Tasmania - Tas23 landscape photography

Tasmania - Tas23 landscape photographyAutumn colours and twisted limbs. 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 sources of economy. The

When the swell increases the surfers arrive to enjoy the popular super tubes break

Some sections of this coastline are surrounded by a huge cliff face and down below

The beginning of the rapids of the Collie River

Very popular with surfers and divers

insignificant in height against the forest but its beauty shines

almost reflective

The waters around the island are the Cook Strait

Point Picquet near Meelup Beach and was named after an explorer Sub Lieutenant Picquet

Autumn colours at their best at the well-known Golden Valley tree park

Picnic in the park under a mass of yellow foliage

An evening scene as the long white clouds hover above a lake and yacht

In the months of autumn