Battery Point in Hobart – another visit to Jackman McRoss bakery to fuel up for the day.

Sculpture “Rockpools” at Sandy Bay beach – Sandy Bay is the starting point for the annual nude swim on the Winter Solstice as part of the Dark Mofo Festival.

The Big Slide Rule at University of Tasmania Mathematics Department. In around 1622, William Oughtred of Cambridge (Oughtred son of Oughtred) combined two handheld rulers to make a device that is recognisably the modern slide rule. It was refined over the centuries and was in use for mathematicians and engineers (and me) up to the early 1970’s when the modern scientific calculator made the slide rule obsolete within a few years.

Did you hear about the mathematician who was afraid of negative numbers? He’d stop at nothing to avoid them.

What a Bee-hemoth – The Big Bee at Huonville

This man seems bee-reft of all commonsense. He is not bee-ing safe.

The real thing inside the Honey shop. What happens when a bee burps near the queen? It gets a royal pardon.

An impressive collection of honey pots.

Huon River near Franklin

One of two ships that work in the huge Huon salmon industry at Port Huon. This one is big, they use the roe boat for the salmon eggs.

Southport

Tree martin

Grey teal

Bruny Island Lighthouse from Southport

Billardiera at Southport.

A native pea (Swainsona?) at Southport

One lane bridge over the D’Entrecasteaux River

Part of Recherche Bay

Wood ducks were in the bay in numbers.

Kelp gull – a cry for kelp!

Can’t kelp falling in love….

The Wood ducks always catch up with you in the end.

The road to Cockle Creek

Adams Point Whale Lookout – the Right whale for the job.

Cockle Creek. The road to Cockle Creek is the southern most road in Australia.

The Southwest National Park starts here.

Leptospermum were in full flower

Southwest National Park – The South Cape Bay walk goes deep into the park all the way to Melaleuca for 83km. We only did a short section.

Tiny native violet

Drosera flower

Tasmanian pademelon

Black currawong

Cockle Creek entering Recherche Bay

Rooie the Subaru as far south as it can go.

Heading north

We went slowly as the Bennetts wallabies were active in the late afternoon.

Airborne!

Lune River. No sign of Clair.

Back at Huonville in apple country – there are many older timber packing sheds beside the road. This one belonged to Mr Smith – apparently his granny knew about apples too.