Merry Christmas

Wishing you and your families a safe,  very happy and fun Christmas and look forward to seeing you all achieve amazing things in year 6 at Banksia in 2019.

Cradle Mountain

A day at Cradle Mountain... The Dove Lake circuit showing a riot of coloured wildflowers and a variety of white , rocky patches, scrub, tall timbers and mossy forest.  Beautiful. Couldn't believe my luck at seeing wombats and echidnas together,  munching on the grass.  Thanks for the sunshine Tassie.

Waratah

Wouldn't you love a giant waterfall in the middle of Bribie?

Trial Harbour in the west

Salmon farms

They have very stringent rules  to ensure the ocean is not damaged from fish food and faeces.

Mine pits

The colour of the water in the pit is influenced by the minerals.  That is Lake Burberry in the distance

Queenstown mines

The rocks are many colours, mostly a deep rose shade but some have blues or green stripes through them.  They mine copper,  silver and gold here.

Lake Burberry

This is a man made lake near Queenstown.

Tall timbers

Gordon Dam Wall

The wild west

The climate and geology had plenty of surprises.  I have been gobsmacked over the colour variations in the mountains and rocks.  Much of western Tasmania is mined for tin,  silver,  copper and gold. We have done some fishing,  4wheel driving and lots of spectacular walking tracks . Currently we're in a township called Waratah, which has an amazing waterfall in the middle of town.  Although it's Summer,  there are so many blossoming bushes... pinks,  purples and yellows. I'll add some further photos of Queenstown mines, the raging seas and coloured rocks of Trial Harbour, the Gordon Dam Wall,(where we saw 2 keen abseilers plunge down 140 metres) and Waratah.

Mount Field

This is a photo of Russell Falls. I think it's the prettiest falls I've ever seen.  Earlier in the day we drive up the mountain to see a lake and it snowed while we hiked around it.  It was exceptionally beautiful. There was even some sunshine whilst there.  Tasmania is very unpredictable with weather.  I hear you're getting great use of your air conditioners up there. I'll send a few more photos through to Mr Moeser,  as I seem to be limited with Blogger.