Tasmania - Tas25 Framing:Photo Paper Print with White Border typical of this region

typical of this region

Contrasts of colour

The Blackwood River flows through the town and it is not uncommon to see its banks overflowing after heavy winter rainfall

Imminent storm and rough seas can look very dramatic

Point Picquet near Meelup Beach and was named after an explorer Sub Lieutenant Picquet

Tasmania - Tas25 Framing:Photo Paper Print with White Border typical of this regionLooking through the bars at one of the prisons in Tasmania. The Island State of Tasmania is separated from the mainland by the Bass strait some 240kms away. Initially known as Van Diemens land, Tasmania was subject to the practice of "transportation" where convicts were sent to the island as punishment and kept in penitentiaries and prisons. This practice ceased in 1853. Today, Tasmania relies heavily on tourism, agriculture and aquaculture as its