Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Postcard from Tasmania #3



Hobart, from the wharf




Hobart at night, near Arthur Circus

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Postcard from Tasmania #2



The Isle of the Dead at Port Arthur, the nineteenth-century penal colony. Imagine being buried there, at the end of the world, cloud-cloaked & forgotten.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Postcard from Tasmania #1




This is a pademelon (say PADdymelon). It's like a cat-sized wallaby, and the place is lousy with them. Instead of squirrels, pademelons bounce around the yard at dusk. Darling!