Tazzie's trips

[Tazzieman]

This was the original trig point. Like many, eventually collapsed and either dismantled or vandalised.

And last evening was stunning.
The granitic sand is from 400 million yo Devonian era rocks. Not that old, but still, not young. Like me!

 

[ECrider]

This was the original trig point. Like many, eventually collapsed and either dismantled or vandalised.
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And last evening was stunning.
The granitic sand is from 400 million yo Devonian era rocks. Not that old, but still, not young. Like me!
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Did you take all of those?

 

[Tazzieman]

Did you take all of those?

All of those what? Ladies?

 

[Tazzieman]

We're about 2 hours south of home, camping at a large calm bay , Recherche Bay, named after the vessel captained by Bruni D'Entrecasteux. He was tasked amongst other things with trying to find out what happened to another Frenchman ,the compte La Perouse, sponsored by Louis XV1, inspired by Captain Cook's voyages of discovery. La Perouse was decades later confirmed as having been wrecked in a storm off New Guinea. The survivors were massacred by natives; pretty routine for the times.
Back to Bruni. He spent 3 weeks at Recherche, his team of botanists collected 5000 species and even planted a small garden.
This was all before Tasmania was settled by the English, around 1803.

We are enjoying swimming in the beautiful water , far too cold for mainland Aussies but perfect for us, especially after a 16km bushwalk to the most accessible southern point of Tasmania. Next stop Antarctica, via the Southern Ocean.

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