Drron takes on the DPRT aka he's off to Tassie again.

[drron]

This is a quarantine area.not well guarded.I presume new imported bulbs grown here.Behind the trees to the left is a field of iris.
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[RooFlyer]

Did you notice the way they seem to harvest the bulbs? Looked to me that those raised beds are on large mats that I guess get lifted by machinery and shaken off?

 

[OZDUCK]

Did you notice the way they seem to harvest the bulbs? Looked to me that those raised beds are on large mats that I guess get lifted by machinery and shaken off?

I would have never thought of such a thing but you seem to be absolutely correct. This video shows the nets being pulled up and the bulbs harvested - from around 4:07

 

[drron]

Thanks for that OZDUCK.An interesting video.
But still a lot more tulips.
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The last on the farm,but not the last tulip.
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[OATEK]

The last on the farm,but not the last tulip.
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All that tip-toeing must make you tired!

 

[drron]

Sadly I had no one to tip toe through the tulips with me.

 

[drron]

So I decided to visit their shop.outside a few flower boxes.
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And inside some nice flower arrangements.
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[drron]

I then went to the viewpoint over Wynyard at the end of the road passing the tulip farm.
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That is fossil bluff and this is Wynyard and BWT.
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They have now built a path between here and the Table Cape lighthouse.There are views over the tulip farm at some points.
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Views descending from Table Cape.
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White sheep but mainly black lambs.
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[RooFlyer]

So I decided to visit their shop.

My memory of the shop is that their bulb prices were pretty eye-watering; but then I never buy tulip bulbs (and didn't start then!)

 

[drron]

Had lunch in Burnie at Fish on the Edge at Wivenhoe.Reasonable seafood and lovely staff.I had 2 entrees that they combined on 1 plate.a side of sweet potato fries. washed down with a cider.Crumbed scallops and spicy crumbed calamari.
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As I left a timber ship was leaving.
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Then went and walked around Blythe Heads.A little later the little penguins will come ashore here.A nice area with a park,playgrounds and facilities.
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[drron]

I'd heard someone on here likes rocks so I took a few pictures.Lots of lovely rocks on the northern coast ot Tassie.
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[RooFlyer]

Lots of lovely rocks on the northern coast of Tassie.

Liar! They are the worst type of rocks and a miserable place for this and all students. .

The rocks up there are very old, and horribly deformed - folded every which way, over multiple phases. Squeezed and stretched and tossed around like nobody's business. The ideal place of a Structural Geology field exam. which involves a particularly sadistic form of paperwork called 'stereonet analysis' - like this (shiver) https://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c240/Wk9_L1.pdf

What can be difficult about drawing a line?




Figure this out:



All structural geologists are charlatans. I need a drink.

 

[OATEK]

BS!



Liar! They are the worst type of rocks and a miserable place for this and all students. .

The rocks up there are very old, and horribly deformed - folded every which way, over multiple phases. Squeezed and stretched and tossed around like nobody's business. The ideal place of a Structural Geology field exam. which involves a particularly sadistic form of paperwork called 'stereonet analysis' - like this (shiver) https://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~courses/c240/Wk9_L1.pdf

What can be difficult about drawing a line?

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All structural geologists are charlatans. I need a drink.

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[drron]

My 5th week in Tassie was once again wet so my thoughts turned to food rather than exercise.I did sample a Crusty's scallop pie from Burnie and it wasn't bad.pastry a little thick and the sauce very mild but 8 nice sized scallops.
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Scallops were on special this week so 3 nights they featured for dinner.First honey,ginger and soy scallops.I let them marinate for an hour cooked in the sauce then removed from the pan and reduced the sauce until a nice sticky consistency.rather nice.Then scallops back in for a minute.
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Then I tried my own made up recipes.First some fresh red miso,some honey,garlic and sake with just a hint of chilli sauce.Nice.
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Next miso,honey,garlic,rice wine vinegar,small amount sweet soy sauce and a little more chilli sauce.my favourite.
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Of course I needed something to wash it down so some tassie pinot noirs.
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Good though not the best I have had.