Tasmania West and Central

Central and western Tasmani is mostly wilderness. The main city is Queenstown which is in the center of a large mining area. Great swaths of forest were mowed down for fuel for the mineral smelters (mostly copper) leaving the land looking like a moonscape. But most of western Tasmania is quite beautiful with coastlines, forests, villages, lakes and…wilderness.

 

Eucalyptus forest
Mining monument in Queenstown. In the 1900s alluvial gold was
West coast mining sign
Copper ore at the mining monument
Hydraulic driller at mining monument
Drawings of mining operations
Old mine shaft
Vietnam War memorial in Queenstown
Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the
Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the
Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the
Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the
Forested hills were stripped of trees for fuel for the
Regrowth
Regrowth
Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night
Blossoming
Blossoming
Warning sign for Short-beaked Echidna. The Short-beaked Echidna also known as
Warning sign for Short-beaked Echidna. The Short-beaked Echidna also known as
Warning sign for Wombats. Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged,
Lake St Clair Park
Lake St Clair Park
Lake St Clair Park
Entrance to Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A
Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in
Metal eagle at entry to the Wall in the Wilderness
Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in
Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. The carved
Wall in the Wilderness (http://www.thewalltasmania.com/) at Derwent Bridge. A work in
Pretty 'scotch broom' in blossom
Central and western Tasmani is mostly wilderness. The main city
Yolla town topiary skills gone awry!
Old mining shaft
Old mining town museum
Old mining town cable cars for ore
Road sign in Western Tasmania
Zeehan town
Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum
Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum
Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum
Zeehan town West Coast Pioneers Museum
Approaching the west coast sand dunes
Approaching the west coast sand dunes
West coast sand dunes
The western half of Tasmania is lightly settled and remains
Home sweet home, through the garden gate
Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast
Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast
Strahan town along the Macquarie Harbor on the west coast
Tasmania's western wilderness
Empire Hotel in Queenstown
Woodwork inEmpire Hotel in Queenstown
Old and new in Queenstown
Old theatre with painted mural in Queenstown
Main street in in Queenstown on Sunday morning
New library in in Queenstown
Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night
Scrapbook club in downtown in Queenstown on Saturday night

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