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A trip to South West Tasmania – back to Bathurst Harbour-20 of 26

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Tasmanian Traveller

From Bramble Cove we motored along the Bathurst Channel to Bathurst Harbour. I focused my attention on the clouds for most of the trip. White drama against the blue. Grey brooding over a silver sea. When we returned to Bathurst … Continue reading →

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A trip to South West Tasmania-the airstrip and beyond at Melaleuca-14 of 26

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

From the home we wandered back past the Museum and down to the gravel airstrip where I’d watched a couple of tiny planes land and take off earlier. From there a few of us trundled across the glaringly white gravel … Continue reading →

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A trip to South West Tasmania-arrival at Melaleuca-11 of 26

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Melaleuca is known for reasons including its remoteness, the slog required to walk there from other parts of Tasmania, its tin mining history, the people who lived in this challenging environment last century in splendid and productive isolation and, in … Continue reading →

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A trip to South West Tasmania-Spring flowers-8 of 26

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

While some walked to the top of Mt Beattie, with a few companions I strolled along the track to TV Hill, so named because Clyde Clayton ran his TV aerial from there. An excerpt from one of fellow passenger Rob’s … Continue reading →

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