Devil’s Throne, Satan’s Couch, Lucifer’s Lounger, Beelzebub’s Settee, Mephistophele’s Armchair, I have no idea how this place got its name and an exhaustive period of 3 minutes of researching it has turned up nothing 🙂 Devil’s Throne can be found “down the back” of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington, that big beautiful lump of rock that overlooks Hobart … More Kunanyi/Mount Wellington: Devil’s Throne
A couple of weeks ago, the meteorologists and local media were all frothing at the mouth as snow was predicted to reach sea level! The last time that happened was in 2015 and before that 1986, so a pretty rare treat. The sea level prediction didn’t eventuate but the hills around us in Dulcot got … More Mount Wellington after the snow
Things have gotten a little quieter on the hiking front in recent weeks now that I’m back at work and our weekends have been filled with various tasks and things. This is a post from a wonderful evening walk I made on the 2nd of January this year. I had been wanting to go up … More Mount Wellington: Smiths Monument
There is a special place on Mount Wellington that only appears a handful of times each year. It is the Disappearing Tarn and is formed only after a heavy rainfall or large dumping of snow. UPDATE AUGUST 2019 There’s been rather a lot of rain and snowing in the month of August this year with … More Disappearing Tarn: Mount Wellington
The weather in Tassie has been having a bit of a Game of Thrones vibe as of late. You wait ages for Winter to come and wonder where on earth it is and then BOOM! Winter is most definitely here and that means one thing….snow glorious snow! I’ve been absolutely loving looking up at the … More White Wellington
I’ve been wanting to go find Secret Falls for ages and finally got round to it yesterday. I walked from my house in South Hobart and was there and back in a couple of hours. That’s just amazing to me, having such awesome scenery right on my doorstep. Anyhoo back to the task at hand. … More The worst kept secret waterfall
It’s been almost two years since I first set foot on Tasmanian soil. I’ve had the immense privilege of seeing some of this island’s most picturesque and beautiful sights. Putting a top 10 together has not been easy as it means omitting a place that is no less amazing than those featured here. The scariest … More My top 10 sights in Tasmania (so far)
There is one constant in the city of Hobart and that is the mountain, Mount Wellington. It casts a watchful eye over the capital of Tasmania while providing a focal point for anyone looking to catch their bearings in the city. The mountain never looks the same day by day and indeed minute by minute … More Climbing Mount Wellington
Ok that title might be a slight exaggeration of the situation I experienced the other day in Bellerive. I had travelled over to the delightful Eastlands shopping centre for a bit of shopping and afterwards decided to take a stroll down to the waterfront. After all you don’t come all the way across the river … More Cliffhanger in Bellerive
Mountain light is a special kind of light that is like nothing you’ll see at lower altitudes. It has this ethereal glow and quality that’s just breathtaking and of course makes photographers very happy indeed. Having previously only nibbled on the lower slopes of kunanyi, I was super excited when our Catalan friends offered to … More Winter atop Mount Wellington
Czeching Out Tasmania 