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Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed

Neil the elephant seal has become a “wildlife icon”, bringing immense joy to fans in Tasmania and around…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Beach #Cost #costs #elephantseal #moult #Neil #Neiltheseal #rti #Science #seal #Security #tas #tasmanpeninsula #Tasmania #visit
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/792314/

Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed

Neil the elephant seal has become a “wildlife icon”, bringing immense joy to fans in Tasmania and around…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Beach #Cost #costs #elephantseal #moult #Neil #Neiltheseal #rti #Science #seal #Security #tas #tasmanpeninsula #Tasmania #visit
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/792314/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1118904/ Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed #Beach #cost #costs #ElephantSeal #moult #neil #NeilTheSeal #RTI #Science #seal #Security #tas #TasmanPeninsula #Tasmania #UK #UnitedKingdom #visit #wildlife

Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed

Neil the elephant seal has become a “wildlife icon”, bringing immense joy to fans in Tasmania and around…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #beach #cost #costs #elephantseal #moult #neil #neiltheseal #rti #Science #SEAL #security #tas #tasmanpeninsula #Tasmania #visit
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/832055/

Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed

Neil the elephant seal has become a “wildlife icon”, bringing immense joy to fans in Tasmania and around…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #beach #cost #costs #elephantseal #moult #neil #neiltheseal #rti #Science #SEAL #security #tas #tasmanpeninsula #Tasmania #visit
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/832055/

Neil the seal’s damage bill and management costs revealed

Neil the elephant seal has become a “wildlife icon”, bringing immense joy to fans in Tasmania and around…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #beach #cost #costs #elephantseal #moult #neil #neiltheseal #rti #seal #Security #tas #tasmanpeninsula #tasmania #visit
https://www.europesays.com/australia/61121/

The joy of Neil: How a cheeky seal on Tasmania’s shores brought happiness to the world

Neil the seal has headed out to sea. The 1,000-kilogram marine mammal has spent the past few weeks…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #DeannaTepper #DepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment #elephantseal #GemmaBlackwood #KrisCarlyon #Neal #neil #neiltheseal #Science #SEAL #tasmanpeninsula
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/790517/

The joy of Neil: How a cheeky seal on Tasmania’s shores brought happiness to the world

Neil the seal has headed out to sea. The 1,000-kilogram marine mammal has spent the past few weeks…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #DeannaTepper #DepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment #elephantseal #GemmaBlackwood #KrisCarlyon #Neal #neil #neiltheseal #Science #SEAL #tasmanpeninsula
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/790517/

The joy of Neil: How a cheeky seal on Tasmania’s shores brought happiness to the world

Neil the seal has headed out to sea. The 1,000-kilogram marine mammal has spent the past few weeks…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #DeannaTepper #DepartmentofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment #elephantseal #GemmaBlackwood #KrisCarlyon #neal #neil #neiltheseal #seal #tasmanpeninsula
https://www.europesays.com/australia/47604/

Shadows of devotion in a roofless cathedral.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Church #Ruins #BlackAndWhitePhotography #GothicRuins #PortArthurHistoricSite #TasmanPeninsula #HistoryInFocus #Monochrome

Shadows of devotion in a roofless cathedral.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Church #Ruins #BlackAndWhitePhotography #GothicRuins #PortArthurHistoricSite #TasmanPeninsula #HistoryInFocus #Monochrome

Shadows of devotion in a roofless cathedral.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Church #Ruins #BlackAndWhitePhotography #GothicRuins #PortArthurHistoricSite #TasmanPeninsula #HistoryInFocus #Monochrome

Shadows of devotion in a roofless cathedral.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Church #Ruins #BlackAndWhitePhotography #GothicRuins #PortArthurHistoricSite #TasmanPeninsula #HistoryInFocus #Monochrome

Shadows of devotion in a roofless cathedral.

