The final Work contract.In Tasmania of course.

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The next house was rather strange.But first their neighbour had something unusual outside their fence for this time of year - a flowering agapanthus.
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Now the front yard of this open garden.
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An unusual colour for a flower.
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The back garden.
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Now the remarkable thing about this garden is that most of the work is done by a fellow in a wheelchair.

 

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It was a bit of a walk back to the last 2 houses I would be visiting. A collection of different buildings and gardens on the way.
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So on to the next house. Totally different.
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amazing broad beans.
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And a nice raspberry crop.
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The last open garden. Not much in the front yard.
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You could buy some iris.
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Now just the walk back to my car. The original Longford hotel.
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Back to the fixer upper.
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The land it sits on suggests there may be a large block of units at some stage.
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A selection of photos, First one of the butcher specialises in exotic meats so I tried emu and camel sausages.No need for seconds.
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Four black coughatoos paid a visit. Two are obvious. The third has its tail sticking out on the left. The head of the 4th just visible right bottom of the pic.
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The roses at the new office are in full flower. November is a great time for roses in northern Tasmania.
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I was on call on the last weekend of November so couldn't go far but took a walk towards the West Tamar highway down river, Some good views.
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The lunch cruise returning to the Seaport.
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Some deteriorating old craft tied up at the wharves.
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More of the walk.
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An old ferry and other vessels.
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Not all places looked after well.
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And this car has seen better times.
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And here endeth the walk.

 

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I find that style of architecture with the round bay window room really fascinating
He or she must have been the ‘starchitect’ of the area for their times.40’s-50’s?? Any intell @drron ?

 

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I find that style of architecture with the round bay window room really fascinating
He or she must have been the ‘starchitect’ of the area for their times.40’s-50’s?? Any intell @drron ?

Well similiar buildings around Launceston are called Post War Modernist in style.There are quite a few.Nothing on these particular examples.

Back to the TR.
Saturday and I made my way to the Trevallyn Nature recreation area. Certainly a variety of recreation facilities available -cable hang gliding,archery,horse riding,mountain bike tracks,walking tracks and quite a few picnic areas. More of that later.On the way there I stopped at the Freelands look out at the top of Trevallyn.Good views but the trees are quite tall.
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An old ferry and other vessels.

The ferry has an interesting history.

It started life in the early 1950s as a car ferry on Hong Kong Harbour, the Man On. It was converted to passengers when the Hong Kong tunnel opened. When the Tasman Bridge in Hobart collapsed when hit by the Lake Illawarra in 1975, the Man On was brought to Hobart as a passenger ferry and re-named the Harry O'May. Needed a lot of work to make it safe and sutable!

It was later used as a ferry on the Bruny Island run until 1991. Later purchased and refitted as a trans-Tamar fery Beauty Point to George Town. Failed in that and has been derelict since the late 1990s.

 

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With the Batman Bridge already operational no wonder a Beauty Point - Georgetown ferry failed.

 

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Then it was on to Trevallyn Dam.

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More about the dam.
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Lake Trevallyn.
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And the South Esk river downstream.
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The last of the dam and Lake Trevallyn.
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A Memorial to the many Polish ex servicemen who post war worked for Tasmania's Hydro.
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Next it was off to the Hoo Hoo hut where a few trails start. First off on the Trevallyn dam trail with a detour to the Deadman's Hollow lookout.
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The trails were rated moderate difficulty. In fact they were very easy. Though a recent obstruction at the start.
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And from the lookout.
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Then I continued down the Trevallyn dam trail. Another lookout.
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After that just occasional glimpses of the river. But quite a few native cherry trees with some fruit beginning to ripen.
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Houses on the other side of the river.
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