Tasmania #04

Tasmania #04

Continuing my Travels from the wilderness of Pieman River, back to Zeehan, on to the mining town of Queenstown, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, Lake St Clair, Ouse and beyond to Pirates Bay.

February 2006Showing 1-105 of 10516617 visitsAlbum by gladysclancyPhotos by Gladys

1 Tasmania #04 Collage	2 Pieman River Bank	3 Cool Rainforest Vegetation
4 Conifer beside Pieman River	5 Tree Ferns on bank of Pieman River at Corinna	6 Cool Temperate Rainforest near Pieman River at Corinna
7 Tree Fern Fronds	8 Tree Fern at Corinna	9 Road to Zeehan
10 Beehives beside Road Tasmania is noted for many varieties of Honey, including the famous Leatherwood Honey	11 Cloudy Skies over Zeehan	12 Mt Zeehan, 702 m
13 Mt Zeehan, 702 m	14 Three Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) Commonly known as Masked Plovers and are widespread throughout Tasmania	15 Wattle (Acacia)
16 Sunrise through the Mist at Zeehan	17 Morning Mist on the outskirts of Zeehan	18 Queenstown Railway West Coast Wilderness Railway: This unique Rack and Pinion steam train departs from Queenstown & Strahan daily for a 34km trip through rainforest wilderness up 1:16 gradient and across 40 restored bridges
19 Empire Hotel at Queenstown built 1901	20 Queenstown Post Office	21 Mt Lyell Hidden by cloud
22 Cloud cover lifting from over Mt Lyell	23 Fog covered hills behind Queenstown	24 Street Scene in Queenstown
25 Halo of Cloud over Mt Lyell	26 Cloud in the Valley at Queenstown	27 Sunlit Buildings at Queenstown
28 Fog on Revegetated Hills	29 Scars of Mining on Hillside	30 Dew covered seed heads ready to disperse
31 Dew covered Tree Fern Fronds	32 Mt Lyell in view as the mist clears	33 Post Office and Buildings of Orr Street Queenstown
34 Historic Hunter's Hotel (circa 1898) at Queenstown	35 Queenstown Central Newsagency established 1912	36 Miner's Memorial The history of Queenstown is commemorated in a series of sculptures in a Memorial Park
37 Memorial to Pioneer Families at Queenstown	38 Miner's Sunday	39 Commencement of Mining in the Mt Lyell area
40 1896 - Railway opens between Queenstown and Strahan	41 Miners Perish 12 October 1912 - 42 Miners die in smoke filled workings North Lyell mine	42 Road Link 1932 - Motor traffic links West Coast by road to outside world
43 Peace 1945 - End of World War ll and a community returns to peace	44 Last Train 1963 - The Last Train. Railway closes between Queenstown and Strahan	45 Queenstown mining display
46 Queenstown mining display	47 Minesite on Lyell Highway, Queenstown	48 Hills denuded by Mining
49 Mt Lyell Highway	50 Revegetation returning life to Hills Once stripped of timber and denuded by Sulphurous Fumes, these hills once had the appearance of a moonscape	51 Iron Blow Open Cut In 1883 - The Iron Blow was discovered at Mount Lyell, near Queenstown in the west
52 Hills and valleys of the mining areas of Queenstown	53 National Park The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park lies in the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area	54 Tree lined path at Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
55 Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	56 Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	57 Groundcover Ferns
58 Beads of Dew	59 Green Ferns	60 Forest Floor
61 Wattle Trees	62 Mighty Tree Trunk	63 Forest Walk
64 Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	65 Upper Franklin River	66 Washed River Stones Upper Franklin River
67 River Stones in Franklin River	68 Franklin River Walk	69 Franklin River Bank
70 Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	71 Franklin River Rapid	72 Bracket Fungi
73 Fern and Moss	74 Moss on Tree Trunk	75 Moss on Fallen Log
76 Forest Floor	77 Tall Trees	78 Looking Skywards
79 Reaching for the Sun	80 Tree Fern Path Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	81 Beside Lyell Highway
82 Lake St Clair	83 Panorama Lake St Clair	84 Lake St Clair beyond the trees
85 Glacial Erratics Around the edge of the lake are examples of Glacial Erratics which are large rocks once carried by glaciers and left far from their place of origin after the glacier had melted	86 Cradle Mountain beyond Lake St Clair	87 Reflections on edge of Lake St Clair
88 Ferry on Lake St Clair Note the Glacial Erratics in foreground	89 High Noon at Lake St Clair	90 Picnic Area at Lake St Clair
91 Silver Banksia Banksia marginata at Lake St Clair	92 Lake St Clair from path to Visitors Centre	93 Tasmanian Platypus Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The platypus, with its duck bill and webbed feet, is a unique Australian animal. It and the echidna are the only monotremes or egg-laying mammals to be found on earth
94 Lake beside Lyell Highway A10	95 Town of Ouse Ouse is located 88 km from Hobart	96 Main Street of Ouse
97 Sunrise on Mt Wellington Mt Wellington rises 1270 m above Hobart and the Derwent River	98 Sunrise on Mt Wellington, Hobart	99 Pirates Bay Pirates Bay viewed from Lookout, along the road to Port Arthur
100 Dusky Pink Flowers at Lookout	101 Tall Trees on sloping hillside at Lookout	102 Colourful flowers at Lookout
103 Pirates Bay from the Lookout	104 Rugged coastline of Pirates Bay	105 Sloping hillside from Pirates Bay Lookout