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Church #Ruins #BlackAndWhitePhotography #GothicRuins #PortArthurHistoricSite #TasmanPeninsula #HistoryInFocus #Monochrome

https://www.europesays.com/uk/776221/ Calls for protection of Tasmania’s penguins amid reports of birds ‘handled by the neck’ #Animals #Beach #Beaches #behaviour #bird #Conservation #FriendsOfPiratesBay #ParksAndWildlife #penguin #penguins #PiratesBay #Science #stanley #TasmanPeninsula #tasmanian #tourists #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife #WildlifeCarer

https://www.europesays.com/ie/346004/ Calls for protection of Tasmania’s penguins amid reports of birds ‘handled by the neck’ #animals #beach #Beaches #behaviour #Bird #conservation #Éire #Environment #FriendsOfPiratesBay #IE #Ireland #ParksAndWildlife #penguin #penguins #PiratesBay #Science #Stanley #TasmanPeninsula #tasmanian #tourists #Wildlife #WildlifeCarer

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ blue petrel ✧

The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the family Procellariidae, the only member of its genus. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at only six known sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone. Its plumage is predominantly blue-grey, with an "M" banding across its top, ...

#SouthernOcean #AntarcticConvergence #TasmanPeninsula #Australia #Tasmania #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_petrel

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ blue petrel ✧

The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the family Procellariidae, the only member of its genus. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at only six known sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone. Its plumage is predominantly blue-grey, with an "M" banding across its top, ...

#SouthernOcean #AntarcticConvergence #TasmanPeninsula #Australia #Tasmania #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_petrel

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ blue petrel ✧

The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the family Procellariidae, the only member of its genus. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at only six known sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone. Its plumage is predominantly blue-grey, with an "M" banding across its top, ...

#SouthernOcean #AntarcticConvergence #TasmanPeninsula #Australia #Tasmania #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_petrel

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ blue petrel ✧

The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the family Procellariidae, the only member of its genus. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at only six known sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone. Its plumage is predominantly blue-grey, with an "M" banding across its top, ...

#SouthernOcean #AntarcticConvergence #TasmanPeninsula #Australia #Tasmania #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_petrel

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ blue petrel ✧

The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the family Procellariidae, the only member of its genus. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at only six known sites, all close to the Antarctic Convergence zone. Its plumage is predominantly blue-grey, with an "M" banding across its top, ...

#SouthernOcean #AntarcticConvergence #TasmanPeninsula #Australia #Tasmania #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_petrel

Layers of History: Ruins and Residency at Port Arthur.

Port Arthur, 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 #PortArthur #TasmaniaHistory #WorldHeritage #TasmanPeninsula #ruins

Layers of History: Ruins and Residency at Port Arthur.

Port Arthur, 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 #PortArthur #TasmaniaHistory #WorldHeritage #TasmanPeninsula #ruins

Layers of History: Ruins and Residency at Port Arthur.

Port Arthur, 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 #PortArthur #TasmaniaHistory #WorldHeritage #TasmanPeninsula #ruins

Layers of History: Ruins and Residency at Port Arthur.

Port Arthur, 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 #PortArthur #TasmaniaHistory #WorldHeritage #TasmanPeninsula #ruins

Three more snaps from the Tasman Peninsula - not from Port Arthur but locations not far away.
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#photography
#Tasmania
#PortArthur
#australia
#history #TasmanPeninsula

Three more snaps from the Tasman Peninsula - not from Port Arthur but locations not far away.
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#photography
#Tasmania
#PortArthur
#australia
#history #TasmanPeninsula

Three more snaps from the Tasman Peninsula - not from Port Arthur but locations not far away.
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#photography
#Tasmania
#PortArthur
#australia
#history #TasmanPeninsula

Three more snaps from the Tasman Peninsula - not from Port Arthur but locations not far away.
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#photography
#Tasmania
#PortArthur
#australia
#history #TasmanPeninsula

Three more snaps from the Tasman Peninsula - not from Port Arthur but locations not far away.
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#photography
#Tasmania
#PortArthur
#australia
#history #TasmanPeninsula

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM…
I noticed this community hall while driving through Saltwater River—it is a district, not a village—on turrakana-Tasman Peninsula on Tasmania’s east coast. So, of course, I had to stop and photograph it.

