18 January 2018, over Australia.
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This is the first of a series of posts on monochrome conversions of images from the Ladakh trip.
These images are monochrome conversions of some of the images from the Abstract Australia post, taken from the air, mainly over Central Australia.
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13 September 2017, Hobart, Tasmania
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We are now on our way back from Tasmania to Canberra. On our way out of Hobart we stopped in at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. This first image is in the general part of the Gardens; the rest are from the Japanese Garden.
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When I arrived there, I encountered a duck on a large stone in the middle of the pond, here drinking the water and perhaps contemplating his reflection.
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… Set off here by reflections from the Taiko Bridge.
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A section of the Taiko Bridge with underlying duck.
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Duck and Taiko Bridge reflection again,
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Water dripping out of a water spout, which traditionally would have been bamboo.
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I am now inside the Arbour, looking through at the Taiko Bridge, with duck still posing on rock underneath.
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The Japanese Garden was designed by Mr K Harada of Yaizu, Japan and was opened in 1987.
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I walked around to the other side of the garden and decided to photograph the waterfall. The duck had noticed I was no longer photographing him on the stone so had wandered across to the waterfall to pose for me there.
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No water coming out of this spout but there’s some falling from the sky.
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Camelia, presumably a Japanese variety.
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On the way back we went through back roads in the central highlands. Here we are looking across the Great Lake.
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And in this last shot we are looking out from Highland Lakes Road with North East Tasmania in the distance.
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10 to 11 September 2017, Ile des Phoques, Schouten Island, Wineglass Bay, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk
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Links go to posts with the colour versions of the images (where there may also be more information). If an image does not have a link, use the preceding one.
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Diving seal off Ile des Phoques (Island of Seals).
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Ile des Phoques.
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Freycinet Peninsula from Schouten Island.
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Walking (scrambling?) back down from the Big Hill on Schouten Island.
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On the beach at Schouten Island.
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The Big Hill, Schouten Island.
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Evening supper, Schouten Island.
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Looking back south, Promise Bay, Freycinet Peninsula.
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Beach jetsam.
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Wineglass Bay.
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Little tern diving for fish, Wineglass Bay.
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Off on an evening sail.
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One of the Nuggets.
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Cape Tourville lighthouse.
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Wineglass Bay.
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Lemon Rock and the end of Cape Forestier.
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South end of beach at Wineglass Bay, Mt Graham in the background.
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9 to 10 September 2017, Maria Island and Sailing Towards Ile des Phoques, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk
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Links go to posts with the colour versions of the images (where there may also be more information). If an image does not have a link (or a caption), use the preceding one.
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Large trees, near the isthmus on Maria Island.
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Riedle Bay.
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Shoal Bay.
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Lighthouse on Tasmanian mainland.
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Probably Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island in the distance.
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7 to 8 September 2017, Fortescue Bay and Sailing Towards Maria Island, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk
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Links go to posts with the colour versions of the images (where there may also be more information). If an image does not have a link, use the preceding one.
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Fortescue Bay from walk to Cape Hauy
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Views from near Cape Hauy.
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Fortescue Bay, looking north.
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Coastal wattle in flower.
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Lady Eugenie.
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Cormorants on breakwater, Canoe Bay.
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Beach, Fortescue Bay.
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Skipper James at the wheel, Sailing.
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Under sail and under way.
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Maria Island.
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The isthmus, Maria island.
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Coastal views opposite Maria Island.
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g2 to 4 September 2017,Bruny Island, Mount Hartz National Park, Tahune Air Walk and Hobart, Tasmania
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Links go to posts with the colour versions of the images (where there may also be more information). If an image does not have a link, use the preceding one.
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Probably the remains of the lighthouse jetty at Jetty Beach.
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Surfer near Cloudy Bay.
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Black swans at Cloudy Bay.
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The Neck, Bruny Island.
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Rapids above Keogh’s Falls, Hartz Mountains National Park.
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Hartz Mountains National Park.
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Lake Osborne.
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King Billy Pines, Lake Osborne.
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Hartz Mountains National Park.
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Meerting of Huon and Picton Rivers.
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Museum of Old and New Art (MoNA).
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30 August to 2 September 2017, Mount Field, Styx Valley, Bruny Island, Tasmania
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There will now be five posts of monochromes from the second half of my trip in Tasmania, before I resume with the trip back. The frequency of posts will also increase to about one every two days for the next three weeks, ahead of my next trip.
Links go to posts with the colour versions of the images (where there may also be more information). If an image does not have a link, use the preceding one.
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Russell Falls.
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Russell Falls (upper section).
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Lake Dobson.
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Near Lake Dobson.
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Eucalyptus Regnans, Styx Valley.
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Ferns, Styx River.
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Styx River.
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Rainforest, Creepy Crawley Nature Trail.
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Mediæval Rock Sculptures, Bruny Island.
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Headland Tunnel, Bruny Island.
