Just reviewing some older photos from Flinders Island. Here is a small selection of a wombat and Bennett’s Wallaby.
Flinders Island wildlife
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Killiecrankie Bay
View from the base of Mount Killiecrankie , Flinders Island, looking across Killiecrankie Bay at Killiecrankie. Click on image to see full size.
Flinders Island – Castle Rock
A photo from The Doc’s recent visit to Flinders Island. This is Castle Rock a granite monolith on the edge of Marshall Bay. The rock is 4 or 5 stories high. The “small” rock on the right side is taller than a human. That is orange lichen growing on the rock, something not uncommon in Tasmania. The earlier image The Doc posted had even more lichen, click here.
The picture is two images stitched together. The Doc was testing a new tilt + shift lense. Nothing special in post processing, just a small re-crop, plus some saturation and sharpening.
Flinders Island – seascape
No carcasses today, although The Doc did photograph a few including the Bennett’s Wallaby and a Potoroo, at least I think it was. A Potoroo is a kangaroo-like marsupial about the size of a rabbit.
He is a seascape from a beach close to Emita Beach, a beach without a name. Looking this good it should have one. That is lichen growing on the granite. Two pictures stitched together, cropped slightly, some saturation and sharpening. Click on thumbnail to see full size image.
Flinders Island – Little Penguin
The Doc booked an appointment with the hospital to take out my stitches on Friday. I have about 10 after the operation to remove a skin cancer.
The Doc explored this morning and this afternoon went for a walk, taking landscape and textures photos around Emita Beach and Marshall Bay, including Castle Rock.
He also found a Little Penguin carcass wash up on Emita Beach. It was no older than 48 hours, showing no sign of predation. It appeared it died at sea and washed up on the beach, no signs of rigamortis . Lots of carcasses around Flinders island because of the abundant wildlife, at least was not roadkill.
One of the secluded beaches The Doc visited. Lichen growing on granite creates some awesome colours. Click on picture to see the large version.
Flinders Island – wombats
Having visited Flinders Island previously, you hit the ground running. An early change of plans however, because it is a public holiday today, so The Doc cannot buy food. So off the pub for lunch. They are generous helpings and The Doc still feels full at 9pm.
When driving around the Island there was a lot of roadkill, especially wombats. Rowena at the car hire firm had mentioned at least 4 juvenile wombats were being looked after. She described them and they sound quite cute.
A quick rest then off to West End for wildlife, quite a few Bennett’s Wallabies and Pademelons. The Doc is still sorting the photos so only a wombat today, roadkill I am afraid, as the live ones tend to avoid people. They tend to give you their behind, often just running into the bush leaving their backsides showing, one today did a similar thing on the road, which increases the chance of becoming roadkill.
Flinders Island – return trip
Launceston
A pleasant flight from Sydney to Launceston in Tasmania, although it is quite a bit cooler down here.
Bags were dropped off at the Hotel and The Doc walked around the CBD before heading to river or should I say rivers? The Doc jumped on a Cataract Cruise. For the next hour we had a short trip on the South Esk, North Esk and Tamar Rivers, including a trip into Cataract Gorge.
Time to head back to the Hotel, grab the room, shower and have a nanny nap. Discussed some details of the Cape York helicopter trip next year. That is shaping up to be a ripper.
Then back out again for a bit to eat and then a walk down Cataract Gorge. The Doc enjoyed a ride on the First Basin Chairlift, which stretches some 457metres across Cataract Gorge at the Basin on South Esk River. Then a nice walk out of the Gorge. The Doc topped the day off with a gourmet pizza for dinner. Back at the hotel after 7pm.
Need to catch the 8am flight to Flinders Island tomorrow morning.
A view from the chairlift.
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