The last few weeks have flown by with special birthdays in the household, Mother's Day, wedding anniversary and preparing for a talk to Fleurieu Quilters for their Biggest Evening (High) Tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council. The promised posting of more Tasmanian photos got forgotten some how, so I am about to make amends. At least it gives me a chance to mull over and remind myself of the highlights.
We stopped at Chudleigh to visit the Honey farm. What a delight. With a working beehive to look at, 60 odd flavours of honey to try (anyone for Chilli Honey?) and yummy icecream.
I also spotted these beautiful roses, which go through an amazing range of colours as they open and then fade.
This is Sheffield, the mural town. There were quite a few when we visited 10 years ago. Now there are many more and they have an annual competition/festival. The mountains around the town form a wonderful backdrop to the town
We stayed at Cradle Mountain Lodge in a lovely quite cottage amid the trees
This is the leech (uggh) that I found on my clothes one morning - he's looking the worse for wear with bits of tissue on him where I pulled him off!
I did a couple of the short walks. The scenery, the trees and mosses and lichens all look so ancient.
The green and brown is only broken occasionally by touches of red - a strange bright red fungus...
... an odd red gum leaf.
We saw plenty of the little kangaroo they call pademelons,
and possums
but the quolls (above) and Tasmanian Devils we saw were in the Devil park
There were native hens near the Lodge
We went in to Dove Lake and the day was a photographer's delight. I remember on our last visit waiting for the clouds to rise to see the peaks.
Last time we did the walk around the lake
These views are on the road to Devonport
and this time, the real thing ... an echidna we spotted crossing trhe road.
It was a short but great trip. If you haven't been to Tassie - go!
This week I had chance to remember my trip last year to India and Bhutan. It was quite an effort reducing the number of photographs to something manageable for the talk, but it was very enjoyable recalling the sights and sounds and experiences. Thanks to the Fleurieu Quilters' Committee - I thought it was a good night. I hope everyone else did too.
We stopped at Chudleigh to visit the Honey farm. What a delight. With a working beehive to look at, 60 odd flavours of honey to try (anyone for Chilli Honey?) and yummy icecream.
We stayed at Cradle Mountain Lodge in a lovely quite cottage amid the trees
a heath (?)
and another flower
and a kookaburra reserving judgement on our movements - he probably had a good laugh when we left!
We went in to Dove Lake and the day was a photographer's delight. I remember on our last visit waiting for the clouds to rise to see the peaks.
These views are on the road to Devonport
This week I had chance to remember my trip last year to India and Bhutan. It was quite an effort reducing the number of photographs to something manageable for the talk, but it was very enjoyable recalling the sights and sounds and experiences. Thanks to the Fleurieu Quilters' Committee - I thought it was a good night. I hope everyone else did too.
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