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Launceston Ghost Signs 1



National Theatre: Four Ghost signs



Second from top: Pure Velvet Soap




Day Trip: Echo Sugarloaf and Mickeys Beach

View from Echo Sugarloaf of Randells Bay (front centre) and Mickeys Beach (obscured) and in the background Hartz Mountains. 50 minutes drive from Hobart CBD.



Mickeys Beach: A popular spot for locals.


Launceston Trip: Day 1-Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery







Launceston Trip: Day 2-Industry









Launceston Trip: Day 3-Tamar Wetlands

Barges were scuttled to block smaller channels of the Tamar River to increase flow in the main channel to reduce silting. (Images are geo-tagged)



Platypus II Dredge


Dredgers cottage





Mt Wellington Day-Trip: Australia Day

Lichen on Hakea




Tea-Tree flower







North East Tasmania Trip: Day 3-Scotsdale and Tunnel




Tunnel: We got 1/8 of the way through the 800m or so.











North East Tasmania Trip: Day 2-Branxholm and Poimena

Day 2: Black Creek off Mt Paris Dam road and Mt Poimena





Native Tasmanian Pepper Berry: the fruit starts mild and flavourful but then gets very hot.



This storm dumped enough hail down the valley to make it look (and feel) like winter.


North East Tasmania Trip: Day 1-Gladstone

Day 1: Gladstone MRT fossicking area.





Tiny Drosera, about 5mm



Jack-Jumper on Hakea



Hobart Ghost Signs 6

The new tenants removed the old sign and while waiting for the new brass plaque we captured the original painted sign. (c. 1831)