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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…
Our first inland journey we traveled to Rowallan Lake and camped near Walls of Jerusalem National Park. We enjoyed a tasty dinner of wild Tasmanian salmon lakeside. To experience the Park properly requires several days trekking which we were not quite up to. We opted for a day hike in the Mersey River valley to…
I first passed through 35 years ago on my way to Cradle Mountain. The mural above was one of the few in town at the time. Returning this time there are many more and annual competition. Here are some highlights Enjoy…
The journey to Tassie began with a 10 hour ferry from a port south Melbourne to Devonport. We had a cabin we could nap in or just have privacy when we wanted. The crossing can be rough, but we had a relatively calm trip. We arrived at 8PM and went to the grocery shop to…
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