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We haven’t carried a backpack for more.than overnight in more than a decade. Carrying everything you will need for a multiple day trek requires some conditioning and practice. We wanted to do this sort of trip again but also ease back into it. The three capes experience seemed like the perfect opportunity. There are huts…
The Port Arthur penal settlement began life as a small timber station in 1830 but became a penal colony by 1833. Convicts sent to Port Arthur had escaped before or had committed new crimes. Located on a peninsula, its natural defenses (shark-infested waters, rugged terrain) were augmented by the famous “Dog Line” of dogs on…
Bruny Island is a short drive south of Hobart and includes South Bruny Island National Park. Divided into north and south and connected by the neck, a narrow stretch of land connecting the two (above phooto). We spent two nights at South Jetty Beach campground where we watched the full moon rise over the water…
We spent another night in Mt. Field on our way to Bruny Island as it was a convenient stopover that allowed time to walk in the forest to some interesting sites. One of these was Junee Cave, a limestone cave with a river pouring from it! We also detoured to see large.old growth trees near…
Thought we would share some of our faves… Thought this meant kangaroos like to hump cars from dusk till dawn… I know, the last one isn’t a sign, but saw these in an op shop and couldn’t resist sharing. Too bad they were not a fit for Ginger or we would own them!
We traveled from Lake St. Clair to Mount Field National Park where we spent a night before heading to Lake Pedder at the end of the road. Our goal was to spend a few days exploring this remote part of Tassie. We took a few forest walks along the way, past large trees standing and…
Located at the southern end of the Overland Track, Lake St. Clair sits in a deep glacial valley. The area is home to big trees and alpine ecosystems alike. We sampled some of the terrain on a loop walk to Shadow Lake. Our walk began at the lake level and climbed gradually upwards. We came…
Zeehan was a mining hub and home to the Zeehan School of Mines for a few decades. There is still a large heritage center with excellent mineral displays. Crocoite, a lead chromate, is one of the minerals the locality is famous for. Other minerals mined.in the area include gold, osmiridiun, and copper. Copper was mined…
From Corinna we drove through Zeehan to the town of Strahan, the port on Macquarie Harbor. The area was home to the Toogee aboriginal people for about 35,000 years. James Kelly discovered the entrance to the harbor for Europeans in 1815. The British soon established a penal settlement in 1822 at Sarah Island. The convicts…
After exploring the northern mountains we headed to the hamlet of Corinna. Our route took us through the town of Warataugh, a historic tin mining district. The waterfall above was channeled through seven water wheels.that ran the stamp mill to crush ore as we’ll as generate electricity. James “Philosopher” Smith discovered the tin deposit at…
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