Year: 2015

Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park was truly impressive – not surprising perhaps after all the  snow that Tasmania has had this winter. We enjoyed walking around it from below and further up the mountain and taking in the profusion of tree ferns and river gullies but also the tall, tall trees, which were…

We spent some delightful days exploring Mount Field National Park. We loved the Pandani Grove Nature walk around Lake Dobson, looking at the Pandani plant which apparently is a subalpine plant only found in Tasmania. Looking at the, snowy mountains, the lakes and the heathers which surround this area. The richness in fauna and flora is…

We chose this National Park because it was not too far away from Hobart. It has been a tough winter in Tasmania but we didn’t quite know how tough it was until we headed out there.  We stayed in some lovely cottages and this was our view from our deck. A fast flowing river that…

I dont tire of Museums and we are lucky enough in the world to have more than we can see in a life time. I liked MONA but I didn’t love it. I visited a heritage house in Hobart called Narryna, a beautiful Greco stone built house with a group of children and loved the…

Steeped in convict history and aboriginal traumas this very southerly capital was inhabited in 1804 when the first convicts arrived. There are many landmarks to commemorate those times, which are sobering and sad, since so many men and women were brought here to live harsh lives for sometimes the smallest of crimes. It is said…

Its the V in the heart, the only inland town but with plenty of water around and famous for having the Cataract Gorge, underground sewers and hydro electricity. It was named after a town in Cornwall. There is a fierce rivalry with Hobart, the capital of Tasmania,  as Jeremy our captain on the Cataract Gorge…

Travelling up the Eastern Coast of Tasmania the roads are empty and so are the beaches. The weather is still a little chilly but the sun is in and out of clouds and the light is a joy for any camera lens. We stopped at Bicheno, a small town which is famous for its Blowhole.…

Literally and for a while – it was- as I put on my thick waders and headed out into the river to hear Declan explaining how Giles and Julia, a couple who lived in Coles Bay had nurtured an oyster farm and turned it into one hell of a successful business. The baby oysters are…

Tasmanian Devils are only just surviving here as they have contracted a disease which forms a cancer in their mouth and eventually stops them eating. They have been a little misunderstood and often maligned but after years of hunting and killing them they are now a protected species and lots of people care for them.…

One of the most iconic viewpoints in Tasmania is a bay called Wineglass Bay. The bay looks like a wine glass but the other story is that this is where the whalers used to come to take refuge and slaughter their whales, the sea would turn red and the sand black from all the left…