Each year I select photos I’ve taken and produce a calendar to give as gifts to family and close friends. Here is this year’s selection.
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Ryoj Ikeda’s massive installation Spectra, a feature of the very first Dark Mofo, made a welcome return to Hobart to be permanently situated at the Museum of Old and New Art in Berridale. It was lit to mark the Winter solstice and this photograph is taken from across the River Derwent at Old Beach.
January
This display of old oars is on a shack at Cockle Creek, at the end of the road as far south as it’s possible to drive within Australia. They are presumably single oars remaining from former pairs, separated by storms, mishaps, age or circumstance.
February
Lunar New Year celebrations on the lawns outside Parliament House, Hobart. 2018 was the Year of the Dog.
March
Sunset at Table Cape, near Wynyard on Tasmania’s north west coast
April
The new viewing deck over the lily pond at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens was installed to mark the Gardens’200th anniversary.
May
The statue of Sir John Franklin and its surrounding fountain have had a modern makeover, complete with colour-changing LED lighting. Franklin Square, Hobart.
June
Chain of Lagoons, a string of ocean beaches and lagoons stretching along Tasmania’s East Coast between Bicheno and Falmouth, pictured on a blustery winter’s day.
July
The Hobart Cenotaph looms over a fiery installation at 2018’s Dark Mofo.
August
The peaks of Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff, photographed from the area known as the Vale of Belvoir, in the hinterland of Tasmania’s north west coast.
September
Atmospheric lighting highlights the gothic architectural stylings of Domain House in Hobart.
October
Granite boulders on the beach at Binalong Bay, part of the Bay of Fires on Tasmania’s upper East Coast
November
Hobart’s skyline reflected in its historic waterfront. The red lighted buildings and inverted crosses were a feature of this year’s Dark Mofo midwinter festival.
December
Late afternoon sunlight over Boat Harbour Beach, a secluded cove popular as a holiday spot on Tasmania’s north west coast.
Tasmanian traveller – Bellerive Tasmania Australia – Through travel, I have experienced the eccentricities of people and their environments around the world. At the same time, I love where I live. So, for people who cannot travel to discover the wonders of my home town, this blog is an attempt to introduce its exoticness. My goal was to walk along both sides of Hobart's Derwent River from the mouth to New Norfolk, and to walk on one or alternating sides of the River between New Norfolk and the source of the River at the southern end of Lake St Clair. The walk was undertaken in stages around my other commitments of my life. Almost all stages of the walk connected with Tasmanian public transport - my intentions was to inspire people, who do not have access to a vehicle, to feel they can replicate the walks. This blog reports on each stage in the hope it will encourage people to either follow in my steps or to create their own walking project where-ever they live.
Please note: The blog background and headliner image of 'Hobart from Mt Wellington' is the work of Tourism Tasmania and Garry Moore. It is a free image with unrestricted copyright and available from http://www.tassietrade.com.au/visual_library
Tasmanian travellersays:
The colour and clarity you work with in your photos makes for stunning images.
Thanks Helen great to hear from you. Hope you are well. Andrew
Beautiful as always Andrew. Hope you have a lovely Christmas xx
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Thanks Mappie. Wishing you and your family a safe and happy festive season xox