Tasmania
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| On Friday, I drive the north coast of Tasmania west of Launceston.
Near Devonport, we visit Asbestos Range National Park, where despite its
name it is quite safe to breath the air. It has one of the longest
sand beaches in Tasmania, just in from the beach we see forest kangaroos
(below), wallobies, and several species of birds. |
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| wallobies(below), and several species of birds. |
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| On Saturday, I drive down to the Port Arthur in the south of Tasmania.
Along the way we see two teams playing cricket (when we come back nearly
7 hrs later they are just walking off the field). |
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| Near Port Arthur, I visit the Tasmanian Devil Park, a collection of
native animals and a sancuary for injured animals. Here we see a
Kookaburra bird. |
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| a wombat (They a claim wombats make nice pets when adopted young), |
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| an Eastern Quoll (a native marsupial cat), |
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| and several baby Tasmanian Possums |
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| On the way home, we stop at a display of "Tessellated Pavement".
The sheet of rock formed from sediment but has cracked in a grid due to
strata bending. The salt water action rounds the cracks and leads
to "pillows" when later breaks free exposing another layer. |
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| On Sunday, I drive to Freycinet National Park, a narrow peninsula on
the east coast of Tasmania. I climb Mt Amos (about 800 m) |
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| which offers stunning views of wineglass cove (on left below).
You can see how thin the peninsula is in places. |
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