What was its attraction? I think it had to do with the building’s isolation, there where it stood on the shore. It was also its typicality. There are other community halls like it that we find dotted across the Tasmanian and Australian landscape.

With a distant shot I tried to capture the building’s loneliness in its environment of bush, coast and big sky.

#architecture #building #tasmania #TasmanPeninsula #photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM…
I noticed this community hall while driving through Saltwater River—it is a district, not a village—on turrakana-Tasman Peninsula on Tasmania’s east coast. So, of course, I had to stop and photograph it.

What was its attraction? I think it had to do with the building’s isolation, there where it stood on the shore. It was also its typicality. There are other community halls like it that we find dotted across the Tasmanian and Australian landscape.

With a distant shot I tried to capture the building’s loneliness in its environment of bush, coast and big sky.

#architecture #building #tasmania #TasmanPeninsula #photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM…
I noticed this community hall while driving through Saltwater River—it is a district, not a village—on turrakana-Tasman Peninsula on Tasmania’s east coast. So, of course, I had to stop and photograph it.

What was its attraction? I think it had to do with the building’s isolation, there where it stood on the shore. It was also its typicality. There are other community halls like it that we find dotted across the Tasmanian and Australian landscape.

With a distant shot I tried to capture the building’s loneliness in its environment of bush, coast and big sky.

#architecture #building #tasmania #TasmanPeninsula #photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM…
I noticed this community hall while driving through Saltwater River—it is a district, not a village—on turrakana-Tasman Peninsula on Tasmania’s east coast. So, of course, I had to stop and photograph it.

What was its attraction? I think it had to do with the building’s isolation, there where it stood on the shore. It was also its typicality. There are other community halls like it that we find dotted across the Tasmanian and Australian landscape.

With a distant shot I tried to capture the building’s loneliness in its environment of bush, coast and big sky.

#architecture #building #tasmania #TasmanPeninsula #photography #landscapephotography #blackandwhitephotography

IN TASMANIA…
Saltwater River. No village here. No town. But there is this old community centre on the shore of the bay. And a VW van.

#tasmania #tasmanpeninsula #vw #volkswagen #landscapephotography #photography

IN TASMANIA…
Saltwater River. No village here. No town. But there is this old community centre on the shore of the bay. And a VW van.

#tasmania #tasmanpeninsula #vw #volkswagen #landscapephotography #photography

It was cold with horizontal rain at about 2 p.m. here at White Beach on Turrakana/Tasman Peninsula. Now, at 6pm the sun is bitingly radiant.

#lutruwita #Tasmania #Turrakana #TasmanPeninsula #Beach #Sunshine

It was cold with horizontal rain at about 2 p.m. here at White Beach on Turrakana/Tasman Peninsula. Now, at 6pm the sun is bitingly radiant.

#lutruwita #Tasmania #Turrakana #TasmanPeninsula #Beach #Sunshine

It was cold with horizontal rain at about 2 p.m. here at White Beach on Turrakana/Tasman Peninsula. Now, at 6pm the sun is bitingly radiant.

#lutruwita #Tasmania #Turrakana #TasmanPeninsula #Beach #Sunshine

It was cold with horizontal rain at about 2 p.m. here at White Beach on Turrakana/Tasman Peninsula. Now, at 6pm the sun is bitingly radiant.

#lutruwita #Tasmania #Turrakana #TasmanPeninsula #Beach #Sunshine

IN TASMANIA…
So, this is why Tunnel Bay is called that. Because… there really is a tunnel there.

We were on our way back from a walk to Shipstern Bluff when in a spur of the moment decision we decided to make the side trip to Tunnel Bay. Would it be worth the effort?

The turnoff is signposted and you come across it as you traverse the flatish plateau densely covered in tea tree (Malaleuca, I think) between the sea and the steep escarpment behind. The national parks service has constructed numerous stone steps to the bay and as you descend you realise that you will have to walk up all of them on the way back.