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Fur Seal, Bruny Island.
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Southern tip of Bruny Island.
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Abandoned farmhouse, Bruny Island.
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View from Cape Bruny Lighthouse.
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Cape Bruny Lighthouse.
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11 September 2017, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk Day 5
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It was a wonderful day to be in the ketch in Wineglass Bay because not only was it a fine day but we were surrounded by a profusion of wildlife. There were shoals of fish in the bay which had attracted seals, seabirds and dolphins. Here we see a little tern diving for fish and behind that a colony of Australian fur seals is hauled out on the rocks. There is also a little black cormorant on the rock at the right.
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Terns and seals again, including a diving tern.
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Here we have a cotillion of tern stretched out at the edge of the beach while there are two silver gulls in the water.
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The South cape of Wineglass Bay.
Since the weather was so good, we took off for a brief sail out of the bay in the late afternoon.
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Cape Forestier and Lemon Rock (though they appear joined).
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Cape Tourville lighthouse.
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Probably one of The Nuggets.
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Closer view of Cape Tourville Lighthouse.
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We probably turned around about this time.
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Waves were washing on the rocks as the rocks glowed in the late afternoon light.
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Heading back to the beach and the shoreline.
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Lemon Rock and the end of Cape Forestier.
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Back in the Bay, closer to the shore.
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At front left is the point where the seals are hauled out, then the beach where the terns are and Mt Graham behind.
This is the last post of the Wineglass Bay Sail/ Walk. We walked out to the carpark the next day and thence a bus trip to Hobart, but I took few photographs then. Still a few more posts to come from the trip back from Tasmania and I’ll also do a few mono posts.
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11 September 2017, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk Day 5
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This morning we had breakfast off Schouten Island and then sailed to Cook’s Beach at the western side of Freycinet Peninsula where we walked along the Pensinsula Track to Wineglass Bay. What follows is some plants and views from walking along the track.
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Hollow tree. Potential shelter in heavy rain.
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Lichens.
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Leaf on eucalyptus bark.
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Casuarina, Clearly it has been raining but not while we were walking.
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Looks like a correa but it’s epacris impressa.
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I knew what this was at one stage but I’ve forgotten.
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Presumably some kind of fern.
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Banksia. Either Banksia Serrata or Banksia Marginata.
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Casuarina.
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Acacia mucronata subsp longifolia (Longleaf caterpillar wattle).
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After a few hours we come out at Promise Bay, where we walk along the rock and sand until we reach the Isthmus Track to Wineglass Bay. This is looking south.
… and this is looking north, from almost the same spot.
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We stopped for a bite to eat and just back from the beach and behind the dead tree, here is a dense clump of coastal wattle in flower.
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Rain clouds in the distance, but not where we are.
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Curious patterns on the beach as we walk along.
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And now we are on the Isthmus Track to Wineglass Bay.
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Banksia Marginata.
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There’s a swamp on the isthmus. We didn’t need to walk through it.
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And here we are, at the end of the track at the northern end of the beach at Wineglass Bay. There’s a kelp gull on the beach, some people walking along it and the ketch in the distance. You may need to click on the image to see that.
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10 September 2017, Ile des Phoques and Schouten Island, Tasmania
Wineglass Bay Sail Walk Day 4
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This continues on from the previous post, Gliding on Glass. I think we had anchored overnight off Maria Island and we were heading north towards Schouten Island, below the Freycinet Peninsula.
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This lighthouse is on the Tasmanian mainland, opposite the northern end of Maria Island, but I do not know its name.
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Some fishermen on the calm sea. The northern point of Maria Island in the background. A seabird waiting behind the boat.
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In the open sea, a seal lazily floating on its back.
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Sea and land against the sun. It’s just after 11am so we must be looking just east of north and that’s likely to be the Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island in the distance.
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Now we’re just off Ile des Phoques (Island of Seals).
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We will soon see the yellow rocks which are here reflected in the water.
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I think all the seals here are Australian Fur Seals, although New Zealand Fur Seals live in this area too.
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Lots of folks, um, sorry, phoques.
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Parental concern, perhaps.
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A couple of fur seals and a sunning of black-faced cormorants.
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Perhaps a bit of contention going on here.
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Passing the island now, with a bob of seals off the rocks.
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The final bob, bouncing in the water.
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Tallifer Rocks, off the south end of Schouten Island.
Two and a half hours later, we have landed on Schouten Island and are climbing the hill there. This is a distant view of Freycinet Peninsula.
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Similar view. Wider angle.
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It was a steep scramble to the top and here at the top is a natural bonsai growing on little other than rock.
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Going down towards where the ship is moored at Crockett’s Bay. Steeper than it probably looks.
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Back on the beach with the receding sunlight.
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This is the hill we climbed. A kookaburra is sitting in a branch of the tree.
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A leisurely supper on the beach with oysters and wine….
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… and then back to the ketch for the evening.
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