The reason that I was in Tasmania riding a Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX is a bit too convoluted for this blog but there I was under beautiful Autumn sun.
I have been to Tasmania a number of times but a couple of places had eluded me.
The far north west coast and the Tarkine Rain Forest wilderness.
Arthur River has a lovely camp ground in the remote North West Coast.
Near the mouth of the river there is a little beach and lookout at a place called The Edge of the World. The longest uninterrupted stretch of ocean in the world bound against these shores.
Travelling west from here the next stop is Patagonia.
The drift wood on the beach dragged across the sea by the pounding waves of the great Southern Ocean.
Even when it’s a still day the waves roll in on their relentless motion.
There was time for a swim under the warm sun rays of the late afternoon sun.
Before the sun set.
South of Arthur River there is a road junction. Heading south is the Western Explorer a gravel road that runs 150km south to Zeehan. The road west is the Tarkine Drive the winds through a mixture of farmland and wilderness.
The Tarkine Wlderness is an amazing temperate rain forest.
The Tarkine is limestone country with a number of sinkholes some of which have been plugged by forest debris to form lakes and ponds.
Being a rainforest there is also an array of beautiful fungi
The unique Tarkine Widerness is currently a battleground between conservationists and logging and mining interests.
If you would like to support the preservation of this unique wilderness contact https://bobbrown.org.au/
It was a short trip to this beautiful place but I’m sure I will be back.
The Giants provides insight into the importance of old growth forest and the Giants in them. Trees 100 metres high and thousands of years old.
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Merci beaucoup
Wonderful shots Mic. Although after watching numerous YouTube travel clips recently, I think you need a YouTube channel with drone footage! Something to think about before the next trip!
Gee Pauline I struggle to include a little bit of video from time to time let alone drone footage. I think I may be a piecemeal blogger as well as a piecemeal adventurer lol
Your photos of the Tarkine, the trees, lichen, fungi are beautiful, Mick. Makes us eager to sail back there next summer!
Thanks for showing me your beautiful continent
Thanks Tim for your comments and yes indeed there are many beautiful parts of Australia and I’m lucky to be able to visit them
Amazing pics, thanks for the link ro Bob’s site, have signed up
That great you enjoyed the pics and that you have signed up to the Bob Brown foundation.