Hi Everyone,
Us again, this time we are on foot and about to walk for a couple of hours....woohoo.
Look at this lovely bird in the bird hide. Haha we love bird hides.
Can you believe that is Launceston in the background. How beautiful and untouched is this place and only
10 mins out of the city.
Looking on a map it's part of the waterway that travels south west towards Launceston from the north coast of Tassie.
Between the 1920s and 70s the local farmers sunk 14 vessels to create more flow in the main channel to keep it free from silt. However the scheme failed and the first big flood breached the barrier. I guess nature will have her way in the end, plenty of silting here. The vessels are still there and are a lovely nesting place for egrets and cormorants but they were a boring subject matter unlike these fascinating silt patterns.
Poor Michelle, I think all this walking is taking its toll. She looks comfy.
The track crossed two waterways and ended on Tamar Island in the centre of the Tamar River. It used to contain 3 cottages used for dredger workers. In the late 1800's exotic trees were planted to beautify the island for picnickers including this English oak, beautiful.
Michelle felt some creative play was needed. Not bad eh?
Catch you next time.
Michelle and Ellen.
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