Feb 19, 2006, 10:18
Well I'm back in Perth after my little trip to Tassie.
I'll try to catch up a bit on the posts I haven't answered while I was away.
But in the meantime I also thought I should share a few pics I took while I was there. Hope you enjoy them
While I was there I went on a little photography trip which took me from Hobart in the south of the state to Queenstown on the west coast, then up to Launceston in the north before heading back to Hobart again. It all sounds very grand but its a small state so all up I think I only travelled 800km in a couple of days.
Here are just a few of the pics I took along the way. I grouped these together because of their interesting skies. All these particular shots were taken within a 24 hour period except the last one which was a couple of days later. The sky (and the weather) change about every 10 minutes in Tasmania.
1. "Hydro" Pipelines, Central Highlands. These pipelines lead to (or away from?) one of the numerous hydro electric power stations used throughout Tasmania. There are 9 hydro electric schemes running in Tasmania, using 27 power stations and 51 dams. This accounts for around 60% of Australia's renewable energy through hydro electricity.
2. Hydro Houses, Tarraleah. A number of small "Hydro towns" were created during the building of the dams and power stations last century. A number of these towns (more like villages really) became deserted when the work dried up. In the case of Tarraleah, the whole town was recently bought from the Hydro Electric Commission by a single family who is currently in the process of renovating it to use for accomodation (school camps, etc, I think). A street full of these weatherboard cottages has been painted in colours spanning the rainbow. This photo shows three of the houses near the middle of the street.
3. Church at Tarraleah. I love the warm weather and cloudless skies of Western Australia, but you just can't beat the beauty of a Tasmanian sky like this.
4. Lake Burberry, Gormanston. Heading towards Queenstown to spend the night there, we stopped on the Bradshaw Bridge in the fading twilight (and freezing wind and rain) to take this shot.
5. Church at Zeehan, West Coast. Heading north from Queenstown the next morning we stopped at Zeehan where I continued what became a bit of a theme of this trip, shooting churches. I'm not a religious person, but there's no denying a good church does wonders to compliment a dramatic sky (and vice versa).
6. St Stephens Church, Sandy Bay, Hobart. You guessed it, another church photo! I'm sorry to say I'm still a heathen , but I took this shot while I was at this particular church attending a wedding. You might remember the wedding I wasn't going to be the official photographer at? well.. guess what...
I'll try to catch up a bit on the posts I haven't answered while I was away.
But in the meantime I also thought I should share a few pics I took while I was there. Hope you enjoy them
While I was there I went on a little photography trip which took me from Hobart in the south of the state to Queenstown on the west coast, then up to Launceston in the north before heading back to Hobart again. It all sounds very grand but its a small state so all up I think I only travelled 800km in a couple of days.
Here are just a few of the pics I took along the way. I grouped these together because of their interesting skies. All these particular shots were taken within a 24 hour period except the last one which was a couple of days later. The sky (and the weather) change about every 10 minutes in Tasmania.
1. "Hydro" Pipelines, Central Highlands. These pipelines lead to (or away from?) one of the numerous hydro electric power stations used throughout Tasmania. There are 9 hydro electric schemes running in Tasmania, using 27 power stations and 51 dams. This accounts for around 60% of Australia's renewable energy through hydro electricity.
2. Hydro Houses, Tarraleah. A number of small "Hydro towns" were created during the building of the dams and power stations last century. A number of these towns (more like villages really) became deserted when the work dried up. In the case of Tarraleah, the whole town was recently bought from the Hydro Electric Commission by a single family who is currently in the process of renovating it to use for accomodation (school camps, etc, I think). A street full of these weatherboard cottages has been painted in colours spanning the rainbow. This photo shows three of the houses near the middle of the street.
3. Church at Tarraleah. I love the warm weather and cloudless skies of Western Australia, but you just can't beat the beauty of a Tasmanian sky like this.
4. Lake Burberry, Gormanston. Heading towards Queenstown to spend the night there, we stopped on the Bradshaw Bridge in the fading twilight (and freezing wind and rain) to take this shot.
5. Church at Zeehan, West Coast. Heading north from Queenstown the next morning we stopped at Zeehan where I continued what became a bit of a theme of this trip, shooting churches. I'm not a religious person, but there's no denying a good church does wonders to compliment a dramatic sky (and vice versa).
6. St Stephens Church, Sandy Bay, Hobart. You guessed it, another church photo! I'm sorry to say I'm still a heathen , but I took this shot while I was at this particular church attending a wedding. You might remember the wedding I wasn't going to be the official photographer at? well.. guess what...
Adrian Broughton
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