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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. Date(s): February 2006. Album by gladysclancy. Photos by Gladys. 1 - 105 of 105 Total. 12426 Visits.
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
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