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22.01.2022 Some waterfalls of Tasmania

22.01.2022 East Coast Tasmania-Spiky Bridge-Bicheno-Binnalong Bay.

20.01.2022 Maria Island. Abel Tasman sighted the island in 1642 as he was sailing his ship up the East Coast and named it after the wife of Anthony Van Diemen the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies company in Batavia. Sits about 20 kilometers off Triabunna on the East Coast in the Tasman sea they named this passage the Mercury Passage.... In 1825 a penal colony was established at Darlington at the very tip of the North of Maron Maria Island to try and ease the overcrowding in Hobart it was short lived experiment and the colony was closed and the remaining convicts were moved to Port Arthur which had just been established. During the seven years the convicts had constructed a number of buildings and farmed the land today only the Commissariat store and the prisoners barracks or penitentiary still stand. In 1842 it was reopened due to the amount of convicts arriving and accommodation for them was needed it lasted until 1851. The old convict penitentiary cell block is now the only accommodation on the island apart from camping. The cells have two sets of bunks table and chairs and a wood fed heater which you have to collect the wood yourself. No electricity or running water in the cells another building close by has cooking facilities but you need to bring everything yourself to the island for cooking, all utensils for eating bedding, towels and a cooler box. There are no bins so you need to take all rubbish with you when you leave the island. A ferry service leaves Triabunna twice a day dropping you off at Darlington Harbour where pull trolleys are available to put your luggage in for the 500 meter journey to your cells you can hire bikes and a helmet to help you get around the island. There are no shops or cars on the island no permanent residents Parks Tasmania are the only full time residents of the island since it was classified as a National Park in 1974. We spent 2 nights on the island in 2016 if you don’t mind roughing it a little and being cut off from the mainland it’s a must to experience the natural beauty of Maria island. To be cont...

20.01.2022 Apologize for the errors in the txt of my last blog the screen froze wouldn’t do editing so touch sensitive it published post. My story on the second trip down to the Arthur River it was 4th January 2017. When we left Julies Riveryou could see darkness wasn’t far away we had time to stop at Lake Chilsomyou don’t want to walk through temperate rain forests in total darkness we rushed it a little bit but got enough to admire the sheer beauty of the Tarkine.We had to drive the 70 kilometers back to Stanley in the dark and yes...we just clipped a wallaby hopefully it was okay the car was,its unavoidable in Tasmania if you drive at night. More about the Tarkine in further post as we went back again later in the year to Trowutta Arch Tarkine a few photos from those spots.Im so glad we went that day on advice.

19.01.2022 HOBART...Day 2...Saturday December 2011. Salamanca Market on a Saturday in Hobart, we caught a bus into Hobart it was a beautiful sunny day. The market was buzzing with people, the market stalls busy and buskers entertaining the crowd. The sandstone buildings of Salamanca Place’s 200 year history. ... Battery Point Hobart’s oldest suburb,we walked the steep hills of Battery-Point,we passed the house where Errol Flynn(actor from 1930’s) grew up, the beautiful Georgian homes, the old seafarers cottages around Arthur’s Circus. The Shipwright Arms Hotel or Shippies is a great old pub with lots of character built in 1846, has an excellent chowder. Popular for celebrations after the Sydney to Hobart annual yaught race. Stephen Walker’s bronze display of Tasman’s fountain and his 3 ships. I just love Hobart full of history and heritage, second oldest city in Australia-1803. We had a great day around Hobart, and there’s still more to come.

