I took some photos at the Blooming Tasmania Festival in Launceston at the Albert Hall last week. The Albert Hall is on the edge of City Park. Most of the exhibits were inside, but there were a handful outside. More of them later.. Tiger! Ferns, from Fernmania. They sell tree ferns. You can see some there. Because daffodils….
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The Cataract Gorge in flood, from Kings Bridge to Alexandra Suspension Bridge. (Slightly bigger versions if you click on them.) The path along here was closed just before the toll-keepers cottage. In the centre, the quiet waters of the North Esk, that peaked yesterday, meets the foaming waters from the South Esk, that peaks tomorrow. k…
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On the highway I took photos from the car window, to see how they’d come out. I like the lighting and colours in this region. One day maybe I’ll get a chance to stop and take proper photos, but we’re always just passing through on the way to somewhere else. As most of the trip…
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Point and click photos. No fiddling with settings, focus, framing. Just point camera, click the button. Also sun is behind the left hand hill so not the best time for shooting in that direction.
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. The first buildings seen on entering the site are former Wards D & E (later Derwent and Esperance Houses). Built in the 1930s as male dormitories.
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. This is the Occupational Therapy building, I think. There are lots of windows. From a nearby information panel: Built between 1964-67 the Occupational Therapy building connected Wards A and C and consisted of a female and male workrooms, a main…
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. The Ladies’ Cottage. Built c.1868. I think originally it was one storey. There is a shop in there now, at the back. At the back.
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. This was Ward C, aka Carlton House. There was an information panel near this building, which said: The “Criminal Block” was built in 1908-09, abutting the Barracks and the Pillar Block and facing the original A and B wards. It…
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. This the building they call the barracks, constructed in 1830 as an Invalid Depot and later extended for use as an asylum. (Above photo is from 2004 but I didn’t get a good overview photo this time, on account of…
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This is one of series of photos of Willow Court. The main post is here. These are the Nurses Quarters, constructed c.1911 Are now Nurses Quarters Shopping Around the back.
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