February 9, 2010
We are in Tasmania----we arrived in Devonport early this morning. We then drove down to Strahan on the west Coast via Cradle Mountain after I got Telstra prepaid mobile broadband working on an Apple MacBook in Devonport
Gary Sauer-Thompson, chairs, Bordertown, SA
Tasmania looks so dry. They've had little rain. And it is hot, just like Adelaide and Melbourne. Strahan looks rather tacky---as if it has suffered from the global financial crisis re the down turn in international tourism. There are lots of places for sale and empty cleared blocks. However, currently there is little surplus accommodation.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, abstract, Strahan
Since Suzanne prefers Strahan to Queenstown, it looks as if Strahan will be our base for several days. So I will make daily photographic trips to Queenstown to explore the architecture and the denuded landscape from the old Mt Lyell mine.
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Queenstown's acid rain hillsides are not what they were, not like I remember them. And not like friend's who grew up there remember— The metallic bubbles floating down the river.
Has the theatre got it's roof back on? It blew off the other day.
Don't forget to check out Trial Harbour, or Granville Harbour out of Strahan.
You'll get there and say, 'What Harbour?"
granville harbour pics & some of the same (and others) mapped