Girl in Melbourne

Flora

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:25:00 +0000

Yeah, I know I said I was done with Tassie pics, but here's some more flower shots.

(click to enlarge all)

Tasmania: Part XIV

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:56:00 +0000

Old signs! This one in Hobart CBD, near the waterfront.

Federal something (click to enlarge)

Bushells Tea...The Tea of Flavor. Also near the Waterfront in Hobart.

Battery Point Bakery Grocery Store.

I think there's another old sign underneath too

Near Hobart CBD: McLean Bros Pianos & Radio,

Terms from 5/. weekly, 180 Eliz St.

Richmond - Phillips something

A closer look

And that's it for my Tasmania pics. Normal programming to resume now.

Tasmania: Part XIII

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Tasmania: Part XII (nearly done!)

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:36:00 +0000

On the way back to Hobart (click to enlarge)

The beautiful lily pond at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical

Gardens in Hobart

Tasmania: Part XI

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:17:00 +0000

Cruising Macquarie Harbour at Strahan (click to enlarge)

Ruins of Tasmania's first convict penal settlement at Sarah Island

Mossy tree with bracket fungus in the

forest near Strahan

Tasmania: Part X

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:53:00 +0000

Looking across Macquarie Harbour at Strahan (click to enlarge)

Macquarie Harbour at Strahan

Rain approaching as we walked back to our cabin after dinner

Boats at Strahan

Tasmania: Part IX

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:27:00 +0000

The interior of our carriage on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
The steam train runs on a rack and pin track, which was a feat of engineering
and human endurance when it was built through rugged mountain terrain
in the late 1800s to transport tin, silver and other metals from
Queenstown to the port at Strahan (click to enlarge).

Terrain like this...the King River Valley

The King River, which is slowly recovering from the devastating

effects of decades of polluting mining practices used

in the region. Not long ago it was considered a 'dead' river.

The locomotive

Tasmania: Part VIII

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:51:00 +0000

Queenstown is known for its bare hills, the result of logging to feed
mine furnaces and acid rain in years gone by (click to enlarge)

But it was the high number of dilapidated houses and buildings

that we couldn't get over. It was kind of depressing, to be honest

Even the beer depot looks ready to fall down!

Tasmania: Part VII

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:22:00 +0000

On the road from Cradle Mountain to Montezuma Falls (click to enlarge)

The path to Montezuma Falls, near Rosebery, which

follows an old tram route from the area's mining

days - you can still see the sleepers

Montezuma Falls, named after a company that mined the area, is

Tasmania's highest waterfall - or one of its highest,

depending which website you check

Luke, providing scale

Tasmania: Part VI

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:35:00 +0000

Both peaks were shrouded in cloud when we got to Cradle Mountain

Clearing...

Ta-dah!

Mossy tree trunk

Old boat shed

Tasmania: Part V

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:59:00 +0000

Looking towards Cape Forestier from Cape Tourville,

Freycinet National Park (click to enlarge)

Sleepy Bay

Wineglass Bay

The path back from Wineglass Bay

Tasmania: Part IV

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Old church at Buckland

Graves in the churchyard

Australia's oldest bridge at Richmond

One of many skinks we saw along the paths in the

Freycinet National Park

Tasmania: Part III

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:47:00 +0000

The cute cottages in Arthur Circus, Battery Point, Hobart (above and below)

(click to enlarge)

Mariners Cottage, Battery Point

Tasmania: Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:08:00 +0000

Sometimes it was like visiting 1970...a servo
on the fringe of Hobart CBD (click to enlarge)

Hobart from the peak of Mount Wellington.

Tasman Bridge and Derwent River in the foreground

Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart (and ace clouds)

Craypots at the Hobart wharves

Colourful carrots at Salamanca Market

Tasmania: Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:27:00 +0000

Pitt Water, on the way to Port Authur (click to enlarge)

Port Arthur penitentiary

Port Arthur hospital

A convict headstone on the

Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur

Blue and green

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:52:00 +0000

White-faced heron on the bank of the Yarra

(Tasmania pics coming soon. There's a LOT to sort through.)

Mid-north coasting

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:09:00 +0000

I'm just back from a week staying with my mother near Port Macquarie, on the NSW mid-north coast. We took a couple of drives inland to the Comboyne Plateau, Ellenborough Falls and Walcha. It's a beautiful part of Australia - rugged mountains with tall eucalypts and leafy tree ferns and valleys of lush farming land.

Rural mailboxes...near Elands

St Mark's Anglican Church at Marlee (between Elands and Wingham), built in 1874 and surprisingly still going.

Probably time for a new cross though

It's a damp part of the country - where there's timber, there's lichen and moss.

Shack

Tiny black ant says hello from Apsley Falls, near Walcha

Along the long and winding road between Wauchope and Walcha.

Next time: Tasmania

Fixer-upper

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:30:00 +0000

Or a knock-down-and-start-over. Kent Street, Richmond

Pink

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:59:00 +0000

Those leaves look a bit like tongues...

Sparkle

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:09:00 +0000

Close up of Christmas star decoration on Flinders Street

Thunderdomes

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:35:00 +0000

Well, it looked threatening, but nothing happened.

Bauble

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:32:00 +0000

The Shot Tower, reflected in a Christmas bauble

I painted a plane

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:35:00 +0000

Not really. The photo somehow came out with an odd, but quite pleasing,

watercolour effect.

Hangin' out

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:53:00 +0000

The steps of the State Library

More dramatic skies

noreply@blogger.com (Frisky Librarian) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:48:00 +0000