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Ross – Tasmania 2024
This week, I share my explore of Ross, Tasmania. I wanted to break the drive between Launceston and Hobart, and actually see some of more normal Tasmania. So we stopped at Ross for a couple of nights and spent the day in-between looking around the town. Ross is the location of one of Tasmania’s famous…
Evandale and Clarendon Estate – Tasmania 2024
This week I share my photos and experience from a visit to the village of Evandale, and the nearby National Trust of Tasmania property Clarendon Estate. Evandale Evandale is a village a little way south of Launceston’s airport, about 19 km south of Launceston CBD and about 5 km south of the airport. There is…
Mole Creek and Chudleigh
This weeks post covers our trip out to Mole Creek, and the stop at Chudleigh on the way. Mole Creek is about a 1 hour drive (75km) from Launceston, and is the nearest village to one of Tasmania’s bigger karst areas. It is also an historic little village that used to be the termination of…
Beaconsfield Mine Historic Centre, and Platypus House – Tasmania 2024
In this weeks blog, I give a run-down of our trip to Beaconsfield, and particularly the Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre, and our after-lunch visit to the Platypus House and Echidna Garden at Beauty Point, just down the road. Beaconsfield Beaconsfield is a town about 40km north from Launceston. In the mid-19th century gold was…
Launceston Tramway Museum and QVMAG – Tasmania 2024
The Inveresk Precinct in Launceston is largely comprised of the repurposed Tasmanian Railways Workshops. Most of the rail lines and other railway infrastructure has now gone, but many of the buildings remain and have been converted into other uses. The University of Tasmania occupies a large portion of the site, but so do a whole…
Cataract Gorge and Launceston Riverfront – Tasmania 2024
The Launceston Riverfront was the gateway to and from northern Tasmania, and Cataract Gorge was, and still is, an amazing natural feature practically smack in the centre of town. There isn’t much history left along the riverfront, but it is a pleasant walk, with a few hints to its history still to be found. The…
Tamar Island Wetlands – Tasmania 2024
Just a short drive north from Launceston, on the western side of the Tamar river, is a nature reserve called the Tamar Island Wetlands. At this point, the Tamar river is quite wide and, on the western side, quite shallow. The river also divides around a moderate sized island at this point. A fairly substantial…
Hello Tasmania (again)
We went to Tasmania (again), although this time we travelled through Tasmania, I started my journey halfway through the full trip, landing in Hobart airport for the second time. We stayed in a motel in Hobart for a few days, visiting Bonorong wildlife hospital before moving on to Port Arthur. We spent two of our…
Launceston City Park – Tasmania 2024
On what is effectively the Eastern edge of the Launceston CBD is Launceston City Park. Today it is a well manicured urban park, featuring a kids playspace, lots of green space, a duck pond, a a couple of water features, a conservatory, a band rotunda and a monkey enclosure. Yes, you read that right –…
Tasmania 2024 – Introduction
Hello! This is an introduction to my 2024 trip to Tasmania. The more detailed posts are not going to follow chronological order that i did them in. I think I will group them into geographical groupings. I took a total of 4400 photographs. It will take some time to work through them and process those…
