Tahune Airwalk and Tarkine news

Wonderful news and a great incentive for people to visit tow Forestry tourist attractions.

www.forestrytas.com.au/visiting/visitor-sites/south/tahune-airwalk

www.forestrytas.com.au/visiting/visitor-sites/north-west/dismal-swamp

These two sites will tell you about the attractions where from June 09 the entry price for children has been abolished and greatly reduced for adults.

The Airwalk is southern Tasmania and you reach it by travelling the Huon Highway through Huonville and Franklin to Geeveston. In Geevston visit the Heritage centre and purchase your tickets. It is good to have a look round the centre first before heading into the forest to reach the Airwalk. As it says, the Airwalk allows you to walk in the tree tops. An amazing experience walking through the tops of the trees. This is just one of the many experiences for the family at the Airwalk.

Geeveston is a place full of amazing wooden sculptures. Stroll around the town check out the sculptures and learn some of the history of Geeveston.

TARKINE:- I have not visited the Tarkine yet so do not have any photos in stock. But I can say that the NW of Tasmania is wonderful to visit. Stanley is a great place to stay when in the NW.

2010 Regional Tasmanian Calendars

I am producing regional calendars of Tasmania. By regional I mean
Franklin.....Huonville.....Richmond......Salamanca Markets. At present you can view the shots of the locations by going to www.flickr.com/photos/gillistasmania/ look for the calendar set.

I am working at present on Tasmanian churches and Geeveston. I will announce then they can be viewd.

The calendars will be $15.00 plus postage....50c from each sale will be donated to F5M www.F5m.org.au or MS Research .. I am attempting to raise $10,000.

Please leave me a message if you are interested in purchasing any calendars.

Monday in Tasmania 11/5/09

Wasn't planning on going anywhere today but plans can change ! :)

After speaking with my son I found myself volunteering to drive him to Franklin to collect the boys from school.

While not a sunny day, it was nice. My son lives in West Hobart, closer to town than me. After collecting him we set off. Our journey would take us south into the Huon Valley. Franklin where the boys go to school is south of Hounville and sits on the bank of the Huon River. It was a glorious drive with all the orchards for which the Huon Valley is famous for, putting on their autumn coats. The colours varied depending on the type of orchards. There were some vineyards still showing a defiant green. Once we crossed the Huon River at Huonville we were driving with the river close on our left.

River waters in this area tend to be very dark, due to the amount of tannin in the water. This was the case today with the river being so very, very still and this meant the reflections were mirror perfect. Sadly we didnt have the luxury of time to take photographs. As it was we got into trouble from the boys for being late !!. I made up for the 'error' by buying them an ice cream [my son had one as well, not sure how that happened:)]

I will tell you about Franklin another day but here is a postcard photo showing the sort of relections one can find.