Heading to the wild west of Tasmania...

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  1. Tony Press

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    ... so we decided to make some biltong and droewors to keep us company:

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    Cheers

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    Looks good.
    I thought Tasmania was the Wild West. All we see on Nat-Geo is the wild side.
     
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    Andrew

    The west coast is wilder than the rest of Tasmania.

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    @Tony Press enjoy mate, broewors is some good South Africa tucker.
     
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    Adventure time!:thumbup:
     
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    Looks like something the dog left behind.....
     
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    It’s too cold and humid here at the moment to hang outside to dry, so I cheated by using a low temperature on the food dehydrator.

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    I think I gained weight just looking !
     
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    Looks good Tony. Enjoy your time in the wilds. :thumbup:
     
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    @Tony Press , It is easiest to dry outside (in a netting enclosure) during winter in an area with summer rainfall where the winters are cold and dry like the Transvaal Highveld or Namibia. Here in the Cape we have a Mediterranean climate so most drying is also in cold rooms with air dryers.
     
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    The first stay is at a beach near Marrawah in the north west of Tasmania. It’s not very crowded:

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    180° panorama.
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    A good place for cloud spotting:

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    The waves had bought in much kelp and other sea weed:

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    The rocks are about 500g/1lb showing the power of the rather mild weather for this part of the coast.

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    And the sand was patterned by the wash and minerals:

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    Cheers

    Tony
     
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    Tony,

    You always manage to show us a new adventure.
    Have a safe journey.

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    Wow, what a beautiful beach. @Tony Press Did you go for a dip? :mrgreen:
     
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    No dip! (Even though it was mild for this time of year).

    Later in the night the wind became gale force with the cabin we are staying in creaking as the gusts blew over.

    Today was fine (mostly) allowing a three hour walk through cool temperate rainforest along an old bridle track (the Balfour walking track): fabulous fungi and beautiful forest; followed by tea made on a kerosene Optimus No. 111.

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    Many photos of the forest, but on my camera, and not enough bandwidth here to transfer. I’ll post the camera photos later, but here’s a taster:

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    Cheers

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    Hello Tony, thanks for sharing the photographs and seaweed is great fertiliser, I often add it to vegetable plots.
     
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    We intend to take a load of kelp home.

    Cheers

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