Tasmania - Tas04 cloudsSalamanca street in Hobart, home to the Saturday markets. The Island State of Tasmania is separated from the mainland by the Bass strait some 240kms away. Initially known as Van Diemens land, Tasmania was subject to the practice of "transportation" where convicts were sent to the island as punishment and kept in penitentiaries and prisons. This practice ceased in 1853. Today, Tasmania, relies heavily on tourism, agriculture and aquaculture as its main
The area also has many waterfalls
Sunburst through the branches creating dappled light at Golden Valley Tree Park
In between Canal Rocks and Smiths beach you will find a spot the locals call "The Aquarium"
Secluded spot at early dawn along the coast at Injidup
Tasman sea and the Pacific Ocean
plus a myriad of native Australian trees
some of them quite rare
surfing and caves Yallingup is a major tourist destination
which is on the furthest Southwest corner of the continent
The waters here are notorious for heavy rips and caution must be used when swimming
On the ocean side the water runs along a channel and waterfalls down into a beautifully protected rockpool
The beaches are combined with many granite boulders and formations with some amazing colours and in the right light photographic opportunities are a plenty
