Friday, 6 March 2015

Visiting Tasmania in 2005


The Spirit of Tasmania on the River Mersey in Devonport
 Wineglass Bay snd the Freycinet Peninsula on Tasmania's East Coast near Bicheno
 Richmond Bridge
 Snug Falls
Adventure Bay, Bruny Island
 Heading out of Adventure Bay on aBruny Island Cruise
 Plenty of Australian Fur Seals to be seen



Cape Bruny Lighthouse
 Recherche Bay Southern Tasmania
 Russell Falls, Mount Field National Park
Lake Pedder
Lake St Clair
Tasmanian Forest

The Franklin River
The Frenchman's Cap
 The defoliation near Queenstown caused by the extensive mining operations
 Strahan - the gateway to M

Hells Gates - The entrance to Macquarie Harbour
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Gates_%28Tasmania%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Harbour
Fish farming in MacquarieHarbour

Feeding the fish
Sarah Island - Former Convict settlement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Harbour_Penal_Station
Views around the ruins of Sarah Island


Cruising up the Gordon River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_River
Near the proposed site of the Franklin Dam plans for which were abandoned after a massive campaign to stop the dams in the Early 1980's
West coast Wilderness Railway which runs from Strahan to Queenstown
http://www.wcwr.com.au/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Wilderness_Railway
The railway follows the course pf the King River, a river that has been poisoned by the mining operations around Queenstown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJiKZJyD8Sg

The King River further upstream
 Cradle Mountain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_Mountain
A Waterfall 
 The Boathouse on Dove Lake
Lake Lilla
Lake Lilla with Dove Lake in the background
 Crater Lake
Crater Falls
http://short-walks.com.au/tasmania/crater-lake-circuit/

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