Day Trip to South West Tasmania (multiple images)

[stoogest]

A few weeks back my wife and I flew down to Melaleuca in the far south west of Tasmania to do a tour of Bathurst Harbour and surrounds. We'd been literally waiting for months for the perfect weekend, and after some heavy snowfalls we knew the time was right!

It's a shame the perspex windows in the plane reduced the quality quite a bit, but with a bit of PP I think they've come up alright!

Enjoy!
Andrew.

Mt Wellington
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-m5PWWJs/0/M/i-m5PWWJs-M.jpg

http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-9F3qhnK/0/M/i-9F3qhnK-M.jpg

Looking south as we flew into Melaleuca. It's also the route that the South Coast Track takes.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-MqmnqzQ/0/L/i-MqmnqzQ-L.jpg

The boat trip into Bathurst Harbour. Very fast, very cold, but a lot of fun!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-2xH98kB/0/L/i-2xH98kB-L.jpg

Reflections on Bathurst Harbour!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-jRffLjK/0/L/i-jRffLjK-L.jpg

One of the Celery Top islands in the harbour.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-8TKCbDt/0/L/i-8TKCbDt-L.jpg

Morning tea at one of the Celery Top islands. The tannins in the water were so rich in colour!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-XMxW8hs/0/L/i-XMxW8hs-L.jpg

Some more islands...
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-3vxjm6G/0/L/i-3vxjm6G-L.jpg

Mt Rugby. It's a shame the sun was coming in just to the right of the mountain as it made getting any decent shots really difficult.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-qCXGBPq/0/L/i-qCXGBPq-L.jpg

Tannins!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-c2DGbwb/0/L/i-c2DGbwb-L.jpg

This was taken at Claytons. Not sure that the sign is really needed any more... :)
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-XwhvDTz/0/L/i-XwhvDTz-L.jpg

The walk from Claytons up to Antenna Hill.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-xLHCQRJ/0/L/i-xLHCQRJ-L.jpg

Panorama from the top of Antenna Hill.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-Ssg8x4x/0/L/i-Ssg8x4x-L.jpg

High tide!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-6R2ZjRD/0/L/i-6R2ZjRD-L.jpg

Melaleuca airstrip. Love this shot...
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-JwCtwmV/0/L/i-JwCtwmV-L.jpg

Flying out of Melaleuca. You can see the airstrip in the distance.

http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-4RHZzcc/0/L/i-4RHZzcc-L.jpg

Federation Peak!! It's climbable without assistance, but freaking scary (as seen by the video..no, it's not me!).

http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-s3QVMjR/0/L/i-s3QVMjR-L.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP1M3ZN_wxg

Some of the mountains on the way back to Hobart.
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-8jfdwSX/0/L/i-8jfdwSX-L.jpg

Our trusty plane!
http://strikis.smugmug.com/photos/i-mDJzrH2/0/L/i-mDJzrH2-L.jpg

[ricktas]

What a wonderful series Andrew. That is something I have wanted to do for a few years but haven't ever gotten around to. There are to many to critique and none really have a major issue that I could add anything constructive to anyway.

For best photo, my choice would be the Mt Rugby shot, quickly followed by the Dinghy.

[stoogest]

Thanks Rick! I wasn't really looking for critique, but it's always nice to know what other people like/dislike as it rarely seems to line up with my own perspective :D.

Personally, I like airstrip shot the best, but I'm sure it won't bring back as many memories as the other shots! I'd love to fly down again and camp overnight so that I had a bit more time to explore and get a bit more use out of the tripod. I'd also like to do the South Coast track...but it'll be a while yet!

I thoroughly recommend the tour, especially in winter (you get a discount in winter as well). I'm sure it's spectacular in summer, but for me the snow just made the day and was well worth the wait!!

Andrew.