Goat Bluff April 25th 2018

Wednesday April 25th 2018

Goat Bluff
A glorious day for a stroll along the beach, then over the headland to Goat Bluff overlooking Betsey Island and Black Jack Rock (infamous for the stranding of a catamaran in 1994)  as well as the Iron Pot.


Descending to the beach in deep sand.

Greeted by a friendly local...

 
Waiting for latecomers

Betsey Island (previously known as Lady Franklin Island).

with Black Jack Rock, also the catamaran when it got stuck.

Onward

 Reaching the end of the beach,  Surfers in the water and their support crew on the beach...

Over the headland

To the lookout for photos and discussion

 Our starting point, behind us in the sunshine.

The Iron Pot, Tasmania's first lighthouse and Australia's second.

Some of the natural world today

A last shot as we leave...

 

...for lunch and...

 ...those in the know will recognise what is happening here.

 

 

 

Map of the walk

 

 

 

Thank you to all who helped out today with various suggestions, plans and offers.

 

 

 

Coningham Nature Recreation Area 18th April 2018

 

Coningham Nature Recreation Area

Thank you Tas for researching and leading this walk into the recreation area.
We enjoyed a range of vegetation and some different terrain (hills) and surfaces. Lovely views of the water and distant mountains.

 

Tea tree forest along the coast, and Sleeping Beauty looking like ...herself.



 

Some natives

Along the ridge, stopping for a catch up.

             and a chance to wave...

Heading back downhill,

some chose the steep...

 

 

 

and others chose the very steep 



 for the wander along the beach and past the boatsheds (and 'amenities')

 

 

 

 

Maps not up to standard this week. We walked west along the coast before heading inland at the end of the beach.

Rosny Hill 11th April 2018

Rosny Hill

A gloomy day, threatening rain but we were lucky and only endured a mild sprinkle around Rosny College.
There were options. Some chose to go up the steps and were rewarded by lovely (though cloudy) views over Bellerive Bluff. Others avoided the hill and dawdled (and I mean "dawdled") back to the parking area along the Foreshore Trail.

The upper circuit people found the secret clue and no-one chose the summit dash so we zigzagged back to the cars.
 
 Waiting...waiting, we examined the memorial to those who lost their lives in the Tasman Bridge collapse, investigated the musical loo and generally wondered what they were up to. (They'd found a library and got distracted).
 
Lunch at Moto Vecchia was a huge success. The soup was so delicious it was all gone before a photo could be taken. Rumour has it that one person managed more than one bowl!

The Foreshore Trail

 

Views of Bellerive Bluff

 

 

 

 

 

The upper track

 

 

 

Views of Hobart's industrial coast

 

 

Tasman Bridge and the memorial 

 

Don't they look happy about having kept us waiting?

 

 

Super soup supped

 

 

 

Route

 

 

 

Berriedale 4th April 2018

Berriedale

A perfect day for our outing today, though there was a hint about it being too warm! We aimed to walk from Lowestoft Bay as far as the Cadbury's factory site, but only made it to Windermere Bay, though we did see some birds and of course...fabulous river scenery.