We stopped at Boat Harbour Beach on our way to Stanley and had a fine meal of fish & chips and lamb burger at Jolly Roger’s. This was the view (around the edge of the play gym). Nothing between us and Melbourne except a large expanse of very cold water!
Archive for July, 2008
Small child, big sky
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An icy start at Cradle Mountain
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The fly-fishing pond near the main building was covered in thick ice when we started out. MDH waited in the car while I went to check out. He said that every male that passed by, whether 7 or 70, had to make a detour to the edge, scrabble about for a stone and piff it [...]
More “weather” at Dove Lake
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In spite of my poor photography and the dodgy light and weather conditions, you can see how beautiful the reflections are…
Small locals at Cradle Mountain
Posted in Tasmania on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Saw several of these lumbering locals on the short road out to Dove Lake…completely unconcerned at the chattering camera clickers less than 2m away. They must have been waiting for me – I’d said to MDH that I’d be happy just to see one alive after all the road kill we’ve seen on the way [...]
Small details
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We were feeling a bit overwhelmed by the huge sky, endless button grass, craggy peaks – it all seems so much more ‘high definition’ in this crisp clear air. And then I spotted this champion of the small detail by the side of the road…
Waking up in Strahan
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It’s a long and winding road to get here, but didn’t this view from our verandah at Risby Cove this morning make it all worth while?!
Button grass meadow, Lake St Clair
Posted in Tasmania on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently there are 1 million hectares of this peaty bog grass in Tasmania!
Echidna alert!
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“Weather” at Lake St Clair
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Waking up is easy at the Islington
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Snow on Mount Wellington this morning – view from the juliet balcony of our room at the Islington.
