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Touring Tasmania – Cradle Mountain Park

So I horrified you all into silence with my last post (thanks to those who did comment BTW, I do appreciate it) From the sublime to the ridiculous – a knot of wood on a dead tree trunk in Cradle … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Hobart from Mt Wellington

Mt Wellington is a huge presence that towers over Hobart and you can drive a reasonable distance up it.  My last day in Hobart I was hoping for clear skies but there was a lot of patchy low hanging cloud … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Devil’s Kitchen, Blowhole and Lookout

A somewhat delayed return to the tales of my Tasmania Road Trip, this time last year in fact.  When last we visited Tasmania I had been to the Tessellated Pavement.  A short drive over “The Neck” which is a very … Continue reading

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Farewell 2015

Here in NZ its a few hours to go before 2015 is ended.  It has been an eventful year for me in several ways. I got the opportunity to visit Hamilton Island for a work conference in Feb and it … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Tessellated Pavement

From Richmond I headed south, ultimately heading for Port Arthur with a couple of stops to make along the way – Map of Richmond travelling to Port Arthur.  At Eaglehawk Neck you turn off and wend your way down the … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania- Old Hobart Town Model Village

Old Hobart Town is a unique multi award winning model village depicting life in Hobart as it was in the 1820’s – their website This was something that was all over the tourist flyers etc I picked up, combined with … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Richmond Bridge

Richmond Bridge is the oldest bridge still in use in Australia (Wikipedia) and by still in use they mean cars drive over it to cross the river and it is the only bridge that I saw in the township. The … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – More Richmond Buildings

Richmond continued to delight as I walked further with my camera, now heading with intent towards the famous bridge.  Those nice detail notes, fancy doors and other things caught my eye, so here are the highlights. Too early for this … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Richmond Township

Richmond Township had several attractions, it was only about 30 min drive from my accomodation, it has a historic bridge and also the most popular tourist attraction in Tasmania – a miniature model representation of colonial Hobart complete with prisoners … Continue reading

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Touring Tasmania – Huon Peninsula and Cygnet

Map of Huon Peninsula – link to Google Maps I had spoken to a lovely parking warden lady in Hobart, she had recommended if I wanted to see good quality old colonial buildings then Cygnet was the place to go. … Continue reading

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