17.01.2022 According to recent studies, babysitting grandchildren not only brings joy, it also provides health perks Babysitting your grandkids can increase longevity an...d help keep you sharp in your golden years. Research published in 2017 found that, over a 20-year period, the risk of dying was one-third lower for grandparents who cared for their grandchildren (Berlin Aging Study). On top of that, research conducted by the Women’s Healthy Aging Project in Australia shows that grandmothers who helped with childcare at least one day a week scored better on cognitive tests. In other words, spending time taking care of grandchildren could potentially lower one’s risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. https://becomingunbusy.com/grandparents-babysitting/

17.01.2022 HOBART. My first trip to Hobart was back in December 2011, being a cricket tragic and looking for a excuse to have a few days away. There was a test match on at Blundstone Arena between Australia and New Zealand. It was a stunning sunny day when we arrived at the cricket, a couple of drinks bought first and sat on the hill on the grass area with the Derwent River behind us.... The game had started and NZ were batting, Michael Clarke was captain at the time and had recently been in the press about the then girlfriend Lara Bingle they had just broken off there engagement. The crowd was in full voice and every time Clarke fielded the crowd would chant where the bloody hell were you Clarkey it was funny and the atmosphere was great. We managed to get NZ out for 150, but after the tea break the heavens opened up and the rain came hard play was called off for the day. We made it back to Hobart where we walked the 2.3 kilometers back to North Hobart to the Black Buffalo Hotel we were drenched from the rain so a hot shower dinner and an early nite completed our first day in Hobart, and it was a great day, tomorrow I will bring you day 2 of our trip.

14.01.2022 Tasmania short overview.. Part of Australia but now separated by Bass Strait it’s distinctive landscape, climate and cultural are largely due to its 300 kilometer distance from the mainland. Isolation has left a legacy of unique flora and fauna, fresh air, an abundance of water and a relaxed atmosphere and lifestyle.... Almost 30% of the state is given over for agriculture emphasizing on wine and food yet it also has vast expanses of open space seeings 40% of Tasmanians live in the capital Hobart. Tasmania has quite a remarkably diverse landscape that contains glacial mountains, dense forests and rolling green hills. It’s wilderness is one of only three temperate rain forests in the Southern Hemisphere. Home to many plants and wildlife unique to the island. One fifth of the state is protected by World Heritage status. There are nineteen national Parks plus Conservation areas...State Reserves...Marine Reserves...game reserves...forest reserves...historic sites...and much much more...for more on Tasmania keep following my blog on everything Tasmania

13.01.2022 Southport... December 3rd 2012. Day 3 of our trip we were leaving Hobart for Southport following the channel through all the small dotted towns along the way. Arrived at Southport by midday we were to early to checkin to our accommodation at the furthest pub South in the Southern Hemisphere. Cockle Creek is the further South but it’s more of a historical marker then a town there is a viewing platform over Recherche Bay and a whale sculpture by Steven Walker remembering the...Continue reading

06.01.2022 Beautiful Bruny Island. In 2012 we spent two days on Bruny Island it wasn’t enough time to do everything we wanted to do so we returned for a day visit in 2013. Leaving Southport heading to Kettering for the ferry across to Bruny Island about a 30 minute travel across the D’Entercasteaux channel arriving at Roberts Point on North Bruny.... Arriving just after lunch it was December but a windy chilly day we drove to the very North of the Island at Dennes Point. The two islands are very different from each other joined only by the narrowest of ismisius known as the Neck the North is open pastures and light bushland drier then the South...the South is heavily timbered hilly has sections of rainforest...the main industry is farming where they produce top class food and wine. As we left Dennes Point we drove around winding roads to Barnes Bay before crossing the Neck where you can see penguins and shearwaters nest in the safety of sheltering dunes. A tribute to Trugannini a native of Bruny Island from the Oyster Bay tribe a tragic life when European occupation took over her land she is said to be the last full blooded Tasmanian aborigine. Even in death her wish was to have her ashes scattered in the D’Entercasteaux channel she died in 1876 her ashes weren’t scattered until 1974. Onto Lunawanna where we were staying at Hotel Bruny across from the beach with Satellite Island in the distance in front of us a stroll on the beach even though it was very windy. Dinner at the hotel and an early night as we had a big day ahead. Waking the next day to much better weather we were booked on the Bruny Island Cruise our host for the cruise was a French guy named Andre with a very funny personality he explained what we might see on the cruise and we were lucky enough to see a Southern right whale and it’s baby. A scare when the boat sped through the narrow passageway of the cliff face where there was many underwater caves. The cliff face was quite heavily timbered but burnt as a camper in the National Park at the top of the cliff had kicked his fire over the edge face (no fires are allowed in National Parks) We were taken out to the Friars as the weather was good it’s where seals nest on the rocks and entrance to the Southern Ocean from the channel. It was a great day and one I won’t forget. Adventure Bay is the landing spot for a lot of past explorers Captain Cookbeing one so a wander around Adventure Bay a visit to the museum was very interesting and the day was over back to the Hotel for a couple of drinks dinner and we leave in the morning back to the mainland of Tasmania. Heading to Westbury a English style heritage town with its own village Green traveling through the Central Highlands to take in a few spots on the way. We returned to Bruny Island in 2013 for a day visit and drove 24 kilometers up a gravel Road to Cape Bruny Lighthouse another great day on Bruny Island.

