The West Coast is a fascinating area less than 300 km away, but getting there takes pretty much all day (taking into account your relatively late start, the winding road through the mountains, and the various stops you need to make along the way).
The thing that captured my attention on our journey was the ever-changing scenery - from the burnt out areas and sheep grazing of the Central Highlands, to the massive pipes of the hydro-electric scheme, the sclerophyll forests, the rainforests of the Franklin river, the massive mountains of the south-west and then the bare hills coming into Queenstown. It's times like this trip that I wish I could remember what sclerophyll vegetation actually is and how those mountains came to be formed.
I've got too many photos for one post, so I'm aiming to spread them out over the next few posts.
Tonight, some things you might see on your way to the West Coast.
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| Some of the bushfire affected land near Hamilton |
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| From Tarraleah |
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| Tungatinah Power Station near Tarraleah |
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| Franklin River |
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| Nelson Falls, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park |
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| Near Nelson Falls |
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| Near Nelson Falls |
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| On the road to Queenstown |
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| I really wanted to stop and take a better picture of this mountain - it was overwhelming |
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| Iron Blow lookout near Queenstown |
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| Iron Blow lookout near Queenstown |
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| Coming into Queenstown |
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Really nice pictures of Tassie. I'm still hoping to get down there one day.
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