Jackman and McRoss at Battery Point – considered and rated as one of the best bakeries in Australia. No sign of Hugh. I fluked a park outside on the very narrow streets. Salamanca Place has rows of sandstone buildings that were formerly warehouses for the port of Hobart Town. These have since been converted into … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 26 – Out and about in Hobart
The 2014 Australian TV show Bogan Hunters named Tasmania as the ‘bogan capital of Australia’ with Taswegians earning four spots out of seven in the final. There are a ring of suburbs around the outskirts of Hobart which some people attribute to being “bogan.” Above is a local in standard red flannie. He seems happy … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 25 – Whisky business
Today we venture to Mount Field National which rises from cool temperate rainforests to alpines areas dotted with many lakes. The rainforest tree, Tasmanian laurel is very hardy. The creek from the track to Russell Falls. Tree being recycled back into the nutrient cycle. Family photo recreation – with a huge Dicksonia tree fern. The … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 24 – Mount Field National Park
kunanyi/Mount Wellington is a dramatic backdrop to Hobart. The mountain rises to 1,270 metres above sea level and is frequently covered by snow, with snowfalls even occurring in summer. Rhododendrons in Wellington Park at Ferntree The Organ Pipes are towering dolerite cliffs are one of the defining features of kunanyi / Mt Wellington. The long road up … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 23 – kunanyi – Mount Wellington
A drive through the Midlands. We start the day in the gardens at Launceston. Japanese maple Campbell Town Inn which was built in 1840. Campbell Town was established in 1826 as a garrison town with soldiers to maintain the displacement of the Tyerrernotepanner people who were formidable opponents of settler colonisation and aggression during the Black … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 22 – Historic towns and handkerchief heists
With me having tested positive too, we limp on to Launceston to some accommodation that kindly took us in knowing the circumstances. Our current travels are a little underwhelming considering we were to drive the Murchison Highway through the high country and forests of the west to Zeehan, Strahan and Queenstown. We also had to … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 21 – Sheffield
We are laying low for a few days due to a infection you may have heard of in recent years – the dreaded Omicron aka Kraken aka COVID 19. We may have made an error getting on the overcrowded shuttle buses at Cradle Mountain. But as only one of us has tested positive, I have … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Days 19 and 20 – Burnie and the Devil of a virus
Wynyard Fossil Bluff. Fossils have been found in the 23 million-year-old sandstone headland. At the base is a softer 1.2 metre thick Freestone Cove sandstone, above which there is 24 metres of Fossil Bluff Sandstone. Capping the sandstone formations is a layer of basalt from the Table Cape volcano flow 13.3 million years ago. Gastropod … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 18 – Fossils, giant crustaceans and Swifties
“Buenos días, saludos desde Stanley!“ A receding hare I walked part way up the Nut with an unwell travelling companion remaining at the car. We then took a short drive up a valley to Mawbanna. We must be getting close to the honey farm. This guy is over 20 years old. Blue Hills Honey at … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 17 – The North-west coast
The Nut at Stanley – a 143m high massif thought to be an ancient volcanic plug jutting out into Bass Strait above the historic town of Stanley. Our neighbours An early morning visit to the port area revealed 1000 seagulls and a few other avian friends like these black headed cormorants…. …Gull chicks…. ..and a … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 16 – Stanley
Kanunnah Bridge over the Arthur River, taking its name from the palawa name for ‘Tasmanian Tiger.’ Upstream from the bridge Downstream The forested section of the Tarkine Forest Drive View from Sumac Lookout over the Tarkine rainforest Julius River Forest Reserve has cool temperate rainforest. Tasmanian laurel (Anopterus glandulosus) growing in the stream bed. Filmy … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 15 – The Tarkine (pm)
Today we travel into the Tarkine Wilderness. The forest is filled with myrtle beech, celery top pine, blackwood and Huon pine. If Thylacines exist, it is one of the most likely places they will be found. But first the wild western coastal area with jagged rocks, wildflower heaths and the cleanest air in the world. … More Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 15 – The Tarkine (am)
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