06.01.2022 Cradle Mountain. When Kate and Gustav Weindorfer climbed Cradle Mountain in 1910 realizing what a special place lay before them. He quoted This must be a National Park for the people for all time. It’s truly magnificent everyone should know about it and come and enjoy it... In 1947 Cradle Mountain Lake st Clair was declared a National Park then later in 1982 was entered into the World Heritage Area Dove Lake- beneath the craggy peaks of Cradle Mountain sits Dove Lake formed from a glazier many years ago. A six kilometer circuit walk around the Lake has three main features the start of the walk is Glazier Rock is at the very start of the walk. As you move around the Lake you have the Ballroom Forest a cool temperate rainforest filled with ancient Myrtle-Beech trees that are covered with moss as well as the forest floor quite a magical place. On the return journey you’ll find the 1940 constructed from mainly King Billy Pine is the Boat Shed which provides a reference for a picture of it’s natural surrounds. Overland Trek. Australia’s premier Alpine Walk through the heart of Cradle Mountain finishing at Lake St Clair(Australia’s deepest Lake)in the Central Highlands. (six day walk) Short Walks. Pencil Pine. Enchanted Walk. Knyvet Falls. Waldheim and Weindorfer’s Forest.

05.01.2022 Mt Roland...Lake Barrington on a misty morning...Town of Lower Crack Pot at the Promised Land.

01.01.2022 Stanley and surrounds

01.01.2022 Southport... Southport is the most Southern town in Australia it’s 97 kilometers from Hobart down the Huon Trail. In December 2012 we spent two days staying at the Southport Hotel which had a caravan Park attached a little self contained cabin for $69.00 a nite sitting on a few acres of Bush setting. The pub had a bottle shop, served meals, petrol, post office, groceries being the only place around to get any of the above. You have to be careful in Tasmania there isn’t petro...l and shops in every town or even neighboring towns always make sure you fill up with petrol before driving any distance in Tasmania. Southport now is basically fishing village sitting across the channel (D’Entercasteaux)from Bruny Island in Recherche Bay all named by French explorer Bruni D’Entrecasteaux who’s ship the Recherchelay anchor in Adventure Bay to stock up on water he sent a party of his men out to explore the area they found the Derwent River, Huon River and named them as well as Port Esperance after his other ship...Bruny Island, Port of Huon, and many many more places are named by the French they were very interested to learn about this new land they friended the natives took samples of the flower and fauna back to France with them to be studied...Nichalaus Baudin(French explorer) spent two trips of about 3 weeks at Recherche Bay in 1803 and have just recently unearthed a garden and relics from that voyage. But later that year Governor King sent a small party under Lieutenant Bowen to Hobart landing at Risdon Cove and claiming Tasmania under British rule. Now I’ve got some of the history of the area told I’ll finish the post and be back with my two days in this area so please come back for a read as our time there was well spent visiting some incredible places.