There were beautiful beaches and stunning blue skies, but Tasmania fuelled my great love for architecture and capturing it in photographs.
Now many people claim that Australia is a new nation and has little history to speak of. Judging by the buildings around the island, there is a decent timeline which can be easily detected today.
Second city Launceston noticeably oozes with facades from the colonial era, which have been preserved and often sit happily over modern shops and offices.
But hurtle to the present day and there are plenty of stark, impressive and contemporary lines gracing Aussie’s smallest state alongside its past. Here are just a few I collected on my travels…
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Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art
Launceston’s ornate Ingles building in the city’s central shopping area
A solid brick building on close to Hobart’s waterfront
A beautiful Launceston house built in 1835 which was opposite our hotel
The wonderfully plain Uniting Church at the old town of Ross in southern Tasmania
The Makers’ Workshop in Burnie, north-west Tasmania
Launceston’s colonial Customs House
Cruise terminal, Hobart waterfront
An old facade in central Launceston. The hotel was founded in the 1820s but ceased trading 50 years ago
Entrance to old wooden church at Swansea
This motor garage in Launceston has long gone – it now has a KFC beneath it
Ornate window frames in central Launceston
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I’ll have to get me down to Tassie again soon. These images are wonderful. Love the clean sharp lines of your modern architectural shots but the old house with blue sky is a great shot.
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Thank you Lee. I’m still in awe of that clean blue sky. And as for the old house – I covet it!
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Glad you had such a good time in Tassie and I don’t blame you for coveting the old house if it is half as good as it looks in the photo I do too :)
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Ha! I fear you may get to it first with the proximity advantage!
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:)
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Fascinating images – really colourful.
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Thank you, Diana. I’m still torn between colonial and contemporary…
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Beautiful images, Mike. The church one is truly stunning! :D
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Thanks so much, Richard. They have it all down there! The church was indeed beautiful – a little piece of parochial England planted deep in the southern hemisphere.
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