'Anna Maria 1852' refers to one of the many ships
that transported these folk to Australia in the early to
mid 1800's. |
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Above, a Tamar River vista stitched together with the use of
three images, and below, a misty morning at the same spot. |
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St. Matthias Church, Windermere. |
A navigational lighthouse and wild flowers at Low
Head. |
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Sheffield in
England spells 'steel', but in Tasmania it spells
'murals'. Lots of them! |
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A male
Peacock displaying in Cataract Gorge on the edge of
Launceston. |
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Dove Lake in Cradle Mountain National Park at dusk above, and
sunrise below. Both were shot
with my favorite boulder-type foreground with an aperture of f.22 for
maximum depth of field. |
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A Wombat forages in the Button Grass near Dove Lake as night falls. |
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A client shooting the dawn light at Dove Lake in
Cradle Mountain National Park. |
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A Pademelon photographed in Cradle Mountain National Park at dusk. |
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Moody Mackintosh Lake. |
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Looking like a cross
between an Anteater and a porcupine is this Echidna. In
this shot he is looking for cover as he has realized
that there are 'enemies' about. He does this by burying
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The classic cottage view in Strahan at dusk, and below,
Strahan harbour. Both are Photomerge shots in that they are three
images stitched together. If I'd have gone for four, you'd have seen
both my ears. |
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This is spot sits centrally on the west coast of Tasmania and is
known as Hell's Gates, the entrance to Macquarie Harbour. Many of Britain's more notorious criminals passed
through this narrow gap on their way to their island imprisonment at
the penal colony on Sarah Island. Others died when their ship sank
nearby.
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Light and shade in the
rain forest adjacent to the Gordon River. |
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A lone jogger on the beach near Strahan. |
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Above, the game of Lawn Green Bowling that found it's way to
OZ from the UK.At right, a long exposure of
Nelson Falls. |
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At left,
another long exposure for Russell Falls.
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Colorful lichen near Mackintosh Lake above.
At right the Tasman
peninsula's Tessellated Pavement that you'd swear was man-made, such
is it's perfect symmetry. |
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Tessellated Pavement |
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Above and right,
a pair of Port Arthur images where British 'criminals'
were transported in an attempt to 'clean up' England in
the early 1800's.
Some were criminals but a majority of the crimes
were trivial, and the punishment didn't come close to
matching the offence. |
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Peaceful Pirate's Bay. |
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