Salmon Farm - 41 degrees South Tasmania |
Pete feeding the fish |
The fish eating the food |
The chickens were after some food too |
Salmon are reared in tanks and a wetland is used as a natural biofilter |
Montana Waterfall and Cascades |
Mole Creek - our camp |
View from our campsite |
Pete enjoying a beer by the creek |
Dinner - kangaroo burgers |
Marakoopa Cave |
Lots of formations |
Marakoopa Cave |
Cave cricket |
Marakoopa Cave |
Marakoopa Cave |
Glow worm info |
The lights were turned off in the cave, so that we could see the glow worms |
Walk through the forest to King Solomons Cave |
King Solomons Cave |
Lots of different formations |
King Solomons Cave |
King Solomons Cave |
King Solomons Cave |
Sparkling calcium crystals |
Iron gives the reddish colour on this curtain formation |
Unusual formation |
Curtains |
King Solomons Cave |
The Wandering Trout and a tasting paddle |
On trail to the Leven Canyon |
Leven Canyon |
Spectacular view |
The peak opposite our lookout |
The river cutting through the canyon |
One more piccie |
The town of Penguin |
Burnie - West Beach - Little Penguins come ashore |
Little (aka Blue or Fairy) Penguin |
Flapping its wings |
Posing for us |
It's at its heaviest, as it is about to start moulting - this will take a couple of weeks and it cannot fish during that time |
There are two Little Penguins in this photo |
Burnie - The Makers' Workshop - these are made of paper |
Fossil Bluff |
A 275 million year old cliff |
Rich in fossils |
Created by an ancient tide-water glacier |
View from Table Cape |
View across to Table Cape lighthouse |
Table Cape lighthouse |
Boat Harbour Beach |
White sand and sapphire-blue water... |
...it could be the Caribbean |
Boat Harbour Beach |
Stanley - The Nut |
View from our tent - towards The Nut |
The Nut - an ancient volcano |
There is a chairlift to the top... |
...but we take the steep zig-zag trail |
Bonus - wee meet this little wallaby |
Part way up the trail |
It was very steep - thankfully a short trail |
We chat to those going up on the chairlift |
There's a 2km trail around the top of The Nut |
Pete on trail |
There's also a little forest up there |
View down to our campsite and Tatlows beach |
View down to Godfreys Beach |
View to the fishing harbour |
Great view |
Then we head back down - our poor knees |
Arthur River - Edge of the World |
The sea here stretches uninterrupted... |
...all the way to Argentina |
Driftwood piled up on the rocks |
Pounding waves |
Arthur River |
Arthur River |
View from Sumac Lookout |
Trail to Trowutta Arch |
Through lovely temperate rainforest |
Jackie heads down to the Arch |
We get a glimpse through the trees |
The Trowutta Arch |
A collapsed cave and sinkhole |
Most of the year the water would be clear |
There's an algae on top |
It's a nice colour |
Looking back through the arch |