Southerly seaside

Australia’s island state of Tasmania sits to the south of that vast land mass, a hour’s hop by plane from Melbourne.

Tassie is about the size of Scotland or West Virginia, and packs in an awful lot of coastline. We drove from the coastal capital of Hobart up the east coast, passing through seaside towns with familiar names like Swansea to the ochre rocks of Bicheno.

Our travels also took us to the north, stopping at Beauty Point and stunning Freers Beach at Port Sorrel. The tide was out and there wasn’t another soul there – apart from hundreds of sand crabs scuttling around.

The towns are comfortingly sleepy and old-fashioned, while the coastline is beautiful, especially under a cobalt blue autumn sky. If you’re going to Tasmania, don’t stray far from the seaside.

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Tags: Australia, Beauty Point, coastline, Freers Beach, Hobart, photography, sand crabs, seaside, Swansea, Tasmania, Tassie, travel

10 thoughts on “Southerly seaside”

Cos on April 13, 2014 at 21:13 said:

Great photos, Mike! I love the photo with the tree.

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 13, 2014 at 21:23 said:
  
  Thank you, Koos :) Yes, there are many of those skeleton trees in the Australian landscape – even by the beach!
  
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ckponderings on April 13, 2014 at 18:50 said:

Beautiful shots, Mike… The weather looked amazing! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 13, 2014 at 18:51 said:
  
  Thanks Richard, it was indeed. And I think the skies were so piercingly, deep blue because of the relative lack of pollution down there :)
  
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  - ckponderings on April 13, 2014 at 18:54 said:
    
    Beautiful, autumnal weather! :)
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on April 13, 2014 at 18:56 said:
      
      My sort of autumn!
      
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leecleland on April 13, 2014 at 02:42 said:

Great images from Tassie. I guess after your grey winter our bright blue skies came as a shock. The colour ones are great but the monochrome are equally interesting and give another point of view to the image.

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 13, 2014 at 09:19 said:
  
  Hi Lee, many thanks indeed! Yes, I wish our skies looked like that in early autumn. The blue was so compelling that I didn’t want to create any monochromes, but the strength of colour made them more dramatic. I think I’ve become a Tassiephile!
  
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harrienijland on April 12, 2014 at 15:46 said:

Great set; B&W’s are favourite!

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 12, 2014 at 16:13 said:
  
  Thank you very much, Harrie. I must admit I couldn’t get enough of the amazing blue skies and was reluctant to go monochrome!
  
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