I had gone up the mountains to visit my friend Wendy, and she had suggested a local walk. The weather forecast was not that good, so we decided on the Blue Gum Swamp loop at Winmalee.
This familiar walk is always a nice one to visit again as it is so beautiful – especially the Blue Gum Forest along the creek. We did the walk in the clockwise direction – down the creek through the forest and then returned via Shaws Ridge. Continue reading
Bob was keen on a bushwalk and so was I, but the weather forecast was not great so we decided to do a walk in Ku-Ring-Gai National Park. Bob had researched some Aboriginal Art sites – and we decided to visit a number of these. It turned out to be a very interesting walk, and we only had a little bit of rain during the day.
During our walk, we visited number of very good art sites – some were caves and some were rock engravings. Continue reading
This was the last walk I did on my visit to Tasmania, and once again I thank my brother in law, Shane, for inviting me on this walk. It was one he had organised for the North West Walking Club.
The party started from Lake Mckenzie on the Central Plateau, and followed a track that headed in the direction of the Blue Peaks. At first track the track passed through open moorlands. Continue reading
This was another nice daywalk in North West Tasmania. My sister suggested I do a walk in the Dial Range and showed me a suitable route on the map. And special thanks to my brother in law, Shane, for driving me to the start and later picking me up.
Strong-billed Honeyeater
My route started from the Mountain Bike Park at Penguin and first followed the walking track up Myrtle Creek. This was uphill – but gentle uphill and it was nice easy walking. My path bypassed Mt Montgomery and soon joined a shared mountain bike trail that went up onto the range. Continue reading
This was another walk on the Central Plateau, with the same party that was on the earlier walk. This time Paula was looking for another old mountain hut. Another bushwalker who is relatively old could recall seeing a hut many years ago and had told Paula its rough position.
She had looked for it on a previous walk, with no luck, but had found a cut track that seemed to lead towards where she thought it was. Was the track cut to lead to the hut? We would try and find out. Continue reading
It was great to see these caves again. They must be some of the best decorated in Australia. Some of the wild caves are regarded as being world class in terms of their cave formations. My brother in law, Stuart, organised this day. It was necessary to book the cave tours in advance by phone. It was a popular time of the year and numbers for all cave visits are limited.
Three of us went – my sister and Stuart her husband and myself, but due to previous bookings, we could get all three of us on a visit to King Solomons Cave at 4:30 pm, but there was only room for two on the 2 pm Marakoopa Cave visit, but there was one space left on the 3 pm visit. That suited me OK, and while I waited, I looked for birds in the area. Continue reading
I was invited by my sister and brother in law to join them and their friend Paula on a walk in the Lake Augusta area of the Central Plateau. Their intention was to search for some remote huts on the plateau.
It was great to get out in some of Tasmanian’s fabulous alpine terrain once more, but it was a very cold day for summer. For most of the day, the temperature was less than 8°C and there was also a strong cold wind. However, it was mostly sunny, and if you could find shelter out of the wind then it was quite pleasant. Continue reading
The Tasmanian Arboretum is a great place to visit, not only for its peaceful atmosphere and great trees but also for its birds. And of all the places I have visited, I think it is the easiest place to observe Platypus in the wild.
Two years earlier I had been to the Arboretum with my one of my sisters and brother in laws, and this was a repeat trip. That previous trip had been very good and this was equally as good. Continue reading
This was a pleasant day, where one of my brother in laws and my two sisters and myself visited the small town of Stanley.
Once there, we climbed the famous Nut. Its a steep climb up from the carpark – but not too long and one on top there are fabulous views. Continue reading
I had some nice dark and cloud free skies while in Tasmania and I photographed Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard during three evenings.
Taken 26 December 2021 (215 mm, 6 seconds, f45.6, 25,600 ISO)
On all evenings, the comet was easy to spot using binoculars and using the camera, but I could not see it using the naked eye.
I did not have any fast lenses available, and most photos are taken with a 100 – 400 mm zoom. Continue reading