Tunnel Bay is best described as a crescent-shaped rocky beach of large, water-rounded stones. The parks service has constructed a couple seats there in a small clearing above the beach, a good place to take a break and have a snack.

The sea was calm the day we walked in, however, like Shipstern Bluff, I imagine the bay is subject to big waves coming in with the south swell.

Shipsterns and Tunnel Bay make a good day’s walk for those interested in a little exercise and the rugged coast of the Tasman Peninsula.

So, was the side trip to Tunnel Bay worthwhile? Sure was.

#tasmania #bushwalking #hiking #tasmanpeninsula #tunnelbay #coasts #hobartandbeyond #tassiegram

IN TASMANIA…
So, this is why Tunnel Bay is called that. Because… there really is a tunnel there.

We were on our way back from a walk to Shipstern Bluff when in a spur of the moment decision we decided to make the side trip to Tunnel Bay. Would it be worth the effort?

The turnoff is signposted and you come across it as you traverse the flatish plateau densely covered in tea tree (Malaleuca, I think) between the sea and the steep escarpment behind. The national parks service has constructed numerous stone steps to the bay and as you descend you realise that you will have to walk up all of them on the way back.

Tunnel Bay is best described as a crescent-shaped rocky beach of large, water-rounded stones. The parks service has constructed a couple seats there in a small clearing above the beach, a good place to take a break and have a snack.

The sea was calm the day we walked in, however, like Shipstern Bluff, I imagine the bay is subject to big waves coming in with the south swell.

Shipsterns and Tunnel Bay make a good day’s walk for those interested in a little exercise and the rugged coast of the Tasman Peninsula.

So, was the side trip to Tunnel Bay worthwhile? Sure was.

#tasmania #bushwalking #hiking #tasmanpeninsula #tunnelbay #coasts #hobartandbeyond #tassiegram

IN TASMANIA…
So, this is why Tunnel Bay is called that. Because… there really is a tunnel there.

We were on our way back from a walk to Shipstern Bluff when in a spur of the moment decision we decided to make the side trip to Tunnel Bay. Would it be worth the effort?

The turnoff is signposted and you come across it as you traverse the flatish plateau densely covered in tea tree (Malaleuca, I think) between the sea and the steep escarpment behind. The national parks service has constructed numerous stone steps to the bay and as you descend you realise that you will have to walk up all of them on the way back.

Tunnel Bay is best described as a crescent-shaped rocky beach of large, water-rounded stones. The parks service has constructed a couple seats there in a small clearing above the beach, a good place to take a break and have a snack.

The sea was calm the day we walked in, however, like Shipstern Bluff, I imagine the bay is subject to big waves coming in with the south swell.

Shipsterns and Tunnel Bay make a good day’s walk for those interested in a little exercise and the rugged coast of the Tasman Peninsula.

So, was the side trip to Tunnel Bay worthwhile? Sure was.

#tasmania #bushwalking #hiking #tasmanpeninsula #tunnelbay #coasts #hobartandbeyond #tassiegram

IN TASMANIA…
So, this is why Tunnel Bay is called that. Because… there really is a tunnel there.

We were on our way back from a walk to Shipstern Bluff when in a spur of the moment decision we decided to make the side trip to Tunnel Bay. Would it be worth the effort?

The turnoff is signposted and you come across it as you traverse the flatish plateau densely covered in tea tree (Malaleuca, I think) between the sea and the steep escarpment behind. The national parks service has constructed numerous stone steps to the bay and as you descend you realise that you will have to walk up all of them on the way back.

Tunnel Bay is best described as a crescent-shaped rocky beach of large, water-rounded stones. The parks service has constructed a couple seats there in a small clearing above the beach, a good place to take a break and have a snack.

The sea was calm the day we walked in, however, like Shipstern Bluff, I imagine the bay is subject to big waves coming in with the south swell.

Shipsterns and Tunnel Bay make a good day’s walk for those interested in a little exercise and the rugged coast of the Tasman Peninsula.

So, was the side trip to Tunnel Bay worthwhile? Sure was.

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