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  1. Connecting the mainland to the island.

    Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #tasmania #SpiritOfTasmania #Ferry #BassStrait #ShipPhotography #DiscoverTasmania

  2. Marlo estuary is where the Snowy River reaches the ocean and Bass Strait. It's very rare to see a dead-calm, almost glassy Bass Strait. Today was as perfect a day as you will get in this part of the world. Just a very gentle offshore wind barely moving the leaves of the Banksia trees.
    #AustralianLandscapes #BassStrait #SnowyRiver #Marlo #Photography

  3. After finishing up our time in Cradle Mountain, we made our way to the Northwest of #Tasmania to a picturesque town called #Stanley One of the iconic parts of the area is #TheNut a large volcanic plug where the #ViewFromTheTop offers breath taking views not only because you need to walk up a steep cliff side to see them....

    #Photography #NaturePhotography #StanleyTasmania #BassStrait

  4. #Aboriginal land managers restoring #BassStrait island #lungtalanana to #precolonial conditions facing big hurdles

    "Until we get rid of the cats, we cannot put other smaller, more vulnerable species back out on that island"

    By Georgia Hogge
    Posted Tue 4 Jun 2024

    "In short: A native rewilding project on the #Tasmanian Bass Strait island of lungtalanana, or #ClarkeIsland, will see #wombats, #wallabies and #potoroos reintroduced to the landscape from next year.

    "The island has been managed by #TraditionalOwners as protected land since 2009.

    "What's next? #Landcare groups hope to eradicate feral cats from the island and are calling for increased funding from the federal government."

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/rew

    #Funding #Rewilding #WWF #RestoreNature #Restorelungtalanana #TasmanianAboriginalCenter #Tasmania

  5. #Aboriginal land managers restoring #BassStrait island #lungtalanana to #precolonial conditions facing big hurdles

    "Until we get rid of the cats, we cannot put other smaller, more vulnerable species back out on that island"

    By Georgia Hogge
    Posted Tue 4 Jun 2024

    "In short: A native rewilding project on the #Tasmanian Bass Strait island of lungtalanana, or #ClarkeIsland, will see #wombats, #wallabies and #potoroos reintroduced to the landscape from next year.

    "The island has been managed by #TraditionalOwners as protected land since 2009.

    "What's next? #Landcare groups hope to eradicate feral cats from the island and are calling for increased funding from the federal government."

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/rew

    #Funding #Rewilding #WWF #RestoreNature #Restorelungtalanana #TasmanianAboriginalCenter #Tasmania

  6. #Aboriginal land managers restoring #BassStrait island #lungtalanana to #precolonial conditions facing big hurdles

    "Until we get rid of the cats, we cannot put other smaller, more vulnerable species back out on that island"

    By Georgia Hogge
    Posted Tue 4 Jun 2024

    "In short: A native rewilding project on the #Tasmanian Bass Strait island of lungtalanana, or #ClarkeIsland, will see #wombats, #wallabies and #potoroos reintroduced to the landscape from next year.

    "The island has been managed by #TraditionalOwners as protected land since 2009.

    "What's next? #Landcare groups hope to eradicate feral cats from the island and are calling for increased funding from the federal government."

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/rew

    #Funding #Rewilding #WWF #RestoreNature #Restorelungtalanana #TasmanianAboriginalCenter #Tasmania

  7. #Aboriginal land managers restoring #BassStrait island #lungtalanana to #precolonial conditions facing big hurdles

    "Until we get rid of the cats, we cannot put other smaller, more vulnerable species back out on that island"

    By Georgia Hogge
    Posted Tue 4 Jun 2024

    "In short: A native rewilding project on the #Tasmanian Bass Strait island of lungtalanana, or #ClarkeIsland, will see #wombats, #wallabies and #potoroos reintroduced to the landscape from next year.

    "The island has been managed by #TraditionalOwners as protected land since 2009.

    "What's next? #Landcare groups hope to eradicate feral cats from the island and are calling for increased funding from the federal government."

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/rew

    #Funding #Rewilding #WWF #RestoreNature #Restorelungtalanana #TasmanianAboriginalCenter #Tasmania

  8. #Aboriginal land managers restoring #BassStrait island #lungtalanana to #precolonial conditions facing big hurdles

    "Until we get rid of the cats, we cannot put other smaller, more vulnerable species back out on that island"

    By Georgia Hogge
    Posted Tue 4 Jun 2024

    "In short: A native rewilding project on the #Tasmanian Bass Strait island of lungtalanana, or #ClarkeIsland, will see #wombats, #wallabies and #potoroos reintroduced to the landscape from next year.

    "The island has been managed by #TraditionalOwners as protected land since 2009.

    "What's next? #Landcare groups hope to eradicate feral cats from the island and are calling for increased funding from the federal government."

    abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/rew

    #Funding #Rewilding #WWF #RestoreNature #Restorelungtalanana #TasmanianAboriginalCenter #Tasmania

  9. Leak from #BassStrait #ESSO gas rig:

    The spill, identified as methane condensate, mixes with water, dissolving and causing severe damage to marine life. NOPSEMA, the industry regulator, did not publicly disclose the spill until pressed by Greens Senator Whish-Wilson, drawing criticism for its lack of transparency.

    Leak revealed same day the Victorian government approved new #FossilGas well drilling under 12 Apostles National park and Marine Sanctuary
    #ClimateCrisis
    1earthmedia.com/another-toxic-

  10. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

    ✧ flame robin ✧

    The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It was first described by the French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830 and, like many brightly coloured Australasian robins, it...

    #Australia #Petroica #BassStrait #Tasmania #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_ro

  11. JOURNEY TO THE ISLANDS…
    The forgotten islands… the land masses that rise above the rough waters of Bass Strait are the places author, Michael Veitch visits in his 2011 book, The Forgotten Islands.

    medium.com/pacificedge/the-for

    #bookreview #books #Tasmania #BassStrait #travel #adventure #literature #travelwriting #islands