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Tasmania

2018 · Australia

CountriesAustralia
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Green forest slopes down to a turquoise bay with a pale beach backed by misty hills.Layered sandstone cliffs form a dark cave opening over a clear turquoise rock pool.Overcast skies hang over a wooded hillside of eucalyptus scrub with a car and trailer on the road.A gnarled coastal tree leans over a tranquil grey ocean.A towering sandstone cliff drops into churning blue water.A stone arch bridges a narrow channel of seawater.A great cliff face gazes over sea and forest.A narrow fissure in striated rock shelters still water.A black-and-white Tasmanian devil balances on a boulder.Silent water curves past a shore lined with leafless trees.A grey kangaroo sits calmly on a bed of eucalyptus leaves.Pair of small brown pademelons foraging on a lush green lawn.Blue ocean and a green headland seen from a gravel coastal lookout.Tight close-up of bright green shrub leaves and stems.Dense cluster of small white flowers with dark centers.Turquoise surf and a green headland seen past wild white flowers.Breaking turquoise waves churn against rocky cliffs with ochre patches.Towering green cliffs drop into a quiet turquoise cove.Wild white waves crash among rocks beside a dark sea arch opening.A close-up of slender spiky leaves and pale yellow blooms on a wild shrub.Waves crash against a steep coastal cliff beneath a deep blue sky.Bright sea and sky are framed through a narrow gap between dark cliff walls.A sheltered cove of turquoise water is cradled between steep rocky cliffs.A rocky headland juts into bright turquoise water behind a foreground of coastal flowers.

Journal Notes (6)
Day 1 - Tasman Peninsula

General The first day of the Tasmanian journey went south and east from Hobart, down the long arm of land that ends in the cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula. The road runs through the forest of the Forestier Peninsula, crosses the narrow neck of sand that joins the two peninsulas to …

Day 2 - Mount Field National Park

General The second day went up into the mountains west of Hobart. The road from the Derwent Valley climbs through forest and then through the tall eucalyptus of the lower slopes, and at the end of the drive there is a lake in a hollow of the plateau with a small car park, a few c …

Day 3 - Mount Field National Park

General The third day was spent in the forest at the foot of the mountain. The road from the visitor centre leads to a car park under the eucalyptus, and from there a paved track follows the creek upstream through a gully of tree ferns and moss to the first and largest of the wat …

Day 4 - Mount Field National Park

General The fourth day was spent lower down, in the valley between the mountain and the river. The road from the park runs north through the farmland of the Derwent, past paddocks of sheep and cattle, weatherboard houses with iron roofs, and the tall eucalyptus that stand in the …

Day 5 - Mount Wellington (Kunanyi)

General The last day of the Tasmanian journey went up the mountain that stands over Hobart. The road leaves the city at the foot of the slopes, climbs through the eucalyptus of the lower forest, and reaches the summit at 1,271 metres after about twenty kilometres of bends, with t …