Eagle Hawk Neck

In colonial times, fierce guard dogs were tethered in a line across the width of Eaglehawk Neck and soldiers patrolled the line to ensure no prisoners escaped from the notorious Port Arthur penal settlement. Today Eaglehawk Neck is a quiet fishing village on the...

Salamanca Market

Hobart’s saturday Salamanca Market is one of the nation’s brightest and busiest. Lemongrass and LPs, sandstone sculpture and salmon, buskers and baked spuds – you’ll find them all at Salamanca. More pics...

Port Arthur

The Port Arthur penal settlement began life as a small timber station in 1830. Originally designed as a replacement for the recently closed timber camp at Birches Bay, Port Arthur quickly grew in importance within the penal system of the colonies. The initial decade...

Tessellated Pavement

Another photo from Tasmania. The Tessellated Pavement at Eagle Hawk Neck. > The Tessellated Pave is an inter-tidal platform where an unusual set of geological circumstances has resulted in a rare landform. Around 265 million years ago, a depression in the...

Tahune Forest air walk

Tasmania is like the last frontier well… maybe not “the last” but it sure is pretty. Here’s a picture I took of one of the Tahune Forest air walk viewing platforms overlooking the Huon River near the junction with the Picton River....