047Derby12.jpg=Derby Schoolhouse Museum - WWI tank in Derby
048Bridport.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier
06.jpg=Low Head lighthouse
047Derby3.jpg=Trees have since hidden most of it but some patches of mined area remain bare
047DerbyPan02.JPG=Derby main street is pretty much the only street
DSC_0054.JPG=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
cataractgorgenearby1930.jpg=Briseis Mine
049Georgetown4.jpg=Low Head lighthouse (1888)
049Georgetown11.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - navigation equipment
049Georgetown2.jpg=Low Head Pilot Bay and current pilot vessel. The pilots are still emplyed to guide ships into the Tamar river for their journey upstream to Launceston
049Georgetown10.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - communications equipment
047Derby13.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
047Derby2.jpg=Derby's main street; is located right beside the Briseis mine location.
047DerbyPan01.JPG=Derby main street
046Derby5.jpg=Near Derby; Fish rock
049Georgetown5.jpg=Low Head lighthouse
048BridportPan14.JPG=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
DSC_0535.JPG=Pyengana; Pub in the Paddock
049Georgetown1.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station (from 1835)
DSC_0061.JPG=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
with-thanks-to-archives-office-of-tasmania2.jpg=Briseis Dam, Mine disaster (1929)
050Tamar2.jpg=Georgetown; other 1800s homes and the old Picture Theatre is now the Bass and Flinders Centre housing early maritime displays
050Tamar.jpg=Georgetown; Old Watch House (1855)
048Bridport3.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier
047Derby.jpg=Derby main street; some humour at the old church B&B
050Tamar7.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; The Norfolk
carvingsA.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
047Derby6.jpg=Derby main street; spiky fence and the old National Bank of Tasmania (1888)
DSC_0068cr.jpg=Low Head lighthouse
047Derby14.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
048Bridport4text.jpg=The common Silver Gull is found across the entire country
briseismine1925.jpg=Briseis Mine 1925
050Tamar1.jpg=Georgetown; Thelmara Cottage (c1860), No2 Elizabeth St (c1892) - these were both Cable Co houses. Bottom pics are of Whitestones (c1839), originally the Steam Packet Tavern.
DSC_0058.JPG=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
047Derby4.jpg=Derby reached its peak in the late 19th century, when its population reached over 3,000
050Tamar8.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; "The Elizabeth" is a replica of the whale boat used by Capt James Kelly to explore the Tasmanian west coast in 1815/1816
DSC_0080.JPG=Low Head lighthouse (1888)
047Derby15.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
050Tamar9.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; replica uniforms of Bass and Flinders
047Derby5.jpg=Derby; Tin Dragon museum - tin cans and tin toys
Shipwrecks.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - some images of Hebe Reef shipwrecks. The Eden Holme is bottom right.
DSC_0206.JPG=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; At the Norfolk's tiller
049Georgetown12.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - lovely timberwork of the Shipwright's toolchest
049Georgetown3.jpg=Low Head Pilot Bay and current pilot vessel
DSC_0169.JPG=Georgetown; Pier Hotel (c1850s)
048Bridport1.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier
049Georgetown8.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - scrimshaw and whale bone fan
047DerbyPan07.JPG=Derby Schoolhouse Museum
049Georgetown16.jpg=From Low Head to Georgetown along the Tamar River
050Tamar5.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; Bottom right is a replica of the "Tom Thumb" in which Matthew Flinders completed a voyage from Port Hacking to Sydney
047DerbyPan08.JPG=At Legerwood and much of Tasmania, the grazing properties can support a high concentration of stock - unlike Queensland
046Derby.jpg=Pyengana; signs of Autumn leaf colours
047Derby8.jpg=Derby's main street; timber trucks passing through
047Derby16.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
DSC_0653.JPG=Legerwood memorial carvings
sunrise3.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
047Derby18.jpg=After Legerwood approaching Bridport
049Georgetown15.jpg=Low Head Pilot Bay
047Derby17A.jpg=Legerwood grazing properties
049Georgetown9.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - diving equipment
050Tamar6.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; The Norfolk
048Bridport2.jpg=Bridport caravan park and beachfront
046Derby1.jpg=Pyengana; Pub in the Paddock
049Georgetown14.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - early surfboard and Surf Lifesavers bathers
sunrise4.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
047Derby7.jpg=Derby Schoolhouse Museum
DSC_0565.JPG=Derby; old National Bank of Tasmania (1888)
047Derby17.jpg=Legerwood memorial carvings
sunrise2.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
050TamarPan01.JPG=Georgetown; York Cove
01-archives-office-of-tasmania3a.jpg=Brothers Mine (renamed the Briseis Mine after the winner of the 1876 Melbourne Cup) was producing upwards of 120 tonnes of tin per month (c1890)
DSC_0531.JPG=Pyengana; Pub in the Paddock
Bridport-cr.jpg=Bridport is a popular seaside holiday spot - this internet pic shows why. The Council caravan park occupies about 2km of the beachfront in the area where the trees are shown
with-thanks-to-archives-office-of-tasmania.jpg=Briseis Dam, Mine disaster (1929)
047Derby10.jpg=In all, fourteen people, including one woman, were swallowed by the torrent. Most of them were miners, but five of them were members of the Whiting family, whose home was obliterated by the raging wave while they were eating dinner.
sunrise1.jpg=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
DSC_0019.JPG=The Old Pier is the remnant of the Granite Point Pier, built in 1916. It was the terminus of the 28 km Forester to Bridport Tramway which brought sawn timber to the port for shipment to Melbourne, during the period 1913-25.
049Georgetown6.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - the large anchor is from the Eden Holme
050Tamar3.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; the centrepiece of their display is the full size replica of "The Norfolk"
046Derby4.jpg=Pyengana; continuing on to Derby on a miserable day
046Derby2.jpg=Pyengana; Pub in the Paddock
050Tamar10.jpg=Georgetown, Bass and Flinders Centre; The Norfolk below deck
047Derby9.jpg=Derby Schoolhouse Museum
DSC_0214.JPG=The much maligned Silver Gull. Cranky, noisy and always on the srounge is actually a quite beautiful bird - always  spotlessly clean and hardly a feather out of place.
050TamarPan02.JPG=Georgetown; York Cove - old boats and the York Cove resort
049Georgetown7.jpg=Low Head Pilot Station museum - whale bone and harpoons
047Derby11.jpg=Derby Schoolhouse Museum
DSC_0055.JPG=Bridport; Murphy's Beach and the Old Pier at sunrise next morning
049GeorgetownPan10.JPG=Low Head Pilot Station precinct (c1840s)
047Derby1.jpg=Derby main street
050Tamar4.jpg=The original Norfolk was sailed around Tasmania by Bass and Flinders to chart the island in 1798. In 1998, the journey was re-enacted in this replica of the sloop Norfolk
DSC_0098.JPG=After Bridport, on to Low Head - a suburb of George Town,  on a peninsula at the mouth of the Tamar River, 5 kilometres north-west of the town centre.
049Georgetown.jpg=Low Head lighthouse
046Derby3.jpg=Pyengana; Beer drinking pig (Pinky) at the Pub in the Paddock
