Tasmania
Tasmania is Australia's island state
Hobart, Tasmania's largest city, seen from Mt. Wellington (1270 m.)
Southeast coast -- Tasman Pennisula
Cremorne Beach
Beach on Storm Bay, near Calvert's Lagoon
Superb Fairewren (the Blue Wren)
All boats to Hobart must pass this residence near Oppossum Bay
Old convict prison at Port Arthur
Island at Port Arthur
Oldest bridge still in use in Australia (Richmond, 1823)
Ballet du Canard …
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Saint John's Catholic Church, Richmond
Richmond Maze & Tea Room
The Bonorang Wildlife Sanctuary is a rehab center
Tasmanian Devil at Bonorang
Koala with cub at Bonorang
Kangaroo with joey at Bonorang
Kangaroo joey at Bonorang
Mid-island ranch
Rain forest at Nelson Falls
New growth in rain forest
Nelson Falls trail
Nelson Falls
Russell Falls
Entrance to the Macquarie Harbour, west coast
Strahan
Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour
Sarah Island was a convict camp after Port Arthur closed
Gordon River Cruise boat at Sarah Island
Cruise boat is steered with a joy stick, not a wheel.
Entering the Gordon River from Macquarie Harbour
In the Gordon River
Turntable at Strahan terminal of narrow gauge railway
First leg of railway to Queenstown follows the King River
Wilderness Railway
Change engines at Dubbil Barrel to continue to Queenstown
Turning an engine at Dubbil Barrel for return to Strahan
Second part of trip needs rack and pinion (cog railway)
Thankfully not the Kwai
Last look at the King River
Queenstown and the end of the line.
Queenstown turntable and hotel
Queenstown, mining center for the west coast
The sparsely populated west coast of Tasmania
