using my camera more often
This photo is not one of mine but all around the world on this date, members of the Scouting and Guiding movements celebrate “Thinking Day” where they remember the joint birthdays of their founders Lord and Lady Baden Powell.
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Tasmania has one very famous brewery – Cascade. Located in the foothills of Mount Wellington close to the source of the Hobart Rivulet, this is one of the oldest buildings in Hobart. The brewery began in 1824 by Peter Degraves.
I am extremely interested in the convict history of Australia, in particular of Tasmania. When on a visit to the Female Factory in the Cascades area of South Hobart, I shot this image of the cells at the factory. Many women were sent here after becoming pregnant when out on service to a land owner. Many babes died here.
Where I live in Tasmania, is very close to the local airport. In fact, the road I drove to work on last year was directly under the flight path if planes headed south first before turning right or left to head north to the mainland of Australia.
This little parrot is so well hidden in the flowering gum. These are extremely noisy but they blend in so well and without a zoom lens are often hard to find. On a calm day, you see the branches move, hear their calls and can pinpoint them but still with difficulty.
You have seen many of the feathered visitors to my house. Just this week, this set of birds have arrived. They are called noisy miners because of the noise they make when in trees. Check out the wikipedia link to hear their bird calls.
Five Mile Beach is not very far from where I live. We used to come here for picnics and barbecues.
Today the staff and students are back at school. But I have retired, so decided to go for a drive instead of going to school. This is going to take some getting used to. Went past Government House in Hobart.
Another famous Aussie bird is the galah, pink and grey in colour. At this time of year, they are often seen in pairs preeening each other while hunkered down on a wire.
“Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree” is a great song I learnt in Girl Guides. From the link, we used to sing only the first verse as a round. Also the last line didn’t quite sound the same as it is on the link. Sorry this image is a bit dark.
The next few posts are going to show you my feathered neighbours. You have already seen the magpies that often wake me early in the morning. But there are other visitors to my garden as well.
These sulphur crested cockatoos are very raucous when they fly away from the trees they are perched in.
Here I was prepared for hordes of people to arrive. But throughout the day, there were only about 15 visitors to my stall, despite putting an ad in the local paper. Maybe people are not reading as many books now that they can read online.
