Richmond, in the Coal River Valley near Hobart, has been a tourist hotspot since before there was tourism.
Tag: Hobart
Spinning at the Springs
I’ve just tried ‘spinning’ photography for the first time and it was great fun.
Dark Mofo Part 3 – Burning the Ogoh Ogoh
…the festival culminated in a firey spectacle based on a traditional Indonesian ogoh ogoh ceremony designed to purge people’s fears by consigning them to the flames.
Dark Mofo Part 2 – Painting the Town Red
It’s not just large public buildings and infrastructure that are lit up to celebrate Dark Mofo in Hobart … Hotels and homes are also glowing crimson through the long winter nights
Dark Mofo 2016 – Dark Park
It’s deepest darkest June in Hobart, Tasmania and that can mean only one thing….
Winter is coming…so it must be festival time in Tasmania
Tasmanians may appear blase about the cold, but they know how to make the most of winter
Best parks in Hobart to see autumn colour
Hobart does a good line in autumn colour, and its parks and gardens are some of the best places to enjoy the spectacle
The Turning of the Fagus
Each autumn in Tasmania a unique observance takes place. A marker of the changing seasons assumes an almost pagan mysticism as flocks of goretexed pilgrims make their way to a handful of sub-alpine locations around the state to see the Turning of the Fagus.
The hidden charms of Bushy Park
…cool nights signal a chemical change in the leaves of poplars planted as windbreaks on paddocks of rich soil as well as other magnificent oaks, elms and other deciduous exotics…
Lost World and South Wellington
Spectacular views from this short but quite challenging walk on kunany / Mount Wellington