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

Lichen on Hakea




Tea-Tree flower

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

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.

Day 1: Gladstone MRT fossicking area.





Tiny Drosera, about 5mm



Jack-Jumper on Hakea

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

Wesleyan Horton College at Ross (1855–93)

Then





Now

We saw this classic Ghost Sign in another collection but we tracked it down for ourselves.