Friday, December 18, 2009

Tasmania Trip 2009 - Colombia Falls, North and East Coastline

The Colombia Falls are situated between East and North Beaches

Fox gloves on the way down from the falls.
Tamar River and Bird life along the river



Oops! this is not a bird, a little bunny grazing in the morning along Tamar river.

Some friendly ducks at our unit in Bridport.

A muril from Sheffield. This town is know as muril town and there are a lot of murils on the walls in the park etc.

The Boathouse resort, the sea is almost green here.



Table Cape and on the way down




Table Cape Light House, one of the many lighthouses along the coast.


There are a lot of opium poppy fields around the north part of Tasmana. Yes, we do grow poppies for medical reasons. Poor Afganies.

An old shed next to a house, observe the white fields behind.

View is breathtaking as you climb down. The white fields you see are pyrethrum fields Tasmania produces over 30% of the world's , the botanical insecticide derived from the white chrysanthemum daisy. They are also harvested for producing a chemical for killing insects.

There was a pure black sheep in this family but it run away as I was taking the picture. White chrysanthemum daisies close up, pretty aren't they?


An old shed along the way down, I just love the colours and the composition.

The East Coast - Bay of Fires

There are many uncrowded beautiful lagoons, beaches and secluded bays to explore along the east coast, enjoy the journey!









A stone house build by a friend along the coast.

Bicheno is a pretty seaside town in the south of east coast and it used to be a whaling center in early 18 century, it also have a little fairy penquin colony along the beach.

As you walk along the grassy area of the beach you can find baby penguins in their nests. Just follow the little path to the nest where you see some droppings. Here is one baby fairy penguin patiently wating for her parents.



An old bridge on the way to Richmond.

A little inlet on the way to Garden

1 comment:

Rita said...

Tulen!!!
I just made it back to your blog and WOW! This is awesome! I loved each and every picture. In fact, I will come back again to look at them all. The scenery, the flora, the little penguin, the buildings, the bridge, the prison, the history--loved it all. I know how much work this was to post all of these and I thank you so much for taking the time to share your travels with the world. :)