[9 images] – The Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania’s South East is a remarkable day trip from Hobart with the family, not only for the convict history of the Port Arthur area, but to enjoy the natural beauty of it’s coast line.
Remarkable adventure
[9 images] – The Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania’s South East is a remarkable day trip from Hobart with the family, not only for the convict history of the Port Arthur area, but to enjoy the natural beauty of it’s coast line.
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Looking at the through to the far end of the ‘remarkable cave’ reminds me of the basalt columns in Fingal’s cave on Staffa, an island off the west coast of Scotland. When I was a kid, the BBC used to play Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave during intervals – with film of the waves lashing the rocks. 🙂
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Tasmania had many similarities to Scotland, we make good whiskey too
🥃 At low tide in mild weather you can walk through this one, there’s a second cave opening to the left in that photo that you cant quite see from the tourist viewing platform I was on.
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Beautiful – I find all water views and rock formations beautiful!
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I much prefer taking photos on overcast days than sunny ones, much more moody and interesting plus less contrast so more detail to play with 😀
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Wow, fantastic photos! I love the wild beauty of Australia. I do wonder, what did it feel like for the convicts arriving there? Australia is like no other.
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Thank you 😊 This is the coastline they would have seen from the arriving ships, looking inhospitable. It was paired with tales of the sea being full on man eating sharks and impenetrable forests full of savages to discourage swimming from the peninsula. The convicts probably thought they were building the prison not to keep themselves in, but to keep everything else out!
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Beautiful photos. That is a remarkable coastline.
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Thanks Timothy, I’ve visited and photographed this area so many times over the years, this time I tried hard to see and capture it differently. It’s easy to gloss over things you’ve seen so many times.
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That’s a very beautiful coastline!
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Thanks John, I’ve been here many times since I was small. It’s changed from narrow rough gravel roads and hand hewn tracks to big asphalt carparks with viewing platforms and barriers for the tourists. There’s a few places where you can’t easily get to the best view now.
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That’s how it goes I guess, the best spots for photography are taken away by population and tourism. Bummer!
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They’ve made it hard to jump the barrier now too, but it was a little dangerous with the waves and high tide that day to get any closer. Sometimes I’m sensible. Sometimes.
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Fantastic pictures of a fantastic landscape, thank you for bringing us along.
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Thanks for visiting Ulle, happy new year 🥳
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Not only remarkable! Sensational and exceptional! The cave is amazing. How did you get that vantage point?
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Thanks Morgaine, Taken from a tourist viewing platform. There’s a better view of the cave branching to the left inside but you can’t easily get there anymore 😦 You used to be able to walk right through it at low tide.
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What an amazing island you live on!
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I like to think so 😊 It’s extremely diverse . I get real holidays this year so hoping for a few extended trips up the west, north west and east coats!
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Very nice for you. Should provide some great photos.
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I’m a little excited, I was a casual worker for 6 years so it will be great to have paid holidays 😀
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Wow. Someday, I hope, to see for myself.
“Devil’s Kitchen.” Love names like that!
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Thanks Rebecca, there’s some great place names around Tasmania. Two on my list are Devil’s Throne – about 45 mins walk from my next post on Thark Ridge, and Devil’s Gullet – which I visited last year but it was covered in cloud 😦 I’ll be up that way again in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed!
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