Fauna, Flora, Landscape, OM-1, Photography, Tasmania

Dempster Plains Lookout

A two minute uphill but easy walk from a carpark – accessed by a rough dirt road, is a lookout over the rolling button grass Dempster Plains.

As we crested the hill a Wedge-Tailed Eagle came into view quite close! I scrambled to swap over to my 300mm lens and grab a shot!

We soon noticed there were THREE Wedgies – what a treat!!
Unfortunately they quickly moved away from us with the air currents.

After the excitement of the birds, we enjoyed the view from the lookout before continuing on the Tarkine Trail.

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18 thoughts on “Dempster Plains Lookout”

    1. Thanks, this open area was once control burnt by the Palawa people to aid wallabies grazing and hunting. If the fire burnt faster than they could walk it was considered too hot and damaging for the environment, unfortunately fire control is a little different now in Tasmania, they use incendiaries to burn coupes after clear-felling. It is usually done in Autumn and while it provides lovely sunsets, I’m not convinced it’s the best thing for the planet.

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      2. The last few years has been more on the wet side here but things are about to dry out again. We do a lot more back burning for duel reduction than we used to, but the fires are too hot and damage the bush in the short term and it takes longer to recover.

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    1. It was lovely, the sun played through the clouds to highlight the plain nicely! There was a sign saying this area will be burnt for re-generation purposes (as it traditionally was by the native Palawa) in the next week or so, weather permitting, so it probably looks different now.

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      1. Eagles are beautiful, I forgot to mention in my other comment how badly the state of Florida is with its sinkholes. A few years ago, a man was in his bedroom and was suddenly swallowed alive, never to be recovered. Florida is a dangerous place to live in that regard and I lost a home and a new car down there in 1991. No thanks, Florida! 💀 Not to mention the many hurricanes that slam the state.

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      3. That’s so nice that your climate is not prone to violent weather! You are so far from the States, wow.

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  6. Thanks Morgaine, the Tassie Wedge-Tail is Australia’s largest bird of prey, a sub-species of the mainland eagles and only occur on the island. It is estimated there are less than 1000 birds remaining, they are highly endangered 😦 It’s always a thrill to see one wild and reasonably close.
    The Tarkine area is amazingly diverse, much of it believed to be undisturbed for 30,000 years, remnant areas of Gondwana with links to Patagonia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

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