Cruising Macquarie Harbour at Strahan (click to enlarge)
Ruins of Tasmania's first convict penal settlement at Sarah Island
Mossy tree with bracket fungus in the
forest near Strahan
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Sunday, 22 January 2012
Tasmania: Part X
Looking across Macquarie Harbour at Strahan (click to enlarge)
Macquarie Harbour at Strahan
Rain approaching as we walked back to our cabin after dinner
Boats at Strahan
Tasmania: Part IX
The interior of our carriage on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
The steam train runs on a rack and pin track, which was a feat of engineering
and human endurance when it was built through rugged mountain terrain
in the late 1800s to transport tin, silver and other metals from
Queenstown to the port at Strahan (click to enlarge).
The steam train runs on a rack and pin track, which was a feat of engineering
and human endurance when it was built through rugged mountain terrain
in the late 1800s to transport tin, silver and other metals from
Queenstown to the port at Strahan (click to enlarge).
Terrain like this...the King River Valley
The King River, which is slowly recovering from the devastating
effects of decades of polluting mining practices used
in the region. Not long ago it was considered a 'dead' river.
The locomotive
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