Pademelon Paradise
The Tasmanian pademelon ( Thylogale billardierii ), also known as the rufous-bellied pademelon or red-bellied pademelon, is the sole species of pademelon found in Tasmania, and was formerly … Continue reading Pademelon Paradise
Category: OM-1
Eastern Spinebill
Unpublished Eastern Spinebill images from the archives. OM-1, Olympus 75-300 f4.8-6.7 II lens, ISO of 12800 to keep the shutter … Continue reading Eastern Spinebill
White Orchid
Caladenia cracens (Elegant caladenia) is a small white and dark pink spider orchid, quite common around the foothills of Mt … Continue reading White Orchid
Tall Bird Orchids
The Chiloglotis gunnii – Tall Bird Orchid, is another Tasmanian Orchid that can be hard to spot and is quite … Continue reading Tall Bird Orchids
Greenhood Orchids
Last week walking Ralphie up in the bush, I stumbled upon a small group of endemic Pterostylis – Greenhood Orchids … Continue reading Greenhood Orchids
Aurora Tasmania
It’s been a while, I’ve been on holidays!Last night there was an Aurora so I headed along the road to … Continue reading Aurora Tasmania
Chunky Nutty Goodness
After leaving the last viewing platform the track winds around to point back towards Tasmania. Below is a shot of … Continue reading Chunky Nutty Goodness
Weeds – nuts on The Nut
Unfortunately everything is not quite peachy on top of The Nut at Stanley. You would think this isolated plateau peninsula … Continue reading Weeds – nuts on The Nut
A nutter on The Nut
After packing and leaving our accommodation early, we headed to Stanley to visit “The Nut”. We arrived about 5 minutes … Continue reading A nutter on The Nut
Sundown near Stanley
Heading back to our accommodation for the evening, it was a race to get to the Black River mouth as … Continue reading Sundown near Stanley
Stream-side stroll
Yet another lovely little rainforest walk in Tasmania’s Tarkine area, this time along the banks of the Julius River, featuring … Continue reading Stream-side stroll
Lake Chisholm
The destination, according to the information sign “one of the finest examples of a flooded sinkhole in Australia”. I took … Continue reading Lake Chisholm
Lake Chisholm walk
This was by far my favourite walk in the Tarkine, not so much the destination – “one of the finest … Continue reading Lake Chisholm walk
Dempster Plains Lookout
A two minute uphill but easy walk from a carpark – accessed by a rough dirt road, is a lookout … Continue reading Dempster Plains Lookout
Tarkine Sinkhole
Continuing along the Tarkine loop, we stopped to visit another sinkhole and a peaceful meandering river. I went to bed … Continue reading Tarkine Sinkhole
Trowutta Arch
Trowutta Arch is located on the lands of the Palawa and the local Aboriginal word for ‘ trowutta ‘ means flint. The spectacular sight … Continue reading Trowutta Arch
First Forest Foray
I think the sign at Sumac Lookout said it was a 10 or 15 minute walk, but it was just … Continue reading First Forest Foray
Temma Tasmania
The last of the North West Coast photos as we head south of Arthur River and through Temma, to the … Continue reading Temma Tasmania
Final wave
This is I think the last post with images of Arthur River, it’s such a captivating, mesmerising experience watching this … Continue reading Final wave
Smashed Shores
Well, I thought I was ready to move on from Arthur River this post, but I took way more keepers … Continue reading Smashed Shores
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