Franklin Franklin is a beautiful little town on the banks of the Huon River in Tasmania. On Thursday the weather bureau forecast fog for the Huon District, so I got up at 5:30am to get some misty shots. No sign of fog anywhere and the sky was overcast, so after an hour I turned the […]
Be There
The Number 1 Rule of Landscape PhotographyNine good friends from my camera club went up to Cradle Mountain for two nights a few weeks ago. The idea was to capture the brilliant turning of the fagus (deciduous Beech, Nothofagus gunnii) which occurs in Tasmania’s sub-alpine areas around the end of April.Phil and I arrived […]
Fagus
Fagus In late April and early May, Australia’s only native deciduous tree Nothofagus gunnii changes colour in a brilliant display in Tasmania’s sub-alpine highlands. The common name is Deciduous Beech, but most Tasmanians know it as fagus and the ”turning of the fagus” is an much-anticipated event in Tasmania.The bush is found only in Tasmania […]
Tasmanian Devil Facts and Pictures
Tasmanian Devils are unlike any other animal in the world. Although only the size of a small dog, their horrendous screeches led early Tasmanian settlers to name them Devils. Up until maybe 400 years ago they were widespread throughout Australia, but now they can only be found only in Tasmania. It is thought that competition […]